{"id":2261,"date":"2025-04-03T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/04\/03\/dave-w2dabs-new-york-city-homebrew-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-manhattan-construction-in-manhattan-fb\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:36:18","slug":"dave-w2dabs-new-york-city-homebrew-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-manhattan-construction-in-manhattan-fb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/04\/03\/dave-w2dabs-new-york-city-homebrew-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-manhattan-construction-in-manhattan-fb\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave W2DAB&#8217;s NEW YORK CITY Homebrew SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver.  Manhattan Construction IN MANHATTAN! FB!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3KXmkqgLA98?si=eEe0ZV5p7m0W9uD0?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Dave W2DAB is a long-time friend of the SolderSmoke podcast. When Steve Silverman was moving out of NYC, Dave went on the subway down to lower Manhattan to retrieve (for me) Steve&#8217;s HP-8640B signal generator. And that thing is heavy! Months later I picked it up from Dave. Dave is also rumored to have participated in some of the SolderSmoke sticker operations in New York City. I will neither confirm nor deny his participation. <\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgK1DhQECk5o7_Y8tSDg7gDO_PD2DGE4UdzOZXmmmG9comWNvLhhrljyoh95Z88RNHwzI5nYsk_UCyIzC7xsKOvdeHxRmwhB9tdUcQ4Pp--Yl-apei3Y90F_x9XpB9oLz26Fx0Lg5heFL-q1n9QG23sw0pCUtfMFUNkJGYGKRqU_m0LhIjDT0NHVzQKciI\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"354\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_1753066732.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>Dave obviously did a beautiful job on this receiver, and it sounds great. Dave&#8217;s reception is hampered by his high-rise location &#8212; he is currently limited to the use of a mag loop. I thought about suggesting that Dave take his receiver down to Central Park or to the banks of the East River, but I worry that this device might be too much even for the famously tolerant residents of the Big Apple. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>By the way, that station Dave heard was Percy, KF2AT, right up the road from him on E 106th Street. <\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><b>Dave writes: <\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><i><b><br \/><\/b><\/i><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><i><b>The really nice part of this project is that it\u2019s so broken down that I can understand all of the parts and I can keep working on this to make it better and better. Improvement and patience are necessary traits for successful home brewing. I don\u2019t rule out a Park DCR Activation, as I like to say Manhattan construction is so much more interesting done in Manhattan.<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><i><b><br \/><\/b><\/i><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><b style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">(Percy KF2AT is also in Manhattan.) <\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><b>Thanks a lot Dave, and congratulations, Welcome to the Hall of Fame! <\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;\">\n<p style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;\"><b style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">For more information on how you too can build the receiver: <\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;\"><b><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Join the discussion &#8211; SolderSmoke Discord Server:<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;\"><b><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt;\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/discord.gg\/Fu6B7yGxx2&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1739470652838000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1ZoxkyzfQb8pwED_KtyCKW\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/Fu6B7yGxx2\" style=\"color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/Fu6B7yGxx2<\/span><\/a><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;\"><b><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;\"><b><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Documentation on Hackaday:<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;\"><b><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/190327-high-schoolers-build-a-radio-receiver&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1739470652838000&#038;usg=AOvVaw026vJuHIWdv6aJ9NJ9QDHJ\" href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/190327-high-schoolers-build-a-radio-receiver\" style=\"color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/<wbr><\/wbr>190327-high-schoolers-build-a-<wbr><\/wbr>radio-receiver<\/a><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;\"><b><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px;\"><b><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">SolderSmoke YouTube channel:<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px;\"><b style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@soldersmoke&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1739470652838000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3FnV3eIUU7IiaVG8c_Qd3v\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@soldersmoke\" style=\"color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@<wbr><\/wbr>soldersmoke<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave W2DAB is a long-time friend of the SolderSmoke podcast. When Steve Silverman was moving out of NYC, Dave went on the subway down to lower Manhattan to retrieve (for me) Steve&#8217;s HP-8640B signal generator. And that thing is heavy! Months later I picked it up from Dave. Dave is also rumored to have participated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/04\/03\/dave-w2dabs-new-york-city-homebrew-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-manhattan-construction-in-manhattan-fb\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dave W2DAB&#8217;s NEW YORK CITY Homebrew SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver.  Manhattan Construction IN MANHATTAN! FB!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11,251,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dc-receiver-build","category-dc-rx-hall-of-fame","category-new-york-city","category-tj-dc-rx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261","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=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions\/2263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}