{"id":4182,"date":"2022-02-07T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/02\/07\/soldersmoke-podcast-235-ne-602-azores-rig-spur-problems-ssb-rigs-peashooter-hb-filters-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:04:01","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-235-ne-602-azores-rig-spur-problems-ssb-rigs-peashooter-hb-filters-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/02\/07\/soldersmoke-podcast-235-ne-602-azores-rig-spur-problems-ssb-rigs-peashooter-hb-filters-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #235 NE-602, Azores Rig, Spur Problems, SSB Rigs, Peashooter, HB Filters, MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Travelogue:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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6 weeks in the DR for Bill
One contact on uBITX. More SW listening.
Repaired my Chrome Book in Santo Domingo!
Christmas Present for All: James Web Space Telescope launch
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Bill’s Bench<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Understanding the NE-602 (see blog post)<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Thinking about a 17\/12 dual bander. Looked at old G3YCC Tx for circuits… <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Using Spurtune08. WB9KZY found it. In the LADPAC zip file here:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20091222012628\/http:\/\/w7zoi.net\/emlad08_123.html<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
— Then Put G3YCC Acores SSB TX back in operation<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Put W4OP Barebones Superhet on 17 with NE602 down converter<\/a>.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Netting and audible spur problems<\/a> <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Now working many stations with this old “split” TX\/RX<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Pete’s Bench<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— The Peashooter<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Dean’s VWS build of your DC RX<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Building a SSB Transceiver Doc<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— Homebrew Crystal Filters<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— The shrinking of the PSSST<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— PSSST on Hack-A-Day<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Bad Dead Soldering Stations<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
— My X-Tonics 4000 dies. But it left behind a great box with ample socketry. <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Mailbag: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
AA1TJ Mike Rainey — Again in the Hobbit Hole! 486 kc RX<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Thomas K4SWL — Radio Astronomy and the Raspberry PI <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
WC8C Dennis Invite to the L’Anse Creuse ARC FB Fun<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Todd K7TFC got boosted at Tektronix Beaverton Ore. <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
What happened to Chuck Adams K7QO? His work taken off the net.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
W1MJA ex WN2RTH <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
N7DA worked W7ZOI in Sweepstakes. FB<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Kirk NT0Z formerly of ARRL HQ<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Farhan VU2ESE was up in the Pench Forest, trying to spot a Tiger! <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
We spoke to Farhan’s Lamakaan ARC in Hyderabad. QO-100 beam down! <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Dean KK4DAS’s 16 watter. On SS blog<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Scott WA9WFA Bad 6U8s? Ordering 6EA8s<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Bruce KC1FSZ Peppermint Bark gift box<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Mike WU2D: Book by Frank Harris on Homebrew radio<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Bob Scott KD4EBM So many good ideas and links <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Rogier PA1ZZ sending parts packages — Thanks Rogier<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SolderSmoke Podcast #235 is available for download: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke235.mp3 Travelogue: 6 weeks in the DR for Bill One contact on uBITX. More SW listening. Repaired my Chrome Book in Santo Domingo! Christmas Present for All: James Web Space Telescope launch Bill’s Bench — Understanding the NE-602 (see blog post) — Thinking about a 17\/12 dual bander. … Continue reading “SolderSmoke Podcast #235 NE-602, Azores Rig, Spur Problems, SSB Rigs, Peashooter, HB Filters, MAILBAG”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,7,19,16,368,49,23,57,71,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azores","category-demaw-doug","category-dominican-republic","category-filters","category-parfitt-dale","category-soldersmoke-podcast","category-ssb","category-superhet-receivers","category-test-gear","category-troubleshooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182","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=4182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4184,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions\/4184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}