{"id":1188,"date":"2024-02-22T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/22\/some-of-my-double-sideband-rigs-azores-virginia-dominican-republic\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:01:42","slug":"some-of-my-double-sideband-rigs-azores-virginia-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/22\/some-of-my-double-sideband-rigs-azores-virginia-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Some of my Double Sideband Rigs: Azores, Virginia, Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/psJsV3-xEhg?si=HgMVMrxYmeuSN8_1?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>The above video describe a round of mods to the much modded DSB rig. And my alleged winning of the ARRL Sweepstakes (in a very elite category). <\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mCQHUpx51U?si=IjpxmGpgd9v9N-M0?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>The video above shows where I took the rig in 2014. Bahia Rincon, Samana peninsula, Dominican Republic. You can also see my power supply. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Here is an article on the first DSB rig that I built, out in the Azores: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgeteer.us\/17METER.HTM\"><b>https:\/\/www.gadgeteer.us\/17METER.HTM<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjpnHec6TeZaflFTL2igr6NwK_HilfckHzV9erZsjDQ0TFwcSHGkrpC6tfKw9bdIlPDI3DBrWSMa5kPLDxXtBXhgKes8U0q5daMkHfveV6hzK95nTlxWJWTD08woTRgB089KTuqs_MhBasJmejBQu6r5OIHu5pawtMLvbHOImk1DjosAhGbSwpir--IK74\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"342\" data-original-width=\"422\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image_1753059730.png\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>I think the article captures well the trials and tribulations faced by new homebrewers, perhaps with the twist that comes from being out in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Mike WU2D is having similar fun with his homebrew 10 meter DSB transceiver: <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uZt1LTGyoHc\"><b>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uZt1LTGyoHc<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>I was struck by how similar Mike&#8217;s early QSO experiences were with mine. We both put our DSB transmitters on the air before they made their way into real cabinets or boxes. <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Here&#8217;s mine from 2001 in the Azores: <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEj-0BbRZAIMIjEdx3ax7xE4s4Kap6PZatxVUZxD1X3M0bXohg4Re7wIhB4_p3Xz1Je-2FZyGMk5SBZqzPU5KKAtsCwsryFYqkJknGOSnMK-OdT6VSH6HRIgmrrH1Cu8X19slyAZVqKkZCOhOfgOZWUWlQfLzGa2buHjb5nIsQ_IGYycqb37hNhYoPa0Zlc\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"503\" data-original-width=\"377\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image_1753059733.png\" width=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above video describe a round of mods to the much modded DSB rig. And my alleged winning of the ARRL Sweepstakes (in a very elite category). The video above shows where I took the rig in 2014. Bahia Rincon, Samana peninsula, Dominican Republic. You can also see my power supply. Here is an article &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/22\/some-of-my-double-sideband-rigs-azores-virginia-dominican-republic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Some of my Double Sideband Rigs: Azores, Virginia, Dominican Republic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,19,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azores","category-dominican-republic","category-dsb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","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=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}