BUILD IT LIKE THIS
Yesterday Pete Juliano published a blog post that contains an enormous amount of tribal knowledge and good advice for homebrewers. As I read Pete’s post, I thought back on my own failed teenage efforts at homebrewing — the Herring Aid Five fiasco came to mind. I also thought of Farhan’s comments about his similar frustrations with early homebrewing efforts (though I find it hard to believe that Farhan EVER had trouble making something work).
Above we see a large N6QW prototype breadboard. Note how it is easy to see where the various stages start and stop. This is key to understanding and troubleshooting a complex rig. If you want to see the antithesis of this approach, here it is:
DO NOT BUILD IT LIKE THIS
This was supposed to be an 80 meter DSB transceiver. The builder (who will remain anonymous) obviously didn’t get it to work. I think he should try again, using Pete’s methodical approach.
Check out Pete’s great advice here:
Thanks Pete!
That 80M rig is so ugly it’s beautiful.