{"id":1773,"date":"2022-12-03T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/12\/03\/soldersmoke-podcast-242-mars-new-hams-direct-conversion-sdr-console-proficio-pssst-8-meters-a-big-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:02:54","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-242-mars-new-hams-direct-conversion-sdr-console-proficio-pssst-8-meters-a-big-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/12\/03\/soldersmoke-podcast-242-mars-new-hams-direct-conversion-sdr-console-proficio-pssst-8-meters-a-big-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #242 Mars, New Hams, Direct Conversion, SDR Console, Proficio, PSSST, 8 meters, A BIG MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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SolderSmoke Podcast #242 is available<\/b><\/p>\n

Audio podcast: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke242.mp3<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

Video: <\/span><\/b>(362) SolderSmoke Podcast #242 December 3, 2022 – YouTube<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Travelogue: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Mars at opposition. Not as good as 2020 (see charts below)<\/b><\/p>\n

SSSS Prep<\/b><\/p>\n

Hearing aids and high frequency loss.<\/b><\/p>\n

AirPods as hearing aids.<\/b><\/p>\n

Out in the Shenandoah with a Baofeng.<\/b><\/p>\n

Success among TJ High School students.<\/b><\/p>\n

Satellite in space?<\/b><\/p>\n

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PARTSCANDY<\/b><\/p>\n

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Bill’s Bench:<\/b><\/p>\n

Direct Conversion Receiver: IT IS ALIVE! EVEN IN LTSPICE<\/b><\/p>\n

PTO works very well.<\/b><\/p>\n

Diode ring — really needs a diplexer, Radio Marti.<\/b><\/p>\n

AF amplifier simplicity.<\/b><\/p>\n

But WHY can’t you listen to DSB on a DC receiver? Now I know.<\/b><\/p>\n

How does a diode detector work? Is the envelope real? Is it square law?<\/b><\/p>\n

The benefits of writing… 1967 and 1966 articles on PTOs and 2Qs.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Shameless Commerce Division:<\/b><\/p>\n

— MOSTLY DIY RF! NEWS FROM PORTLAND! Get your free Michigan Mighty Mite. <\/b><\/p>\n

— YouTube Goal Reached. Thanks! Keep watching. Subscribe!<\/b><\/p>\n

— Keep buying from Bezos using the link on the right-hand column of the blog page.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Become a Patreon sponsor! Left hand column of blog page.<\/b><\/p>\n

— I have ads on the blog page, but I have configured to avoid troublesome ads — dating sites, etc.<\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/b>Pete’s Bench<\/b><\/p>\n

— Stepper motor, LCD and Arduino for my little DC RX?<\/b><\/p>\n

— SDR Console<\/b><\/p>\n

— PSSST, BOMS, Schematics and spoon feeding…<\/b><\/p>\n

— Proficio SDR by Multus<\/b><\/p>\n

— 8 meters?<\/b><\/p>\n

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Mailbag<\/b><\/p>\n

— Alan Yates VK2ZAY now also W7ZAY PTOs, trivial motors, a broken ankle…<\/b><\/p>\n

— Dhaka Jack AI4SV formerly of Cyprus, Madagascar and Northern Virginia. has moved to France!<\/b><\/p>\n

— John WB5OAU\/K5MO An old friend. FMLA as “Glowbugs Noir”<\/b><\/p>\n

— Dale Parfitt W4OP on the Homebrew 2Q from 1967<\/b><\/p>\n

— Nick M0NTV Glue Sticks, PTOs, DC receivers and AM breakthrough testing.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Todd K7TFC suggests \u201ccool\u201d names for DC RX PT Cruiser? PT109? PT73?<\/b><\/p>\n

— Levi replacing Selenium diodes in a Globe VFO. I am not alone!<\/b><\/p>\n

— Juanjo EC5ACA wants to build DC RX . FB.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Dave designed a discrete LM386. Picked up by Jenny at HackaDay. Can you build this?<\/b><\/p>\n

— George Zaff. HamRadio Workbench Spiritual Brother of SolderSmoke.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Alain F4IET — Still building DC receiver. FB. Sorry I got the call wrong.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Drew N7DA Building Pixies with 3D forms.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Toni G6XMO in Sheffield getting a 3D printer business going: https:\/\/www.whizz3dparts.co.<\/wbr>uk\/<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

— Chuck KE5HPW restoring an old SW-54. Pete is skeptical.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Lex and Jesse like Colin’s placement of WYKSYCDS sticker on his Homebrew rig.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Jim KI4THZ joined the Vienna Wireless Society — FB on the faculty at GMU<\/b><\/p>\n

— Tony G4WIF suggested mechanical counter for DC RX PTO freq readout. I have some in the junk box.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Our old friend Jonathan-san in W0XO now a Patreon sponsor. Origato!<\/b><\/p>\n

— Thomas K4SWL sent him video of Tiny SA watching Vatican Radio sign off for the day.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Farhan and Chuck Penson liked blog post about Heathkit Digital Rig SS-8000 1978!<\/b><\/p>\n

— Ed KC8SBV working on DC receivers — I recently used the Peppermint Bark box he sent.<\/b><\/p>\n

— Old friend Bob KD4EBM on the linearization of the R-390s. Hard to homebrew one of those!<\/b><\/p>\n

— George from VWS trying to figure out how (if?) Marconi got his coherer to work DX…<\/b><\/p>\n

— Steve EI5DD sends Connaught Radio news: https:\/\/www.docdroid.net\/<\/wbr>Q1lBoyi\/crnews1222-pdf#page=36<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Won\u2019t have another Podcast until the new year so Happy Holidays to all! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! <\/b><\/p>\n


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