{"id":3028,"date":"2020-06-27T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/06\/27\/soldersmoke-podcast-223-field-day-club-talks-patreon-nanovna-farhan-video-sprat-big-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:26:41","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-223-field-day-club-talks-patreon-nanovna-farhan-video-sprat-big-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/06\/27\/soldersmoke-podcast-223-field-day-club-talks-patreon-nanovna-farhan-video-sprat-big-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #223 Field Day, Club Talks, Patreon, NanoVNA, Farhan Video, SPRAT, BIG MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PodcastwithPete.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PodcastwithPete.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">SolderSmoke Podcast 223 is available: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke223.mp3\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke223.mp3<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">27 June 2020<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Quarantine Field Day! <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Ironically, THIS YEAR we are both participating<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Pete&#8217;s FD Plan, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Bill&#8217;s FD plan <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Talking to Clubs: <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Pete&#8217;s talk to the Cedar Valley Iowa Club<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Bill&#8217;s talk to the Vienna Wireless Society<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Pete&#8217;s Bench<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">DDC SDR<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Ideas from the Summer SPRAT<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Mean Well Voltage Regulator<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">SHAMELESS COMMERCE DIVISION<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">: PATREON. SS is an SV DELOS WANA-BE!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">We got our very first Patreon Patron! Jonathan Magee from the UK!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>Upper Left on the blog. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Continue to use our site for your Amazon purchases. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Bill&#8217;s Bench<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">NanoVNA<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Understanding L Networks<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">+\/- 6kHz Ceramic filter for Q-31<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Lobes, Nulls and WSPR<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Miscellaneous: <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Farhan&#8217;s feedback Amplifier Video<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">British Antarctic Broadcast heard (sort of)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">MAILBAG<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Mauro VA6BRO liked the SolderSmoke book. Thanks Mauro<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Tryg in Galway Ireland is listening. Hope to get you the signed books Tryg. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Michael N4MJR suggested that I use N2 Corona Quarantine Radio as my phonetics. I dunno&#8230; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Ed DD5LP has been helping us get SS rebroadcast on a German SW broadcast station. Stay tuned! <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Rogier PA1ZZ in California sent an e-mail about the Don Lee Broadcast System. Thanks Rogier!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Rick KE3IJ Silver Skirt on his 2B also. W3GOO did it. Rick traded his Commodore 64 for the 2B. Yea! <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Walter KA4KXX has a simplified circuit for the MMM! From UK<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Peter VE1BZI thank us for the tribal knowledge. Dipolo Crilolo<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Peter VK2EMU Wee need someone to make the Constructor Crusader badge. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Scott KA9P sent us the Amateur Wireless cover from 1934 with the Constructor Crusader thing. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">John GM4OOU Built lockdown rig. we want pictures! <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Jerry KI4IO His version of the Sproutie by AA7EE FB <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Adam N0ZIB built a MMM<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Wouter ZS1KE in South Africa &#8212; comparing notes on Drake 2-Bs<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"> <span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\">Randall KD5RC wants to get started in HB. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/QuarantineFieldDay2020.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/QuarantineFieldDay2020.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SolderSmoke Podcast 223 is available: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke223.mp3 27 June 2020 Quarantine Field Day! 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