SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

The image I had for Part 1 was frighteningly large, so I made it smaller.   I know this is controversial (!) but I share Van's aversion ...

Graham was another good sport.  When I asked him about the receiver, he had already moved on, and -- is often happens -- had separated the s...

 

David AI6WR was a patient craftsman during the build of his receiver.  He diagnosed and fixed defects in the AF gain controls that he was tr...

So, what caused it?  Maybe a variety of factors?  Perhaps different factors explain different circuit failures?  The video, for example, fo...

Lex PH2LB has been a valued member of the SolderSmoke team for a long time.  It was he who took our stickers into the bars and coffee shops ...

Ben had to overcome some antenna problems, but as you can see here,  he got it going.  He also had to overcome a capacitor shortage.  He did...

Scott K1OA has been a licensed ham for more than 50 years, but he tells us that this was his first Manhattan-style project.  He reports havi...

I was really pleased to see Juan LU2VJM's rapid completion of the SolderSmoke direct conversion receiver.  But I wasn't really surpr...

I really liked this video.  So much amazing wizardry in it.  Just the FPGA Apollo AGC simulator that Mike whipped up.  Wow.  Kudos!   Thei...

Victor is a retired Electrical Engineer from the Netherlands.  He doesn't have a ham radio call sign, but as I have said about other rec...

Garry built a really nice receiver.  I think he is in Australia.  His PTO coil form is  "a piece off an old rotten Australian red cedar...