{"id":3055,"date":"2016-07-02T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2016\/07\/02\/soldersmoke-podcast-188-blue-rig-6u8-rx-dial-strings-hamfest-vfo-builds-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:29:57","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-188-blue-rig-6u8-rx-dial-strings-hamfest-vfo-builds-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2016\/07\/02\/soldersmoke-podcast-188-blue-rig-6u8-rx-dial-strings-hamfest-vfo-builds-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #188: Blue Rig, 6U8 RX, Dial strings, Hamfest, VFO Builds, MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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S<\/b>olderSmoke Podcast #188 is available. <\/b>

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http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke188.mp3<\/a><\/b>

<\/b> Audio “sparkle” <\/b>

<\/b> Bench Reports: <\/b>
Pete: Blue Rig, Amplifier Project, LBS and Simpleceivers around the world<\/b>
Si5351s in the new Elecraft KX2<\/b>

<\/b> Bill: <\/b>
Mighty Midget Mate 6U8 RX Refinement<\/b>
Using a Millen 61455 IF can<\/b>
Broad, but beautiful. But not as nice as PA3GSV’s <\/b>
Tweaking a VFO the old fashioned way<\/b>
Reduction Drive Re-works. <\/b>
A Confession: Using Amplified Computer Speakers<\/b>

<\/b> Back to the lipsticked pig. Pete convinces Bill to fix the S38-E<\/b>
dial cord. <\/b>

<\/b> Manassas Hamfest Report. <\/b>

<\/b> Field Day. <\/b>

<\/b> Mysteries: <\/b>

<\/b> Who is WV2YAU <\/b>

<\/b> Who sold Bill the hombrew SWR meter at Manassas? <\/b>

<\/b> MAILBAG<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SolderSmoke Podcast #188 is available. http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke188.mp3 Audio “sparkle” Bench Reports: Pete: Blue Rig, Amplifier Project, LBS and Simpleceivers around the world Si5351s in the new Elecraft KX2 Bill: Mighty Midget Mate 6U8 RX Refinement Using a Millen 61455 IF can Broad, but beautiful. But not as nice as PA3GSV’s Tweaking a VFO the old fashioned … Continue reading “SolderSmoke Podcast #188: Blue Rig, 6U8 RX, Dial strings, Hamfest, VFO Builds, MAILBAG”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,100,49,387],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juliano-pete","category-old-radio","category-soldersmoke-podcast","category-tube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055","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=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3057,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions\/3057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}