{"id":240,"date":"2014-11-17T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2014\/11\/17\/pete-and-bens-lets-build-something-direct-conversion-receiver\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T12:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:49:25","slug":"pete-and-bens-lets-build-something-direct-conversion-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2014\/11\/17\/pete-and-bens-lets-build-something-direct-conversion-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete and Ben&#8217;s &#8220;Let&#8217;s Build Something&#8221; Direct Conversion Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135733.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135733.jpg\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p> <b>This direct conversion receiver is part of the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Build Something&#8221; project of Pete N6QW and Ben KK6FUT. Publication will be in QRP Quarterly late in January 2015. Pete reports that the front panel is a piece of galvanized sheet metal from Home Depot \u2013total cost 82 cents.<\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135807.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135807.jpg\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135746.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135746.jpg\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135759.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141114_135759.jpg\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p> Our book: &#8220;SolderSmoke &#8212; Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm<\/a> Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bumper stickers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke\">http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke<\/a> Our Book Store: <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20\">http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This direct conversion receiver is part of the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Build Something&#8221; project of Pete N6QW and Ben KK6FUT. Publication will be in QRP Quarterly late in January 2015. Pete reports that the front panel is a piece of galvanized sheet metal from Home Depot \u2013total cost 82 cents. 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