{"id":1123,"date":"2017-06-17T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/06\/17\/soldersmoke-podcast-197-farhan-fame-fest-testgear-ssb-history-dishal-dystopia-qrp-cw-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:53:33","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-197-farhan-fame-fest-testgear-ssb-history-dishal-dystopia-qrp-cw-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/06\/17\/soldersmoke-podcast-197-farhan-fame-fest-testgear-ssb-history-dishal-dystopia-qrp-cw-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #197: Farhan, Fame, ‘Fest, Testgear, SSB History, Dishal Dystopia, QRP CW, MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke197.mp3<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n

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Up in NYC, met Dave W2DAB. got Steve Silverman’s HP 8640B Sig Gen.<\/b><\/div>\n
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Farhan’s visit to SolderSmoke HQ<\/b><\/div>\n
Got me a TEK1401A Spectrum analyzer<\/b><\/div>\n
Farhan at “Geekfest” @W7ZOI <\/b>http:\/\/w7zoi.net\/Farhan-visit.<\/wbr>html<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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BITX40 Modules. 5,000 already. 1,000 a month. <\/b><\/div>\n
The BITX pronunciation problem. <\/b><\/div>\n
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QRP Hall of Fame. I suspected April 1 reprisal! “I am unworthy” <\/b><\/div>\n
Like in Wayne’s World: <\/b>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?<\/wbr>v=lBEn3a4TIUw<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
Dusting off my Tuna Tin 2, Herring Aid 5 and Farhan’s key from India. <\/b><\/div>\n
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The Manassas Hamfest: OLD crystal gear. 20’s and 30’s stuff. Leon Lambert RX and Philmore Fixed Crystal Detector. <\/b><\/div>\n
<\/b>Reminder of how YOUNG the radio art is. <\/b><\/div>\n
RELATED: Bell System 1953 Transistor Documentary. 11 year old Pete and his CK722. <\/b><\/div>\n
Bought some good stuff from Charles AI4OT.<\/b><\/div>\n
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Armand WA1UQO gave me a big collection of Electric Radio. So much history and HB wisdom in there. Frank Jones and Lafayette Radio. Jim Lamb and 1930s SSB. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Is the CK-722 the source of Pete Juliano’s affinity for Juliano Blue? <\/b><\/div>\n
Was Wes Hayward already using Juliano Blue?<\/b><\/div>\n
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“Your rig sounds real good for a homebrew rig!” <\/b><\/div>\n
“Well, your rig sounds pretty good for a Yaesu!”<\/b><\/div>\n
Related topic: Going over the Waterfall: The SDR Superiority Syndrome. Feathering. <\/b><\/div>\n
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ARRL Arduino Book by Popiel. Very nice. Right level. Lots of good info. <\/b><\/div>\n
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BENCH REPORT: <\/b><\/div>\n
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Pete’s Dishal Dystopia — Is the perfect TRULY the enemy of the good enough?<\/b><\/div>\n
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Bill’s NE602 RIG: <\/b><\/div>\n
Replaced OLED. Blue one seems noisier. Shielded it with copper flashing. <\/b><\/div>\n
Made me yearn for bigger boxes WITH A HOOD! <\/b><\/div>\n
DOCUMENTING WITH LTSPICE<\/b><\/div>\n
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MAILBAG: <\/b><\/div>\n
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Special Thanks to our correspondent in the Dayton Xenia Metropolitan area — Bob Crane W8SX.<\/b><\/div>\n
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Jack Welch, AI4SV 5R8SV — Our Man in Antanarivo — Sent me a GREAT BOOK “I, Libertine” by Frederick R. Ewing. EXCELSIOR! <\/b><\/div>\n
https:\/\/qrz.com\/db\/5r8sv<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
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Bruce KC1FSZ <\/b>https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/<\/wbr>kc1fsz<\/b><\/span><\/a> Building Scratchbuilt BITX. On the way put the VFO where the BFO should go and had a DC RX. FB<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Greg, VK1VXG Suggestion for WA8WDQ on Arduino serial plotter <\/b><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/i<\/wbr>d\/Ultimate-Guide-to-Adruino-Se<\/wbr>rial-Plotter\/<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Ben KC9DLM Mercury PTO. In a syringe! No thanks! Maybe add some high voltage and selenium. And a radium dial! Yea! <\/b><\/div>\n
http:\/\/webshed.org\/wiki\/Mercur<\/wbr>y_PTO<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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KY3R’s metalized cigar boxes! FB On Blog. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Richard WB2PEF has revived his Doug DeMaw 8P6 rig. FB. But bothered by PTT thump. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Update on Dave AA7EE (from Mike KC6SAX)<\/b><\/div>\n

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SolderSmoke Podcast #197 is available: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke197.mp3 Up in NYC, met Dave W2DAB. got Steve Silverman’s HP 8640B Sig Gen. Farhan’s visit to SolderSmoke HQ Got me a TEK1401A Spectrum analyzer Farhan at “Geekfest” @W7ZOI http:\/\/w7zoi.net\/Farhan-visit.html BITX40 Modules. 5,000 already. 1,000 a month. The BITX pronunciation problem. QRP Hall of Fame. I suspected April 1 reprisal! … Continue reading “SolderSmoke Podcast #197: Farhan, Fame, ‘Fest, Testgear, SSB History, Dishal Dystopia, QRP CW, MAILBAG”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,108,66,133,60,211,100,49,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitx40module","category-crystal-radio","category-farhan","category-hamfests-and-flea-markets","category-hayward-wes","category-ne602","category-old-radio","category-soldersmoke-podcast","category-test-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","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=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1127,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions\/1127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}