<div dir="ltr"><h1>Soldersmoke 179 Tenth Anniversary Show</h1><p>                      Friday, August 21 marked 10 years of the Soldersmoke podcast<br><br>                      In this edition: <br><br>                      -- A clip: The first minutes of SolderSmoke #1<br>                      -- A trip down SolderSmoke memory lane.<br>                      -- The SolderSmoke lexicon -- words and phrases we use (a lot).<br><br>                      BENCH REPORT<br>                      -- Pete&#39;s antenna project.<br>                      -- Pete&#39;s new Blog:   <a href="http://n6qw.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://n6qw.blogspot.com</a><br>                      -- Bill&#39;s big amplifier problem fixed thanks to Allison KB1GMX.<br>                      -- Six digit freq readout with an Altoids case.<br><br>                      THE Si5351 PHASE NOISE CONTROVERSY<br>                      -- ALL oscillators make noise.<br>                      -- Keeping things in perspective:  It is 100 db down!<br>                      -- Observations and tests from LA3PNA, NT7S, and K0WFS:<br><a href="http://k0wfs.com/2015/08/21/si5351-phase-noise-and-thd-tests-using-an-agilent-e4402b-spectrum-analyzer/" target="_blank">http://k0wfs.com/2015/08/21/si5351-phase-noise-and-thd-tests-using-an-agilent-e4402b-spectrum-analyzer/</a><br><a href="http://nt7s.com/2014/11/si5351a-investigations-part-7/" target="_blank">http://nt7s.com/2014/11/si5351a-investigations-part-7/</a><br>                      -- Try it, you&#39;ll like it!  The benefits trying things on real rigs.<br><br>                      NEWS<br>                      Interviews on &quot;QSO TODAY&quot; with Eric 4Z1UG.<br>                      Horrible band conditions.<br>                      Looking at Saturn with telescope.<br><br>                      MAILBAG<br>                      Another recruit for the CBLA:  Paul KA5WPL.<br>                      Ron G4GXO on Bell-Thorn and Eden9 SSB rigs.<br>                      Rupert G6HVY on Kon Tiki radio and Mr. Spock.  <br>                      Mikele&#39;s Croation BITX rigs.<br>                      Dean AC9JQ&#39;s TIA.<br>                      Bryan KV4ZS will build an LBS receiver.<br>                      Dave Anderson give Pete good antenna advice.<br>                      Steve Smith moves in from the garage.<br><br>                      Pete has built 12 SSB transceivers.  Intervention time?  <br><br>                      Listen to<br><a href="http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2015/08/soldersmoke-podcast-179-special-tenth.html" target="_blank">http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2015/08/soldersmoke-podcast-179-special-tenth.html</a><br><br>                      Soldersmoke blog<br><a href="http://soldersmoke.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://soldersmoke.blogspot.co.uk/</a></p></div>