{"id":10721,"date":"2021-08-12T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/grayson-evans-kj7um-on-the-ham-radio-workbench-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:04:37","slug":"grayson-evans-kj7um-on-the-ham-radio-workbench-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/grayson-evans-kj7um-on-the-ham-radio-workbench-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayson Evans KJ7UM on the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HollowStateDesignHRWB.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"369\" data-original-width=\"596\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HollowStateDesignHRWB.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>OM Grayson was on the HRWB podcast with George Zaf and company. This was a really informative and entertaining session. For example, when asked if special precautions are needed when working with thermatrons, Grayson replies, &#8220;Well, try not to swallow anything&#8230; and don&#8217;t sit on the thermatrons.&#8221; Words to live by my friends. <\/b><b>Grayson&#8217;s story about cooking Tektronix scopes in a refrigerator re-purposed as an oven (after cleaning the &#8216;scope with a Home Depot power washer) is the kind of practical advice that readers of this blog REALLY NEED! <\/b><\/p>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>But seriously, I learned a lot just listening to Grayson talk about thermatrons with George and the HRWB crew. <br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>The interview includes nice shout-outs to SolderSmoke, SPRAT\/G-QRP, and Electric Radio magazine. <\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Check it out: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamradioworkbench.com\/podcast\/hollow-state-design\">https:\/\/www.hamradioworkbench.com\/podcast\/hollow-state-design<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Stay to the end for some thermatron-related password management advice from George. <\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Thanks to Grayson and to all the folks at HRWB. <\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OM Grayson was on the HRWB podcast with George Zaf and company. This was a really informative and entertaining session. For example, when asked if special precautions are needed when working with thermatrons, Grayson replies, &#8220;Well, try not to swallow anything&#8230; and don&#8217;t sit on the thermatrons.&#8221; Words to live by my friends. Grayson&#8217;s story &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/grayson-evans-kj7um-on-the-ham-radio-workbench-podcast\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grayson Evans KJ7UM on the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,154,192,205,17,71,101,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-evans-grayson","category-gqrp","category-r-390","category-sprat","category-test-gear","category-tubes","category-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10723,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721\/revisions\/10723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}