{"id":3730,"date":"2017-12-09T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/12\/09\/soldersmoke-podcast-201-santa-storms-building-a-dc-rx-sdr-ubitx\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:59:09","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-201-santa-storms-building-a-dc-rx-sdr-ubitx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/12\/09\/soldersmoke-podcast-201-santa-storms-building-a-dc-rx-sdr-ubitx\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #201 Santa, Storms, BUILDING A DC RX, SDR, uBITX"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SolderSmoke Podcast #201 is available: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke201.mp3<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n

9 December 2017<\/b>

<\/b> Santa Juliano<\/b>

<\/b> Forest fires, snow storms, and an earthquake. <\/b>

<\/b> Santa arrives from Hyderabad — uBITX in the house. <\/b>

<\/b> Radio history. First transtalantic amateur contacts. <\/b>

<\/b> Bill’s International Brotherhood Ceramic Discrete Direct Conversion Receiver Project. <\/b>
— Goals — Build your own receiver. Really. From scratch. No cheating. <\/b>
— How to get started. Get parts and tools. <\/b>
— Stage by stage. <\/b>
— VFO first — maybe build two. <\/b>
Bill built two already<\/b>
— Nephew is testing the first one. <\/b>
— Polyvaricon limitations. <\/b>
— Varactor limitations<\/b>
— Variable cap limitation. <\/b>
MEETING THE JULIANO STABILITY CRITERIA<\/b>

<\/b> Understanding the F5LVG mixer<\/b>

<\/b> Pete goes to the dark side with an SDR receiver. <\/b>
Pete’s 800 Watt Amplifier gives him trouble. TRGHS. <\/b>

<\/b> People in the News<\/b>
Cliff Stoll — Still Passionate about Electronics<\/b>
Peter Parker — VHF\/UHF By the Bay<\/b>
Yardley Beers — Early SSB with “The Black Rose”<\/b>
John Kraus — Moonbounce without the Moon. <\/b>

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