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SolderSmoke Podcast
SolderSmoke is one of the oldest ham radio podcasts, which began in 2006, hosted by Bill N2CQR and Pete N6QW. Official web site at http://soldersmoke.com
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SolderSmoke #233 13 October 2021 Travelogue: Cape Cod. SST. Marconi Site. The WFSRA: The World Friendship Society of Radio Amateurs. Pete's Bench: The Pimp. The NCX rig. The Collins. The many DC receivers built worldwide. The parts shortages are real! Several key radios on hold. Si5351 sub. Talk to G-QRP convention Bill's Bench: FT-8. Not for me. I tried it. Novice Station Rebuild. Globe V-10 VFO Deluxe. Selenium rectifier removal CONTROVERSY? Not crazy about my Novice station. Not crazy about...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #192 17 December 2016 N6QW COMPLETING AN ORBIT TOMORROW!!!! Happy Birthday Pete! Shortwave Woes: Deception and Disappointment! Voice of Vietnam! But it is from Cyprus Creek S.C. Radio Athmeeya Yatra in Punjabi! but it is in Nauen Germany. Yuck! Sort of like these 9 cents per minute on-line relay ham stations. Yuck I say! You know you are a hardcore homebrewer when a near empty can of Deoxit makes you nervous, so you order more, just in case. Bench Reports: Pete: FPM FPM FPM!!! Tell...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Introduction: Back on Mars. Opposition approaching. I have a Mars filter. And (like T.O.M.) a Mars globe. N2CQR DXCC done SolderSmoke in the WayBack Machine Sticker news PARTS CANDY -- Don't Scrimp with a Crimp! Bill's Bench School DC RX projects -- in Hyderabad and Northern Virginia. Direct Conversion Receivers -- Keeping it Simple, Learning a Lot. A step beyond the Michigan Mighty Mite. Do we really need 100db? Do we really need to shield VFOs? Farhan's super-simple and...
Topics: ham, radio, homebrew, QRP, electronics, single, sideband
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Topics: ham, radio, homebrew, QRP, electronics, single, sideband
Source: http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/search/label/SolderSmoke%20Podcast
SolderSmoke 200 14 October 2017 -- Old friends on 17 meters. -- Another Knack Nobel in Physics. -- Hans Summers' QCX transceiver: $50 IS THE NEW 10 GRAND! -- New Bands! 630 and 2200 Meters. BIG ANTENNAS! -- Nuke Powered QRP. No joke! -- The Challenge of UHF. Not for the faint of heart. -- Reginald Fessenden, Father of Phone. PETE'S BENCH REPORT: The New Simple-ceiver. Soon to be a Transceiver. BILL's BENCH REPORT: Discrete, Direct Conversion, Ceramic Receiver in iPhone Box. THE EDUCATIONAL...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #223 27 June 2020 Quarantine Field Day! Ironically, THIS YEAR we are both participating Pete's FD Plan, Bill's FD plan Talking to Clubs: Pete's talk to the Cedar Valley Iowa Club Bill's talk to the Vienna Wireless Society Pete's Bench DDC SDR Ideas from the Summer SPRAT Mean Well Voltage Regulator SHAMELESS COMMERCE DIVISION: PATREON. SS is an SV DELOS WANA-BE! We got our very first Patreon Patron! Jonathan Magee from the UK! Upper Left on the blog. Continue to use our site for your...
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Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke issue 243
Topics: ham, radio, homebrew, QRP, electronics, single, sideband
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Topics: ham, radio, homebrew, QRP, electronics, single, sideband
Source: http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/search/label/SolderSmoke%20Podcast
February 22, 2008 "In vain he prayed for percolation..." David Cowhig WA1LBP. 1931 QST: https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2015/07/been-there-done-that-he-begged-his.html More HW8 fun. "Hot Water Handbook." Q11? Using my UK HB Power Supply. Tony Fishpool and Graham Firth's Test Gear Book. A WA8MCQ corollary to Murphy's Law. 2-B retube. DSB QSOs from Rome. A visit to the Rome radio club. I0ZY and I0YR: Big Amps and Antennas! The Florence (Firenze) Science Museum. MAILBAG: W7ZOI...
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
TRAVELOGUE: Cathartic decluttering: Bill preparing for future winter travel to Dominican Republic. Will build SolderSmoke Shack South. Dividing everything up: Rigs, parts, tools, supplies, antennas, test gear. Everything. OUR SPONSOR: Parts Candy. https://www.ebay.com/usr/partscandy Premium quality test leads! Hand cut, hand crimped, hand soldered, these will become your new favorite test leads GUARANTEED! PETE'S BENCH: -- Cycle 25 better? – Out here on the left coast – it is not evident --...
