Friday, October 31, 2025

Dale Parfitt, W4OP, Inducted into the QRP Hall of Fame

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I was really pleased to confirm that Dale Parfitt, W4OP, was inducted into the QRP Hall of Fame in 2025.  It would have been a travesty to l...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

"Troubleshooting Analog Circuits" by Bob Pease

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  I used to say that at a hamfest, you should get three things:  1) some parts 2) a tool, and 3)  a book.   I thought I had maxed out on boo...
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About Our New SolderSmoke Blog Template

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About 17 years ago, when I set up the SolderSmoke blog, I wanted three columns.  Google Blogger/Blogspot didn't seem to have one, so I e...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Two Spanish Words Useful for Homebrewers: Cacharreo and Artilugio

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Luis EA5BRE Both these words came up during a very nice conversation that I had this morning with Luis EA5BRE on 20 meter SSB.  I told Luis ...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

2025 ARRL Technical Service Award

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  Thanks to the ARRL for the award.  It is much appreciated.  Thanks too to all the people who built this receiver.  There are more than 100...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

"Rig Here is Homebrew" -- The Joys and Sorrows of Building your own Rigs

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This is kind of a re-run.  I came across it today on YouTube and thought it was pretty good.  So here it is again.    ------------------- De...
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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Karl EI9ITB's FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver -- First Receiver Built in Ireland

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Congratulations to Karl EI9ITB for the successful completion of his SolderSmoke direct conversion receiver.  Above you can see Karl's re...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Notes from an Australian SA612 Enthusiast

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One of the first articles that I put on this blog was an NA5N post about the SA-612 -- this was originally posted on December 2, 2006:  http...
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Friday, October 17, 2025

"Keep Calm and Solder On"

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  So not everything that comes from AI is bad. This AI generated picture is pretty good.  That actually looks a bit like my rig.  And as som...
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Wikipedia: AI causing dangerous drop in human visitors. SolderSmoke is seeing this too!

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  48,060 visits to the SolderSmoke Blog site on September 21, 2025????  I took a look at where the traffic to the SolderSmoke blog has been ...
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Thursday, October 16, 2025

A Wonderful Homebrew Direct Conversion Receiver (and other HB projects) from Italy

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This morning I asked YouTube to show me recently posted videos of "ham radio homebrew."  The results were disappointingly meager.....
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

The Perils of Overreliance on Math

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  On the Importance of Really Understanding Radio and Radio Circuitry  In the first version of my book I included (in bold letters) sections...
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