{"id":10111,"date":"2018-01-13T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2018\/01\/13\/soldersmoke-podcast-202-cover-rig-skn-petes-vector-boards-ubitx-k1bqt-rig-mail\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T03:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:52:49","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-202-cover-rig-skn-petes-vector-boards-ubitx-k1bqt-rig-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2018\/01\/13\/soldersmoke-podcast-202-cover-rig-skn-petes-vector-boards-ubitx-k1bqt-rig-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #202 Cover-Rig, SKN, Pete&#8217;s Vector Boards, uBITX, K1BQT rig, MAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/VectorBoards.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"480\" data-original-width=\"640\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/VectorBoards.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/n6qw.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/n6qw.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>SolderSmoke Podcast #202 is available: <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b><a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke202.mp3\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke202.mp3<\/a><\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>13 Jan 2018<\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b style=\"font-size: 12.8px;\">Opening music from Shel Silverstein and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>On the Cover of the Rolling Stone or On the Cover of SPRAT magazine.<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12.8px;\"><b>Travelogue and Weather Report<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>&#8212; Bill&#8217;s trip to the Dominican Republic. SWL on the beach. Return to the ice box. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>&#8212; Dramatic events in California. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>&#8212; Reading Chinese Sci Fi with lots of radio in it. &#8220;The Three Body Problem&#8221; by Cixin Liu<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Straight Key Night. IN QRP MODE THANK YOU. With nephew Jeffrey. Annual event &#8212; worked Jim W1PID friend of Mike Rainey. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Steve Murphy and Jeff Damm on QSO Today. FB. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Oh your rig is homebrew? &#8220;It must be propagation.&#8221; <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>ER Reading about G3UUR<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Hams avoiding 60 meters due to 100 watt limit. SAD. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Bill&#8217;s Bench: Continuing series on the Ceramic Discrete DC receiver. Described the oscillator and the AF amp. Next we will do the Mixer. The most interesting stage. <span style=\"font-size: 12.8px;\">Nephew John Henry and niece Helena visiting today. <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white;\">\n<div style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Pete&#8217;s bench. uBITX adventures. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>The K1BQT IC transceiver. <\/b><\/div>\n<p> <b style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\">The Vector Board building technique. See <\/b><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: \"arial\" , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.8px;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/n6qw.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/n6qw.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>MAILBAG<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Paul KA5WPL Looking for project with his son. Sawdust. Thanks again Steve Silverman.<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Chris Waldrup OM PBJ thanks for the gift<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Pete in contact with Sven Johnson<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Chuck KE5HPY sent us picture of fashion model with boatanchors in background Grayson recalled 73 magazine covers&#8230;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Pete WB9FLW Bilateral SBE-33 ad &#8220;with inherent stability&#8221; That&#8217;s the best kind!<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>Bruce KK0S experimenting with AF amps for the DC receiver<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"> <b>John KE5ETX Attempting CBLA<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;\"> <\/div>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Ux3-a9RE1Q?rel=0\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sb-33-ad.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"953\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sb-33-ad.jpg\" width=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PeteAwesome.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"360\" data-original-width=\"640\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/PeteAwesome.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/n6qw.blogspot.com\/ SolderSmoke Podcast #202 is available: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke202.mp3 13 Jan 2018 Opening music from Shel Silverstein and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. On the Cover of the Rolling Stone or On the Cover of SPRAT magazine. Travelogue and Weather Report &#8212; Bill&#8217;s trip to the Dominican Republic. SWL on the beach. Return to the ice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2018\/01\/13\/soldersmoke-podcast-202-cover-rig-skn-petes-vector-boards-ubitx-k1bqt-rig-mail\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SolderSmoke Podcast #202 Cover-Rig, SKN, Pete&#8217;s Vector Boards, uBITX, K1BQT rig, MAIL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,49,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cw","category-soldersmoke-podcast","category-sprat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10115,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111\/revisions\/10115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}