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
SolderSmoke 128 December 3, 2010 3 December 2010 Visit to Wright Brother's Kitty Hawk site Antenna work on Veterans' Day W4HBK's Pensacola Snapper "Knackers of the World Unite" (even in the UK!) Sky and Telescope Jupiter moons program Listen to a meteor ping! DSB DC WSPR transceiver Other ham books on Lulu Ubuntu Karmic Koala's Skyrockets Movie Review: "Social Network" LTSpice under Wine (in Ubuntu) Forrest Mims Broken laptop -- need advice MAILBAG New puppy en route...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #220 1 Apr 2020 Hunkered Down. StayInTheShack: SITS! Flatten the Curve! It is working. Teaching English again -- via Zoom. Kids completing the school year remotely. BILL'S BENCH -- Finishing up on the S-38Es. -- I wrote up my alignment, isolation and dial string experiences. -- SWL WRMI Radio Miami International on 39 meters 9.4-9.9 MHz. Rock and Roll. -- S-38E work is causing me some serious legal problems. They are threatening to take down our sites and our podcast. Google has put...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
February 4, 2008 On the air (HF) from Rome. Stealth antenna. Fixing my HW 8. Recording of AA1TJ's Tunnel Diode Beacon. A FB QST. Marconi's capacitor (with a quiz). A Rome thunderstorm in the background. MAILBAG: Aise 3D2AA homebrewing on Fiji. Rogier PA1ZZ's California hassles. Jerry NR5A building tube gear in S. Dakota. Niels PE1OIT in defense of DSB. Ramakrishnan VU3RDD needs articles. ECHO-GUEST: Ron, AG5RS, (a Knack sufferer) homebrews in Dubai, UAE. - Source:...
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
SolderSmoke 92 September 28, 2008 The Flea at Trastevere QRSS 2N2222 goes toes up. Why? Da Vinci Code MEPT Frequency Standard Wind Powered QRSS QRSS Whispers reflecting off airplanes Transformer troubles at CERN Arnie's cool Cuban hack Woodpecker update A SolderSmoke charity project Another engineer joke Kanga USA BACK IN BUSINESS! The Joy of Fixing Things Jim Severns - KNACK VICTIM A Homebrew Italian Space Program MAILBAG: G0FUW in Gibraltar VU3RDD in Southern India KB1QVO on laser comms K4BVL...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 37 October 29, 2006 Mike's homebrew manual spectrum analyzer. Bill's Class A, no-feedback amplifier design project. LTSpice. DSB, AM, IMD and SPLATTER. HW-101 clutch repair and oil change. Owning two copies of SSDRA - moral issues? Wireless Range Extenders. Mailbag Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_036 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_038 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 165 September 13, 2014 Workbench Update: Bill's "Off the Shelf" Regen, Pete's Boatanchors Mysterious Echos on Shortwave Signals. Solve the Mystery. Please. Microcontrollers -- What they can do for you. Small world: As a kid, Pete was neighbor of "Digital Dial" N3ZI NEWS FLASH: Arduino creator Massimo Banzi was a ham! Born in a bar, cheaper than pizza: The Italian origins of Arduino Arduino CW generators No coding skills needed Arduino + AD9850 = Signal Generator...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 134 May 15, 2011 New "Ikea" microphone NOVA QRP Club WSPR T/Rouble resolved Finishing up Rome WSPR rig Easy-Peasy on Asus eee-PC Space Station Packet Beacon Boatanchor News: DX-100, HT-37, "CQR" anchors, 75 meter antenna Drake 2-B history interview by W8SX Lew McCoy and Ernest Hemingway Ade Weiss, QRPoetry and Ade's new book Regen theory MAILBAG (with a focus on New Zealand) Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_133 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_135 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 194 4 March 2017 BIG NEWS: uBITX from Farhan BENCH REPORTS Pete: Recycling Old Boards Working on Arduinos and advanced displays Bill: SDR Adventures and Misadventures. RTL-SDR is fun. Built HB front end. HDSDR under Windows is fun and easy. Thought about Raspi3, 7 inch touch screen, Linux, software YUCK. Followed advice of Ken G4IIB and got a 50 buck tablet with Google Play. Who needs tiny OLEDs? Use a 7 inch tablet as your display! Building a Ceramic Resonator for the HRO 455 kc...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #234 17 November 2021 Roots of SolderSmoke: The "Click and Clack" of ham radio? Influences: Jean Shepherd, CarTalk, Shortwave stations. Steve "Snort Rosin" Smith WB6TNL? No. Steve "Aching Sinus" Smith WA6SOC Pete's Bench: PSSST Super Simple SSB -- 7 Transistors. Switching IF Module: PSST Details: https://www.n6qw.com/PSSST_20.html DC RX. KWM-1 Resurrection "Shame Shelf". How to make things work:...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #240 19 September 2022 Sorry, I had some technical difficulties so my audio is a bit distorted. NIMCELS? Niche Internet Micro Celebrities. I dunno.... Can our listeners come up with an acronym that describes our place in the universe? Sponsors: Parts Candy. Carlos in Chicago. Great leads. Don't scrimp with a crimp! You need some good quality test leads on your workbench. Get yours from Carlos. Click on the picture on the blog page or go to PartsCandy on e-bay. "Techno...