{"id":3065,"date":"2025-02-26T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/26\/scott-kq4aop-built-the-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-and-listened-to-his-first-ever-ham-signals-with-it\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:00:58","slug":"scott-kq4aop-built-the-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-and-listened-to-his-first-ever-ham-signals-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/26\/scott-kq4aop-built-the-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-and-listened-to-his-first-ever-ham-signals-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott KQ4AOP Built the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver, and Listened to his FIRST EVER Ham Signals with it"},"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\/o6qENojhNqE?si=IcjfWCglpn_oAWVd?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b>Scott KQ4AOP&#8217;s build of this receiver is especially noteworthy, becasue he used the receiver to hear the very first ham radio signals he ever received. I don&#8217;t think any of us can make a similar claim. <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b>Scott wrote: <span style=\"color: #333333;\"> &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; text-align: justify;\">Those first sounds were my first time ever hearing any Amateur Radio first hand!&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Y<\/span><\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">ou can see Scott&#8217;s deep commitment to homebrew: &#8220;<span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #222222;\">I want to build my own gear for 40m. I want to learn morse code. I want my first contact to be on my own gear.&#8221; <\/span><span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #222222;\">Wow Scott, the building of the receiver is the hard part, and you have already done that. I think you are well on your way. <\/span><span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #222222;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">In the video above you can watch Scott tune the entire 40 meter band and a bit beyond. You hear CW at the low end. Then FT-8. Then SSB. Up just above the top of the band I think you can hear our old nemesis Radio Marti. And this powerful broadcaster is NOT breaking through on the rest of the band. FB Scott. Congratulations. <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b>Check out this blog post and the comments: <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><a href=\"https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/scott-kq4aop-successfully-builds.html\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/scott-kq4aop-successfully-builds.html<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Scott has also exhibited true ham spirit by 3D printing PTO coil forms for those who need them. This has helped many other hams build the receiver: <a href=\"https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/scott-kq4aops-pto-coil-forms-for-high.html\">https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/scott-kq4aops-pto-coil-forms-for-high.html <\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Thanks Scott <\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>For more information on how you too can build the receiver: <\/b><\/div>\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><b> <\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott KQ4AOP&#8217;s build of this receiver is especially noteworthy, becasue he used the receiver to hear the very first ham radio signals he ever received. I don&#8217;t think any of us can make a similar claim. Scott wrote: &#8220;Those first sounds were my first time ever hearing any Amateur Radio first hand!&#8221; You can see &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/26\/scott-kq4aop-built-the-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-and-listened-to-his-first-ever-ham-signals-with-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scott KQ4AOP Built the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver, and Listened to his FIRST EVER Ham Signals with it&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,35,248,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc-rx-hall-of-fame","category-direct-conversion","category-direct-conversion-challenge","category-knack-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065","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=3065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11144,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065\/revisions\/11144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}