{"id":2158,"date":"2015-02-16T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/02\/16\/soldersmoke-podcast-172-petes-new-rig-bills-bitx-2040crystals-mmm-sna-jr-portable-sdr-kx3-w7zoi-at-a-fest-bandsweep\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:50:13","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-172-petes-new-rig-bills-bitx-2040crystals-mmm-sna-jr-portable-sdr-kx3-w7zoi-at-a-fest-bandsweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/02\/16\/soldersmoke-podcast-172-petes-new-rig-bills-bitx-2040crystals-mmm-sna-jr-portable-sdr-kx3-w7zoi-at-a-fest-bandsweep\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #172: Pete’s New Rig, Bill’s BITX 2040,Crystals, MMM, SNA jr.,Portable SDR, KX3!, W7ZOI at a ‘fest, BANDSWEEP!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pete and Ben’s LBS Receiver <\/div>\n

SolderSmoke Podcast #172 is available<\/b>

<\/b> http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke172.mp3<\/b><\/a>

<\/b> 16 February 2015<\/b>

<\/b> Bench Reports: <\/b>
Pete under the gun to finish SSB transceiver project. NEW VIDEO: <\/b>
http:\/\/youtu.be\/hbLXW0sHTFo <\/a><\/b>
Bill fixes his BITX 2040 Oscillator (Bandsweep!) <\/b>
Next: LP filter for 120 watt amp.<\/b>
Bill’s 13 dollar Chinese freq counter (Blue! With anti-wobble tape!) <\/b>
Bill’s next rig: Chipped to the Max, DDS, SBL-1s, plug in filters! <\/b>
Radio Shack going under and JAN no longer making crystals.<\/b>
Mighty Mite Project: Let’s get them DONE! <\/b>
An easy way to get Q or ESR measurements on crystals? <\/b>
SI5351 as a crystal substitute. <\/b>
DuWayne’s Scalar Network Analyzer lights up the internet!<\/b>
The Portable SDR rig — Pete almost goes to the dumpster! <\/b>
Report from the cutting edge: Pete’s new Elecraft KX3. <\/b>
MAILBAG: Meeting W7ZOI and WA7MLH at a hamfest.<\/b>
Instant Messaging with Farhan <\/b><\/p>\n

Our book: “SolderSmoke — Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics” http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm<\/a> Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bumper stickers: http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke<\/a> Our Book Store: http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pete and Ben’s LBS Receiver SolderSmoke Podcast #172 is available http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke172.mp3 16 February 2015 Bench Reports: Pete under the gun to finish SSB transceiver project. NEW VIDEO: http:\/\/youtu.be\/hbLXW0sHTFo Bill fixes his BITX 2040 Oscillator (Bandsweep!) Next: LP filter for 120 watt amp. Bill’s 13 dollar Chinese freq counter (Blue! With anti-wobble tape!) Bill’s next rig: … Continue reading “SolderSmoke Podcast #172: Pete’s New Rig, Bill’s BITX 2040,Crystals, MMM, SNA jr.,Portable SDR, KX3!, W7ZOI at a ‘fest, BANDSWEEP!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16,24,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitx20","category-filters","category-michigan-mighty-mite","category-soldersmoke-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158","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=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions\/2160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}