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 76 February 4, 2008 On the air (HF) from Rome. Stealth antenna. Fixing my HW 8. Recording of AA1TJ's Tunnel Diode Beacon. A FB QST. Marconi's capacitor (with a quiz). MAILBAG: Aise 3D2AA homebrewing on Fiji. Rogier PA1ZZ's California hassles. Jerry NR5A building tube gear in S. Dakota. Niels PE1OIT in defense of DSB. Ramakrishnan VU3RDD needs articles. ECHO-GUEST: Ron, AG5RS, (a Knack sufferer) homebrews in in Dubai, UAE. Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_075 . Next episode:...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 112 July 26, 2009 Jean Shepherd comments on solder smoke Back to Sicily Apollo 11 Hans Summers' Heroic Homebrew Grenadian QRSS Adventure Regen progress (they ARE possessed) Knack-related maladies Amateur astronomer discovers scar on Jupiter A reading from SolderSmoke (the book) Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_111 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_113 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 77 February 14, 2008 Back to QRP and CW! My 30 gauge antenna. What happened to Q-11 in my HW-8? Drake 2-B re-tubing. AA1TJ goes "All Tunnel Diode." Marconi's HUGE cap = 1.7 uF. MAILBAG: John K7JM listens to Rome thunder in snowy Montana. Randy K7AGE makes a HAARP Moonbounce video. Pete W6JFR on Italian craftsmanship. Ramakrishnan VU3RDD notes that Tesla had The Knack. Jorge Luis KI4SGU on turtles and cosmology. ECHO-GUEST: Part II of our QSO with Randy AG5RS in Dubai....
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 55 April 22, 2007 Solar minimum. Meteor shower. Plasma deflector shields. Homopolar Motors. How SWR meters work. "The Club Saver" 2 meter rig. Testing air variable caps. Building traps (for animals, not antennas!) The Mystery Resistor of Mayfair. P/S problems. BANDSWEEP: India's HAMSAT over California. M0HBR rejected by Bollywood. MAILBAG: WA6ARA, K4BVL, Scott Haley, W2MY, LA3PNA Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_054 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_056 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 132 April 1, 2011 Fickle Finger of Fate: Lamp falls on QRSS Crystal Another heroic computer repair Sleuthing for RFI with Crystal Radios and Peter Frampton The seductive allure of the British Regen Watching the Space Station and the Space Shuttle Packets from SPAAAACE Don Vorgaard and the birth of SSB (and DSB!) Electric Radio Magazine SPRAT and the ZL2BMI DSB Rig Jerri Elsworth's 555 contest (Did I win?) 73 Magazine QSO with Mike Bryce WB8VGE Knack Job Opportunities at Make and...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 119 6 December 2009 December 6, 2009 4th Grade Morse lecture; SPRAT in the Pantheon; Cinghale shot SSS problem and the gap in my teeth STAGNOSALD! (Italian Flux) Movie Reviews Water on the Moon QQ: FB! Tyson the cat crashes both Ubuntu Linux AND WSPR 2.0 Building the Softrock 40: Comments on surface mount WSPR hits 100k spots per day; my numbers BIG MAILBAG Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_118 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_120 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 143 May 7, 2012 Cappuccio the Flying Retriever Kite Flying (no injuries this time!) April 1 getting more and more difficult Turtle Wax and Telescope Maintenance Titan's Orbital period NJQRP's Amazing "Chat with the Designers" QRP-Tech and A-QRP Billy's workbench and computer build Sony Vaios goes toes up (really) Digi modes make me grumpy Kick Panel rig gets a receiver The Joy of Belden 1671A I want to bulild a BITX 75/20! Solar Flux when I was born (300+) SPRAT 150!...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 147 October 29/30, 2012 Hurricane Sandy on the way Thanks for birthday wishes Einstein -- a very nice fellow with a bit of the Knack Rocket project update 808 key chain cameras (thanks for the Amazon support!) Audio output transformer for Barbados Barebones RX Mighty Midget RX -- breaking it, fixing it (with help from friends) Freq counter connection to Tek scope Halli S-38E -- How to avoid electrocution? The HQ-100's anti-drift alarm clock Book Review: "Instruments of...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 162 June 21, 2014 Part II of our interview with Pete Juliano, N6QW -- Bill's Moxon Monstrosity -- Amplifiers and Exorcisms (See slideshow link below) -- Varactor tuning -- Polivaricon capacitors -- The challenge of building small rigs -- Heat, layout, components and VFO stability -- "No frills" as a building philosophy -- The future of Bill's Heathkit HW-101 Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_161 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_163 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Solder Smoke #183 20 December 2015 -- Foxes in the Backyard -- Pete completes another orbit -- Simple-ceiver Success! -- Frankenstein Receiver: IT IS ALIVE! AND BINAURAL!!! -- 160 Meter AM OR BUST! -- Fun on 40 AM -- Lots of Multi Elmac AF-67s! Who knew! -- The Amateur's Code, and violations thereof. -- Negative Frequencies? I don't think so. -- Capacitor Offer from our Secret Benefactor: EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY -- Projects for 2016: Pete goes Raspberry Pi, Bill goes DX-100 Mailbag: -- Croation...