{"id":10175,"date":"2015-11-14T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/11\/14\/w2dlhs-20-meter-mighty-mite\/"},"modified":"2015-11-14T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T00:09:00","slug":"w2dlhs-20-meter-mighty-mite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/11\/14\/w2dlhs-20-meter-mighty-mite\/","title":{"rendered":"W2DLH&#8217;s 20 meter Mighty Mite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AUms45rwm84?rel=0\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <strong>N2CQR &#038; N6QW, <\/strong> <\/p>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2599\"> <strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2661\"> <strong>I ran across a reference to the SolderSmoke book and read through it very quickly. Through the book, I discovered the SolderSmoke podcast and have been enjoying every minute!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2662\"> <strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2663\"> <strong>I just want to thank the two of you for the inspiration and new motivation I\u2019ve found in a hobby I\u2019ve loved for 25 years! I\u2019ve never tried homebrewing anything but that\u2019s about to change.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\"> <strong><\/strong> <\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2608\"> <strong>It took me a while but we have oscillations on or about 14.060 MHz!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2611\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/AUms45rwm84\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2612\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/youtu.be\/AUms45rwm84<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2607\"> <strong>I adjusted the circuit to use resistor divider biasing of the 2N2219 and changes to the biasing and coil to accommodate the 20m crystal. Also the only cap I had that worked was a 10-50pF trimmer. Aside from my placing the crystal in the wrong point in the circuit because I wasn&#8217;t paying attention, this Michigan Mighty Mite needed minimal tweeting. The antenna is a 50 ohm resistor which the KX3 heard very well with its attenuator in line. <\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2501\"> <strong><\/strong> <\/div>\n<div> <strong>Now my problem is that I listen to SolderSmoke in the car and it&#8217;s bad form to take notes and drive at the same time. Also, I find myself wanting to experiment with all of the ideas from the podcast at once&#8230; If I build your LBS in modules, Pete, then I can experiment later and swap circuits to my hearts content.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2614\"> <strong><\/strong> <\/div>\n<div> <strong>One question for now&#8230;where is a good source of plentiful, inexpensive crystals?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2504\"> <strong><\/strong> <\/div>\n<div> <strong>Thanks again, guys!<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2659\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2658\" style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2657\" style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2656\" style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2655\" style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2654\" style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2653\" style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2652\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2651\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2650\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2649\">\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2648\"> <strong><\/strong> <\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\"> <strong>Darryl Hambly, W2DLH<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2665\"> <span class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2532\"><strong>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2515\"> <strong>Grid DM78pu<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv4619775231\" id=\"yiv4619775231yui_3_16_0_1_1444125919058_2666\"> <strong>G-QRP 15014<br class=\"yiv4619775231\" clear=\"none\" \/>QRP ARCI 15138<br class=\"yiv4619775231\" clear=\"none\" \/>SKCC 10990<br class=\"yiv4619775231\" clear=\"none\" \/>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/strong><a class=\"yiv4619775231\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/W2DLH\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447498066462_2533\" rel=\"noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/W2DLH<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"fancybox-image\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/files.qrz.com\/h\/w2dlh\/image.jpg\" width=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N2CQR &#038; N6QW, I ran across a reference to the SolderSmoke book and read through it very quickly. Through the book, I discovered the SolderSmoke podcast and have been enjoying every minute! I just want to thank the two of you for the inspiration and new motivation I\u2019ve found in a hobby I\u2019ve loved for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/11\/14\/w2dlhs-20-meter-mighty-mite\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;W2DLH&#8217;s 20 meter Mighty Mite&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michigan-mighty-mite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10175","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=10175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}