{"id":10032,"date":"2024-02-10T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/10\/soldersmoke-podcast-250-dean-kk4das-joins-pete-n6qw-and-bill-n2cqr\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:01:42","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-250-dean-kk4das-joins-pete-n6qw-and-bill-n2cqr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/10\/soldersmoke-podcast-250-dean-kk4das-joins-pete-n6qw-and-bill-n2cqr\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #250 Dean KK4DAS joins Pete N6QW and Bill N2CQR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SolderSmoke Podcast # 250 is ready for download: <\/b><\/p>\n

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VIDEO VERSION: (1707) SolderSmoke Podcast #250 — With Pete N6QW, Dean KK4DAS, and Bill N2CQR – YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Intro<\/u><\/b>: Welcome to Dean KK4DAS. For 2024 Pete and I hope to jazz things up a bit by bringing in fellow homebrewers to talk about their projects. Dean is our first victim. Welcome Dean. <\/p>\n

Some good news: Several new homebrew receivers are inhaling: Armand WA1UQO in Richmond has an amazing looking regen. Scott KQ4AOP in Tennessee got his DC RX working. Mike AG5VG in Texas has been homebrewing BITX 20s and BITX 40s. All are on the blog. <\/p>\n

Pete’s report:<\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n

— Recent blog entries on filters, SSB rig architecture, and of course digital VFOs. <\/p>\n

— Phasing measurements, quadrature, and the Seeed Xiao RP2040 <\/span><\/p>\n

— Error in QST article on early SSB transceiver. ANOTHER ERROR!<\/p>\n

–LC VFO on blog! FB Pete! <\/p>\n

Dean’s report:<\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n

— Tales of woe on the homebrew sBITX<\/p>\n

— Help from Farhan. <\/p>\n

— Ground Bounce. FFT Hallucinations. Wisdom files.<\/p>\n

SHAMELESS COMMERCE DIVISION: <\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n

— Whenever you are tempted to buy something from AMAZON, just start at the Amazon symbol on the right side of the page. We get a cut from Bezos, and it doesn’t cost you anything. <\/p>\n

— You can try to do the same thing with E-bay. We are finding a lot of great parts there. <\/p>\n

— If you see a SolderSmoke post on Facebook, please Like and forward. <\/p>\n

— Become a patron! Go to the Patreon page. We put the money to good SolderSmoke use. <\/p>\n

— Visit Mostly DIY RF and buy a PSSST kit! <\/p>\n

Bill’s bench: <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

— Building yet another BITX dual bander. 15-10 again. Tried to use a 25 MHz filter left over from the earlier project, but I had to build another. Built a new VFO using the variable cap and anti-backlash gear recommended by Pete. Was a bit tough to get the receiver sounding good. Had a diode ring as the second mixer, but went back to a singly balanced mixer. <\/p>\n

— 10 meter AM — Thanks to Jerry Coffman K5JC for mod. <\/p>\n

Other topics: <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

–Counterfeit chips. Why? <\/p>\n

MAILBAG:<\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n

Wes W7ZOI <\/p>\n

Jim Cook W8NSA Transoceanic BFO<\/p>\n

Grayson KJ7UM — Vintage Computer Museum<\/p>\n

Chuck Adams –Glad to hear that Chuck is doing well. <\/p>\n

Frank Harris K0IYE — NO CHIPS!!!! <\/p>\n

ED DD5LP Antenna software<\/p>\n

Eldon KC5U 10 AM We made a contact<\/p>\n

Joh DL6ID 10 AM <\/p>\n

Phil W1PJE of MIT 10AM Where is L5? <\/p>\n

Bob WP4BQV now in UK <\/p>\n

Dino Papas KL0S in Wilmington Reverse Polarity protection. <\/p>\n

AA7EE Dave Richards Liked Armand’s receiver<\/p>\n

Rogier PA1ZZ <\/p>\n

Jonathan-san W0XO Listened to my ET-2 CW Whoop,whoop<\/p>\n

Nick M0NTV Great videos from Nick the Vic<\/p>\n

Will KI4POV Working on his own SSB rigs. <\/p>\n

John West — Who is the South American ham who made his capacitors and heat sinks? <\/p>\n

Ed KC8SBV Working on DC receiver, experimenting with FETs <\/p>\n

Mike WN2A great contributions. Si5351 sole source danger! <\/p>\n

Nick N3FJZ — watch out for dead bands when testing receivers! <\/p>\n

Don KM4UDX encouragement from new Prez of VWS<\/p>\n

Dave K8WPE Likes QF1 Cap backlash. Says I’m getting soft! <\/p>\n

Dave WA1LBP My fellow Hambassador, from Okinawa USMC Sergeant with a workshop. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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