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 176 16 May 2015 Bench Update: Pete releases some magic (amplifier) smoke Pete's new termination-insensitive transceiver makes first contact Bill goes Yaesu (well, just a filter) Juliano Mill-Pad boards Termination Insensitivity is not a personality disorder! Flip those Bilat Boards! Pete's cool technique for bilat building Bill's project notebook and stage testing Installing the W6JFR EMRFD SBL-1 Bal-Mod Mod AREA 5351: Myths, Urban Legends, and Conspiracy Theories about the Si5351 A...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 170 11 January 2015 Bill's Double A, DSB, Dipole, Dominican DX-pedition. Living the "How's DX?" Dream Seeing the Southern Cross with Soviet Binoculars Pete goes remote SI5351 a chip with a lot of potential Pete's experiments with Nokia LCD displays Michigan Mighty Mites around the world The Postal Stream Roller Steve Silverman's very kind variable cap offer MOXON modeling with EZNEC Aspirations for 2015 Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_169 . Next episode:...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 205 23 June 2018 -- Summer solstice. Mars Observations. Graduations. Internships. Fathers Day. -- Antenna Angst: Pete's tribander and Bill's Moxon. Insulation and resonance? -- Pete's work on color displays. -- Bill goes back to fix up older projects: -- Fixing the Frankenstein Phasing RX. Found an open choke! -- Tightening up the HRO Dial. -- Achieving Juliano Criteria stability on a BITX20 VFO. -- Lexicon additions: "Scratch Built" "Hardrock Radio"...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 202 13 January 2018 Opening music from Shel Silverstein and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. On the Cover of the Rolling Stone or On the Cover of SPRAT magazine. Travelogue and Weather Report -- Bill's trip to the Dominican Republic. SWL on the beach. Return to the ice box. -- Dramatic events in California. -- Reading Chinese Sci Fi with lots of radio in it. "The Three Body Problem" by Cixin Liu Straight Key Night. IN QRP MODE THANK YOU. With nephew Jeffrey. Annual event --...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 164 August 16, 2014 ANCIENT TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE -- TUBE AND TUBE-LIKE RADIOS Workbench Updates: -- Pete's Arduino Keyer Project -- Bill Builds (and LIKES!) a REGENERATIVE RECEIVER -- The Joys of Regen Shortwave Listening -- Grayson Evan's Tube (Thermatron) Book -- Book review: "The Joy of X" (It's about math). -- Shameless Commerce: A Plug for Bill's Book -- Pete discusses tube projects -- Making your own enclosures from Home Depot flashing -- Amplitude Modulation --...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 167 November 3, 2014 Who the heck is Giovanni Manzoni? Pete's Bench Report: "Let's Build Something" Project Arduinos and Si5351s Bill's Bench Report: 140 watt Amplifier Completed! Low Pass Filter Design with the ELSIE Program Samlex Power Supply How I almost blew it up! The new amp and the lids in the FT4TA pileup Tribal Knowledge! "Nature abhors a vacuum (tube)!" "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson. Carter, WA9DNF, REALLY knows which end of the...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #231 26 June 2021 nnual Field Day Special Edition Travelogue: To the Dominican Republic! New dog -- Meet Guapo (see below). A great Father's Day for Pete and Bill. I got a TinySA. Pete got some cool chick magnet glasses (see below). Watch out Newbury Park! Bill's Activity SST Transceiver. Took it to Dominican Republic. Made only one contact, but QRP-QRP. Not a lot of CW activity, and not a lot around 14.060. A lot more FT8 visible on the NA5B WebSDR. That might be better for this...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 90 August 17, 2008 August in Rome, Italian beaches, Circeo Hardrock Cafe, My Sharona, The Knack The Planet Mechanics VK6DI on QRSS Listen to me talking to Jean Shepherd (1976) SolderSmoke (sort of) in Australia in 1944 Herman Munster is not an appliance op... Book Review: "The Science of Radio" August QST: KD1JV's rig, pneumatic switching, QRP WAS Conrad's Garage, KDKA, K4HU (SK) Kits and Parts by W8DIZ Working on 80 meter DSB rig Computer fixed, counter still dead...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Uploaded on August 21, 2005, this was the very first SolderSmoke podcast. It all began with a comment I that I made to Mike Caughran KL7R during one of our weekly meetings on the online chat channel for radio amateurs called Echolink. I mentioned to Mike that I had heard about this thing called a podcasts. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHxcINBH1Z4 Uploader: SolderSmoke
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
SolderSmoke Podcast #241 is available Blog article: https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2022/10/soldersmoke-podcast-241-mars-direct.html Audio: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke241.mp3 Introduction: Back on Mars. Opposition approaching. I have a Mars filter. And (like T.O.M.) a Mars globe. N2CQR DXCC done SolderSmoke in the WayBack Machine Sticker news 4,000 YouTube Hours. PARTS CANDY -- Don't Scrimp with a Crimp! Bill's Bench School DC RX projects -- in Hyderabad and Northern Virginia. Direct...
