Kevin K3IY’s Beautiful FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver: “An amazing experience… A milestone for me…”

Kevin’s receiver was beautifully built. And it sounds great. Congratulations Kevin, and welcome to the Hall of Fame.

Kevin writes:

This was my first “real” homebrew project. I’ve built a few kits and toyed with some basic circuits, but this is a milestone for me. It wasn’t without some troubles but what an amazing experience. I couldn’t get my oscillator to work and the issue was I tried to make due with two 680pF ceramic caps. I took Dean’s advice to stick with the 330pF silver mica’s and I found my signal. At this point I also broke down and bought an oscilloscope. I now plan to do some mod’s and eventually build a TR switch and pair it with a transmitter. I can’t thank Bill and Dean enough for making this an obtainable goal. Kevin, K3IY

Kevin’s receiver on CW (above) and SSB (below).
He’s thinking about his receiver

7 thoughts on “Kevin K3IY’s Beautiful FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver: “An amazing experience… A milestone for me…””

  1. an-mhaith Kevin! well done you. On other news. While stumbling along on my browser reconnects me with an old friend who hides on a new blog. But I can’t wait till his next video. https://catsuperhet.blogspot.com/ A thousand welcomes de Paddy Byrne from Cork

  2. Dang that is good newz Paddy.Thanks for that link .”`”. .-./ _=_ \.-. { (,(oYo),) }} {{ | ” |} } { { \(—)/ }} {{ }’-=-‘{ } } { { }._:_.{ }} {{ } -:- { } } {_{ }`===`{ _} ((((\) (/))))

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