{"id":2122,"date":"2023-03-20T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/03\/20\/winterfest-loot-who-can-id-the-homebrew-receiver\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:02:25","slug":"winterfest-loot-who-can-id-the-homebrew-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/03\/20\/winterfest-loot-who-can-id-the-homebrew-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Winterfest Loot: Who Can ID the Homebrew Receiver?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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First a big congratulations to the Vienna Wireless Society and its President, Dean KK4DAS. In spite of low temperatures that made the Winterfest Hamfest live up to its name, this year’s ‘fest was a big success with excellent turnout both by buyers and sellers. There were a LOT of older rigs — on one table I saw three HT-37s. It was all great. <\/b>Here is a video of the hamfest. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oheht5jCuKE&t=619s<\/a> <\/b>This was shot early on Sunday morning March 19, 2023, about 30 minutes after it opened. An hour later there were a lot more customers. <\/b><\/p>\n


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One of the first things I bought was the item pictured above. I bought it mostly because we are currently building 40 meter receivers with the local high-school students. I didn’t have a screw driver, so I couldn’t open up the box. Something was rattling around in there. I worried that the box might be mostly empty. Or that it would have one PC board with a sad collection of ICs. But in the hope that I would find something truly homebrew, I bought it. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Below are pictures of what I found inside. Can anyone tell us what this is? ( I recognized it immediately.) More on this device in due course. <\/b><\/p>\n

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The one on the left I’ve been using since around 1998! It is getting beat up. I bought the one on the right at the ‘fest. It is in much better condition. 5 bucks. TRGHS. <\/b><\/div>\n
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I always wanted one. I had nice leather case, but I gave it to Dick Dillman years ago. I now feel like a real boatanchor guy. I got for 15 bucks. I see on Amazon they are selling for $466! <\/b><\/div>\n

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I had one as a kid. Will be useful in the DR. In great shape. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Eamon Skelton’s book was a great find. As were the early editions of SSB for the Radio Amateur. Eight bucks for the whole lot.<\/b><\/div>\n
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I like homebrew speaker enclosures. They add soul to the new machine. Perhaps a prize for the high-school project. Three bucks. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Finally, this thing. Plagued by guilt for past cannibalizations of QF-1s, I was going to pass on this one, but I realized that my friend Dean KK4DAS would be on his way, and if I didn’t take it (and extract the variable capacitor) he would. So I bought it. But I may leave this one as is, for possible use as the The Radio Gods intended. It could use some cleaning up. It seems to have a coat of nicotine. Ten bucks. <\/b><\/div>\n

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I also picked up a few larger knobs that may be of use with the high-school receivers. <\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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