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
SolderSmoke 244 Audio version at: http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/soldersmoke244.mp3 HE’S BACK! HOORAY! SS COMMUNITY WAS SENT INTO A COLLECTIVE FUNK BY PETE’S ABSENCE. ---------------- Pete’s TR-7 CK722 The BFR106 ---- Update on the high school project: Mixers made. Harder than they seemed. First QSO with the DC RX. Allan W4AMV Homebrewer TRGHS Ten Minute Transmitter – Better than the MMM! AF4K (SK) crystals. Other supporting projects: Farhan in Hyderabad. Rick N3FJZ, Walter KA4KXX,...
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
SolderSmoke 18 Two amateur radio experimenters discuss workbench radio projects. This week: New Bench and Shack wiring. Using a hot screwdriver as a soldering iron. VW solar panels. Class AB Amps. Saturn's watery moon. Mars Recon Rover. The next SolarMax. Heliosismology. Aurora in NY. DX during a solarmax on the Azores. Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_017 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_019 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 15 This Week: SuitSat. Jupiter's moons. Back yard telescopes. Trip to Pluto. TimeDomain Reflectometer. KX1 high power mod. DC-DC converters. Good Jobs. Movie Review: "The Dish". Book Review: "First Light". Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_014 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_016 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 9 This week - Mars Rovers - nano wattmeter - xtal radios - QRP news Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_008 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_010 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 7 Discussions between two ham radio operators/experimentors about projects we have currently on our benches. Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_006 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_008 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 85 June 8, 2008 Echo-QSO with WA6ARA! Phoenix lands on Mars. Beacon operations. Adrian Weiss, W0RSP. FB QRP Author. Need correspondent for Flea at MIT. Understanding balanced modulators. Dan's accident (Dan's Small Parts). Hendricks Cap Kit. "Hot Iron" Journal of The Constructor's Club The Woodpecker. MAILBAG (Return of the GONG!): W6DWF KC0PEI on "IP Telepathy" Mark Z on a crank-up Pocket Pixie. Ramakrishnan in Singapore. Niels PE1OIT on Robert E. Pease....
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 91 September 14, 2008 Sardinia! ON5EX's QRSS MEPT leads us back to bike riding Watching Jupiter, listening for Jupiter KF6KYI's I-tunes QRSS Stan, 9H1LO's new grabber Laptop motion detectors as earthquake detectors Nuclear fusion in the shack Filo T. Farnsworth Building a QRSS freq standard SPRAT CD Forget about stocks: SSDRA now selling at $399.89 SolderJokes QST articles on-line! FB! Jim Williams and the joy of fixing things STEREO SPECIAL: Roger Hayward's new binaural DSB project...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 78 February 22, 2008 "In vain he prayed for percolation..." More HW8 fun. "Hot Water Handbook." Q11? Using my UK HB Power Supply. Tony Fishpool and Graham Firth's Test Gear Book. A WA8MCQ corollary to Murphy's Law. 2-B retube. DSB QSOs from Rome. A visit to the Rome radio club. I0ZY and I0YR: Big Amps and Antennas! The Florence (Firenze) Science Museum. MAILBAG: W7ZOI on G3VA's "Technical Topics." WA7MLH's new videos. Don K6WH on 30 gauge,...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 58 May 13, 2007 Ham radio brotherhood: ST2NH, homebrewing in Khartoum. W7ZOI power meter completed and calibrated. Homebrewing good for the soul. Crystal receivers on HF. Basic Stamps on "24." HELP WANTED: SolderSmoke SEEKS DAYTON/FDIM CORRESPONDENT! Book Review: "From Crystal Sets to Sideband" by Frank Harris. MAILBAG: AC7FA, N8ET, M1CNK Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_057 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_059 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 59 May 20, 2007 Kindred spirits on QRP-L. Fredbox on 2 meter AM. New videos. Hewlett, Packard, Garages and Terman. LV Blake. SPECIAL REPORT FROM DAYTON: INTERVIEWS WITH G0BPS, G3MFJ, G3RJV, K8IQY and W7ZOI! MAILBAG: W9HAU, NC0O, WD5DZG on source for low value resistors. Scott Haley on thermal noise and the ZOI power meter. The need for SolderSmoke correspondents at other summer radio events. Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_058 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_060 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 106 April 26, 2009 Sicily, Mt. Etna, The Godfather DSB success on WSPR Am I the lowest power WSPR station in the world? Diode Ring Mixers SolderSmoke: The Book SolderSmoke: The Cologne? And now, a word from our sponsor: Genesis Radio MAILBAG Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_105 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_107 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 95 November 23, 2008 Amp design adventures with Spice, EMRFD WANTED: NE602 Spice model Pictures (from pirates?) in 80 meter waterfall Problems space with tools and solar panels QRSS news: W1BW 50 mw heard in VK6 and VK7 WSPR QRO controversy IK0IXI's video on HB 8 band SSB rig Ordering parts -- the aroma factor 1 uF caps OK for HF bypass? Reading Recommendation: December 2008 Discover Magazine Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_094 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_096 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 125 June 12, 2010 Special Four Days In May Edition! Opening music: FDIM Bluegrass Our last (sniff) Italy Travel Report Snakes and Fireflies in Lazio G3ROO's Antenna Book Davinci beacon crosses the pond WSPR rig repaired New transceiver built for 30 meter digi Manhattan-izing a SMT board Paul Harden's wonderful book BOB CRANE'S FDIM INTERVIEWS! "Muntzing" with Michael, G3RJV's "Socketry" Meeting Andrea IW0HK in Piazza San Cosimato! MAILBAG: Including mail from...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 142 March 19, 2012 SWR meter as a poor man's spectrum analyzer QRP Quarterly: Pete Juliano's SSB Rig, Idea Exchange, Mike's articles Great contacts on 17 SSB Squeezing the birdies out of 17 meter rig. Again. STOP MURPHY'S WHISKERS! A PLEA FOR BELDEN 1671A! My new 'scope Zen and the Art of Telescope Maintenance SETI Live: Search the waterfall for ET's sigs Ade Weiss's wonderful new book Chinese Knack? Soul in the Machine: Billy's earliest toroids Re-cycling my 20 meter CW rig (from...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 115 September 12, 2009 Camping in Sabina Michelangelo's late start Anniversaries: Internet, SolderSmoke, Hack-A-Day From Kitty Hawk to the Moon Carrington flares and childhood aurora Calculating speed of light (using cheese) Mythbusters Hubble Space Telescope, Sliding Spring Observatory Europa Transistor Museum Understanding Mixer products FALL SALE AT SolderSmoke CAFE PRESS STORE! MAILBAG Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_114 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_116 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 137 September 10, 2011 Earthquake! Hurricane! Tropical Storm! The Heathkit HW-7 -- An Undeserved Bad Reputation Over-the-counter saltpeter Movie review: Green Hornet, Captain America How many 2-Bs? (11,571) Ubuntifying dead laptops Get the SolderSmoke blog by e-mail Replacing a diode ring mixer with a diode... ...then trying the NT7S MOSFET detector Where is boatanchor wizard Walt Hutchins KJ4JV ? GREAT NAMES IN RADIO: MCMURDO SILVER Sputnik update Lew McCoy wrote about one of my...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 158 January 20, 2014 MLK Day. Tough winter. Shack heated by Heathkit. BITX 20/40 Almost done: Bandswitching arrangement. VFO construction using spreadsheets. 2N2222s wired in backwards! (CBE not EBC! Who knew?) Other amusing building errors. Crystal filter evaluation -- the G3UUR method. Sweeping a filter with an Arduino DDS. Building a BITX in LTSpice. New Rigol 'scope (now 100 MHz). Tek 465 REBORN! QRP HATERS -- They are out there! MAILBAG. BITX 20/40 dual band bandsweep Previous...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 150 March 6, 2013 -- SolderSnow! -- Winterfest Hamfest report -- N2CQR WINS ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX DSB CONTEST!!!! -- Homebrew Direct Conversion RX meets PSK-31 and FLDIGI -- Kludge Controversy II -- More Q Killing -- Fixing up old cassettes -- Pat Hawker, G3VA, SK -- Mailbag Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_149 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_151 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 172 16 February 2015 Bench Reports: Pete under the gun to finish SSB transceiver project. NEW VIDEO: http://youtu.be/hbLXW0sHTFo Bill fixes his BITX 2040 Oscillator (Bandsweep!) Next: LP filter for 120 watt amp. Bill's 13 dollar Chinese freq counter (Blue! With anti-wobble tape!) Bill's next rig: Chipped to the Max, DDS, SBL-1s, plug in filters! Radio Shack going under and JAN no longer making crystals. Mighty Mite Project: Let's get them DONE! An easy way to get Q or ESR...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #191 6 November 2016 TRAVELOGUE AND FAMILY DOINGS: Pete son's wedding, Billy's Birthday, Gonzalo safely home in the Dominican Republic, MORE BEARS IN THE SHENANDOAH WOODS BIG NEWS: EMRFD LIVES ON! Three cheers for Wes and for Tom Gallagher of the ARRL. BENCH REPORTS: PETE: FPM Rig. Some Halli history. A TRUE RIG! Working Japan. WITH 600 WATT LINEAR AMPLIFIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New FEELTECH Sig Gen. BILL: Farhan's BITX Module Built to Mod, built to get you started in homebrew Very...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke Podcast 216 21 December 2019 HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! Pete's Bench Sprat Article BITX 40 Fun ZL2BMI Rig Paraset. Three tubes! Almost an ET-3! Bill's Bench ET-2 Adventure over, Rig on the wall Final QSO count. 20 3 "random" Last QSO with AA8OZ Lessons learned: 100 mW not the problem. Crystal Control cramps your style. N0WVA regen amazingly effective. Tried for the Sunrise Net. Walter sent me some crystals. On to the uBITX. Accidentally wiped out calibration and BFO settings....
