SolderSmoke Podcast #177 is available: http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2015/06/solde ... .html 13 June 2015 -- PETE JULIANO INDUCTED INTO THE QRP HALL OF FAME-- Bench Reports: Bicoastal Bilateral Success: A Tale of Two Tias Only 3 TIA rigs in the world? It depends... Relay improvements in the BITX Builds Straightening out amp problems The many uses of copper foil No phase noise or bleed-over troubles Plug-in filters Adjusting TIA amp gain on RX and TX (too much is not good!) Getting the BITX to work with the CCI amp Allison wisely prescribes 3 db pads Curing hum by moving the power supply (duh!)-- Farhan's New Minima -- Crying out for an Si551? -- Mike KL7R's Web Site is Back (thanks to W8NSA) -- SolderLex: Rigs or Radios? We go with Rigs-- A ham right of passage: Build a Dipole! -- What does your shack look like at the end of a project?-- MAILBAG The CORRECT pronunciation of Belthorn Multiplication and Division by 4 W8NSA, Vietnam, a Transoceanic and a 9V Battery