{"id":3678,"date":"2025-03-24T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/03\/24\/soldersmoke-podcast-258-travelogue-sdr-direct-conversion-receiver-project-homebrew-hdr-ssb-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:00:58","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-258-travelogue-sdr-direct-conversion-receiver-project-homebrew-hdr-ssb-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/03\/24\/soldersmoke-podcast-258-travelogue-sdr-direct-conversion-receiver-project-homebrew-hdr-ssb-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #258 — Travelogue, SDR, Direct Conversion Receiver Project, Homebrew HDR SSB, Mailbag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Falcon 9 from our apartment in Cap Cana DR<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

SolderSmoke Podcast #258 is available: <\/b><\/p>\n

Video Version: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75ewswI7CcA<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Audio Version: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke258.mp3<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Travelogue<\/b>: I am back from the DR. Trying to get a real HI7 call. Lots of science and nature: Earthquake (5.9) . Falcon 9<\/a>. But no Starship. Two possible Starlink de-orbits<\/a>. Whales. Hawks. A drone. (Pictures on Patreon.) A total lunar eclipse. A 10 meter CW beacon, with an LED, thanks to WN2A. Lots of great people. But it is good to be back. Planning for a better antenna for DR. <\/p>\n

Pete’s bench<\/b>: Pete is building a seismograph! CL Stong had several in his book “The Amateur Scientist.”<\/a> The MHST. Help from Oliver KI3P of VWS. <\/p>\n

Shameless Commerce Division:<\/b> Please continue to use the Amazon link on the right. Mostly DIY RF! Link on the blog page. And please become a Patreon sponsor. People have asked, what is happening to the blog and podcast. Well, listen to this one for a sobering description of what is happening on the internet to things like SolderSmoke: https:\/\/share.fireside.fm\/episode\/2YAGasSP+_rbTJaWN<\/a> Patreon might be the answer for us too.<\/p>\n

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Dean\/Bill: <\/b> Lessons learned from the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Build project: — 45 successful builds! Wow. See: https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/DC%20RX%20Hall%20of%20Fame <\/a>— Differences between kit-build and true homebrew. — Discord, Questions, Mods, Creativity vs. Build it our way the first time. Dean and the trials and tribulations of being the electronic problem go-to-guy. HRWB (what happened?) We used copper clad boards and Manhattan technique with no fatalities. <\/u> DSB TX seems the most popular next step — some have already been done. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dean’s Bench<\/b>: The VWS SDR receiver build. The 20 meter Yaesu VFO transceiver build (ANOTHER one?). Why is this Yaesu VFO different? Filter building Balloons! <\/p>\n

Bill’s Bench<\/b>: Checking into “The Old Military Radio Net.” South Pacific and Australia on 20 SSB in the morning. Approaching “Worked all Rarotonga.” Makes me think I need a directional antenna for the DR… Beacon left on in the DR. A 10 meter AM QSO using the converted GE rig. G3YPZ! Dean has the JC Penny. Hamfest report heard on the OMRN: DX60s stacked like cordwood. Buy one and get one free. <\/p>\n

MAILBAG: <\/b><\/p>\n

Bob: Software for SSB on the QMX. <\/p>\n

Roy WN3F new stickers<\/p>\n

Rogier PA1ZZ- Capacitors replace batteries in French electric bikes. <\/p>\n

Walter KA4KXX — Lots of help on the DC RX project<\/p>\n

Aaron ZL1AUN Doing an article for Break-in (NZ) about the DC RX<\/p>\n

Farhan VU2ESE On DC RX: “They have mastered the Alchemy of turning lifeless components into living and breathing radios. May the tribe grow!”<\/p>\n

Ramakrishnan VU2JXN — We need an Indian DC receiver Ramakrishnan! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Grayson KJ7UM — Discord gang discovering Hollow State Design for the Radio Amateur <\/p>\n

Mike WN2A Sent keyer for beacon and good advice on diplexer. <\/p>\n

Alan W2AEW JOO, but we are hoping for more! <\/p>\n

Mike WU2D FT-101 videos. Son is making coils! https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/usr\/<\/wbr>blakertree<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Buzz W3EMD One guy complained of the noise of his Dynamotor. Pete knows a guy… <\/p>\n

Dave W2DAB We NEED an upper east side DC Receiver <\/p>\n

Phil W1PJE We need an MIT DC receiver. But we understand the delay. <\/p>\n

Wes W7ZOI A nice email from Wes. <\/p>\n

Jeff WA7MLH Homebrewing and the number of homebrewers. <\/p>\n

Dave AA7EE put a nice comment out about Armand WA1UQO’s regen. <\/p>\n

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Sticker by Roy WN3F<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Falcon 9 from our apartment in Cap Cana DR SolderSmoke Podcast #258 is available: Video Version: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75ewswI7CcA Audio Version: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke258.mp3 Travelogue: I am back from the DR. Trying to get a real HI7 call. Lots of science and nature: Earthquake (5.9) . Falcon 9. But no Starship. Two possible Starlink de-orbits. Whales. Hawks. A drone. … Continue reading “SolderSmoke Podcast #258 — Travelogue, SDR, Direct Conversion Receiver Project, Homebrew HDR SSB, Mailbag”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soldersmoke-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678","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=3678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3682,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678\/revisions\/3682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}