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Solder Smoke 212 23 June 2019 Sideband Engineers Models 33 and 34 -- Thanks Pete! Hans's QSX SDR Rig at Dayton-Xenia and FDIM W8SX FDIM interviews Pete's SDR Projects -- Update The Peregrino SSB transceiver in the summer SPRAT Why no rare earth cell phone speakers in ham projects? My HDR "waterfall" project Farhan's Antuino Cubesat origins RF Lab in an box SWR, PWR, SNA Superhet receiver with ADE-1 at front, and log IC at the output Adapters (SMA to BNC) help DON'T BLOW UP THE INPUT...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Solder Smoke #228 16 January 2021 Of course, no travel. But vaccines are here so maybe soon we can leave our shacks. In the meantime: I've been playing chess against AI bots on chess.com. Netflix recommendation: The Bureau. From France. A reading from Conquering the Electron. Germanium vs. Silicon. Bill's Bench: The KLH Model Twenty-one II. Acoustical Suspension. First receiver WITH A PILLOW! Bad speaker? Blown AF amp finals. Hot heat sink. VBE Multiplier. Desitin. Tony Fishpool's recommended...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Solder Smoke 208 15 December 2018 Pete and the California fires Bill goes to Brooklyn 2 meter simplex A return of the trivial electric motor Audio from Mars HF Conditions -- a real mixed bag Pete looks back at 2018 -- The Year of the SSB Transceiver -- Lessons Learned Hans Summers, the QSX and the virtues of SDR W7ZOI's DC Receiver Retrospective The 1972 Solar Flare and the Vietnam War SHAMELESS COMMERCE: Buy your gifts through the Amazon link to the upper right. Consider SolderSmoke the book...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 127 October 11, 2010 SolderSmoke returns! Shack #7: The New Shack Drake 2-B inhaling RF Listening to 75 AM and SSB: WA1HLR, KM1A Time signal on 3820 +/-? Repairing DaVinci Code QRSS rig UK test gear works fine on this side of pond! Computer woes: First Linux SolderSmoke Astronomy from inside the Beltway Winter SPRAT: Great info, philosophy, inspiration Charging up solar cells Inbound Boatanchors: DX-40, DX-60, HQ-100, HA-600(A), HT-37 MAILBAG Previous episode:...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 31 Sept 04, 2006 Heathkit VTVM. QRSS. Radio Jove. Jupiter/IO laser. HF interferometer http://yasi.fringes.org. Kootie Key. SM0VPO's website. RF green thumb vs dead chickens. Homebrew Wifi antennas. KL7R's bookmarks and new shack photo. PG1N's website. QEX article on "Why antennas radiate." Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_030 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_032 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke Podcast 218 24 February 2020 Flying drones with Billy. Amazing tech out there. In the 50 buck range with video cameras and facial recognition and tracking. Check out Air Pix. Bill's Bench: Active CW filter in uBITX. Hi-Per-Mite from 4 State QRP. Easy to do. Works well. uBITX to 5 W level. S-38E adventure. Replaced antenna input coil BUT -- it came from an earlier S-38 and doesn't resonate. So I bought a junker on e-bay and will take the E model coil out of that one. Had to re-string...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 97 December 21, 2008 Tiber flooding, Italian @ (snail!) -------------- DSB 80 "Kickpanel" project: Rig reform Harder than SSB? Do we need to match diodes? Terminating balanced modulators An antenna for my "spot" ("net") circuit, LED Thinking of speech processing Driver hotter than final --------------- MEPT QRSS: VK2ZAY crosses Oz on 470 micro-watts Using 9H1LO's grabber engine as time machine My beacon box: 10 and 30 in same enclosure Knights QSY to...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke Podcast 213 7 September 2019 The dire consequences of our summer absence. 50th PODCAST WITH OUR FRIEND PETE! THREE CHEERS FOR PETE! Pete's Bench Report -- Transceiver Count: FORTY! -- SDR RADIGS -- Colorful OLED screens -- Pilgrims and Paisanos -- "Left Coast Homebrew SSB" -- Pete builds a CW transceiver (see picture above) Bill's Bench Report: -- Going minimalist -- Tuna Tin 2 + Herring Aid 5 = Fish Soup 7 (and later 10) -- My QRPp QSO with K1PUB overheard in Canada --...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 159 April 1, 2014 Vienna Wireless Hamfest BITX Talk W1REX speaks Tuna Tin 2 Mojo Transfer Ceremony After 38 years -- finishing my Herring Aid 5 receiver Feedback, Phasing Dots, Rotational Sense, and Oscillation (or not) Motorboating (when you don't want to) Building my Tuna Tin 2 with parts from W1REX On the air with Tuna Tin and Herring Aid More Minimalist Meanderings: An (Almost) All Altoid Crystal Radio! Tek 465 dies (again) :-( MAILBAG Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_158 ....
