{"id":10325,"date":"2020-08-01T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/08\/01\/soldersmoke-podcast-224-mars-spurs-bikes-sdr-nanovna-antuino-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2020-08-01T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T04:52:00","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-224-mars-spurs-bikes-sdr-nanovna-antuino-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/08\/01\/soldersmoke-podcast-224-mars-spurs-bikes-sdr-nanovna-antuino-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #224:  Mars. Spurs. Bikes. SDR. NanoVNA. Antuino. MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWD-nx9gA0o\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;\">SolderSmoke Podcast #224 is available:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke224.mp3\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke224.mp3<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>1 August 2020<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;The launch of Perseverance Mars probe with Ingenuity helicopter. <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><b>&#8211;China\u2019s Tian Wen 1 on its way \u2013 radio amateur Daniel Estevez EA4GPZ is listening to it!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;Sci Fi Books: Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. No skip on Mars \ud83d\ude41<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;We have some sunspots!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>SFI now 72 and the Sunspot number is 23.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\">Bill&#8217;s bench: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;Conquering Ceramic Spurs in Q-31 Roofing filter &#8212; sort of <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;NE602 for a Q-75 converter \u2013 Gilbert Cell.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;Measuring low power levels out of NE602. Antuino better than &#8216;scope . <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;NanoVNA Really cool stuff. SDR in there. <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;Building a 455 kc LC filter from QF-1 rubble. Using LTSPICE, Elsie&#8230; <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;Reviving my bicycle AM radio \u2013 The \u201cAll Japanese 6\u201d <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;Understanding L Network impedance matching. <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\"><b>&#8211;Bill\u2019s new resistor kit from Mouser. Thanks to Drew N7DA.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;\">SHAMELESS COMMERCE: PATREON, AMAZON SEARCH. 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