Saturday, May 30, 2026

A New Index for the SolderSmoke Podcast -- Thanks to Peter VK3TPM (with some help from Claude)

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  https://soldersmoke.com I posted the first SolderSmoke podcast in August of 2005.  That was almost 21 years ago.  I opened the soldersmoke...
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A Very Basic (and Cool) SSB Transmitter from Australia and New Zealand

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  https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/SC/2026/June Our good friend Peter Marks VK3TPM sent this to me, after QRP Guru Peter Parker VK3YE al...
Friday, May 29, 2026

A Quick Review of "Open Circuits" by Eric Schlaepfer and Windell H. Oskay

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Wednesday's post about this book caused me to pull it off my shelf and to take another look. Highlights from the SolderSmoke perspectiv...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Eric KK6GZM of CuriousMarc is the Author of Open Circuits

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I've been watching the CuriousMarc YouTube channel for a while now.  I am sure that many of you also watch.  We know that Marc is a ham ...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The Texas Telescope Ranch

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Who knew?  Not me!  Cool idea.  
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Sunday, May 24, 2026

CuriousMarc Repairs the French Oscilloscope of His Youth -- ACHTUNG!

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It was very cool to watch CuriousMarc go back and repair the French Oscilloscope that he used as a kid.  I was reminded of my work on a Tek ...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Building an Electronics Work Bench (and fixing an old CNC Lathe)

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It is interesting to Watch Wes Work .  Recently I came across his YouTube channel when he described his effort to repair an old CNC machine...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

School for Danger -- the SOE, and Radio, in Nazi Occupied France

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Hack-a-Day had a link to this film .  It is really good.  There is some stuff about radio, and especially the S-Phone system.  But the bigge...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Farhan Talks LARCSet (CW & SSB) at FDIM (with a Lot of Homebrew Wisdom)

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Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefojjQ84YY Farhan made it to FDIM 2026  (he must hold the "distance trave...
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Rick N3FJZ on the Red Summit Podcast with Charlie NJ7V

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  Check it out!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUQA2uNskEs I liked Rick's story about his early days in radio electronics.  Taking old...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

SolderSmoke 264: CW TX, Repair of 17-12 Rig, AI and Repair, Back on 40m, HB for 2m, VWS WSPR Makers Project , MAILBAG

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QSO May 8, 2026 with Lou EA3JE.  I was using my Mythbuster May 12, 2026 SolderSmoke Podcast #264 is available for download:  Audio:    http:...
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Sunday, May 10, 2026

A Very Impressive Workshop from the UK

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This one is almost scary.  There is an amazing number of machines crammed into that workshop.  There is even more stuff in the drawers down ...
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