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 107 May 11, 2009 SolderSmoke -- The Book! ON SALE NOW! Get it here: SolderSmoke: A Global Adventure in Radio Electronics http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/soldersmoke/6743576 Orbits II reborn via a VK6 junkbox NA5N's Amazing Atlanticon 2002 article WSPR madness: 20 mw across the Atlantic. K1JT picks up my sigs WSPR generates interes on Hack-A-Day Linux: Ubuntu gets SolderSmoke Thumbs-up Somerset Supper Report Diode Ring Mixers Solar conditions AA1JT, Chloroform, and HB...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke 129 January 8, 2011 Introducing Cappuccio "On the Cover of the Hot Iron" Old tech, new tech: Hammarlund HQ-100 Lafayette HA-600 (A) WSPR: VK6 on the grey line, also Wake Island, and Alaska How I fixed a broken GPU chip using a light bulb! EMRFD's cool mod of the SBL-1 Diode Ring device (from W6JFR) MAILBAG Previous episode: soldersmoke_podcast_128 . Next episode: soldersmoke_podcast_130 .
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #229 20 March 2021 -- G2NJ Trophy is awarded to Pete Juliano, N6QW. -- Get your vaccine shot as soon as you can! -- More from "Conquering the Electron" by Derek Cheung. -- Bad fire in the chip factory. Such a shame. Sad! I had NOTHING to do with it. I was home that day. I can prove it. -- Bezos is not such a bad guy. Turns out he is a space-geek. -- Perseverance was the big space news. Very cool. Pete's bench: Raspberry Pi vs. Microcontrollers Treedix display Conversion of...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
SolderSmoke #182 21 November 2015 Travelogue: In Shenandoah with BEARS! Michigan Mighty Mite Update and a Generous Offer (with conditions). BENCH REPORT:-- Pete's Ten Tec Conversion using LTSpice-- Pete's Simple-ceiver-- My CB to 10 conversion plans DREAMS OF 160 METER AM: KB3SII, N2CQR, N6QW Building for Top Band Raspberry Pi Nightmares Homebrew to Homebrew (HB2HB) Contacts Elser Mathes Cup -- We have some competition! QST, "The Radio Art," and The Channelization of HF Bands WA5BDU...
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Travelogue: Mars at opposition. Not as good as 2020. SSSS Prep Hearing aids and high frequency loss. AirPods as hearing aids. Out in the Shenandoah with a Baofeng. Success among TJ High School students. Satellite in space? PARTSCANDY Bill's Bench: Direct Conversion Receiver: IT IS ALIVE! EVEN IN LTSPICE PTO works very well. Diode ring -- really needs a diplexer, Radio Marti. AF amplifier simplicity. But WHY can't you listen to DSB on a DC receiver? Now I know. How does a diode detector work? Is...
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
This is the video from SolderSmoke #234, recorded on November 17, 2021 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ8iSi8lFas Uploader: SolderSmoke
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
May 26, 2014. Pete Juliano's first SolderSmoke podcast. I think we both thought that this would be a one-time appearance. But one show led to another and soon we were in a permanent podcast collaboration. This was a very fortunate development, for me, for the podcast, for all our listeners and for ham radio. Thanks Pete! Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PS2QLyMjjc Uploader: SolderSmoke
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
Topics: Youtube, video, Science & Technology
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SolderSmoke is one of the oldest ham radio podcasts, which began in 2006, hosted by Bill N2CQR and Pete N6QW. Official web site at http://soldersmoke.com
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