{"id":4365,"date":"2024-02-04T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/04\/scott-kq4aop-successfully-builds-a-receiver-video-this-is-the-homebrew-spirit-at-its-maximum\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:01:42","slug":"scott-kq4aop-successfully-builds-a-receiver-video-this-is-the-homebrew-spirit-at-its-maximum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/04\/scott-kq4aop-successfully-builds-a-receiver-video-this-is-the-homebrew-spirit-at-its-maximum\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott KQ4AOP Successfully BUILDS a Receiver (Video) &#8212; This is the Homebrew Spirit at its Maximum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o6qENojhNqE?si=UutrAx_353RRF6oh?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>This is just so cool. Scott KQ4AOP has successfully homebrewed a ham radio receiver. He used the circuit Dean and I developed (with a lot of input from Farhan and others) for the High School receiver project. But Scott has had more success than any of our students. And I think he has had &#8212; in a certain sense &#8212; more success than any of us. After all, how many of us can say &#8212; as Scott can &#8212; that he used a homebrew receiver that he made to listen &#8212; for the very first time &#8212; to amateur radio signals? Scott writes: &#8220;<\/b><b style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; text-align: justify;\">Those first sounds were my first time ever hearing any Amateur Radio first hand!&#8221;<\/b><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>In the email below, you can see Scott&#8217;s deep commitment to homebrew: &#8220;<span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;\">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=\"background-color: white; 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=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"> <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><b>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. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> <span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;\">Bill,<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<p><span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;\"><b>Thank you for the quick response, direction, and pointers. I won&#8217;t give up, and I am not in a rush. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>I have wanted my amateur radio license since the early-to-mid-80s. I got my Technician and General in May of 2022 and completed my Extra in May 2023. I always wanted to understand how to design circuits, and I wanted to build them. I share that background to say that I have this impractical goal that I am stubborn enough to stick to (all due respect to you and Pete&#8217;s advice on the topic of getting on the air). 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. So, your blog and podcast really resonates with me. <br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>I am only teaching myself at this point. It was the perfect project for my goals. I thought that if all these high school kids in Virginia, Canada, and Germany can do it, it was the sweet spot I was looking for. <br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>The only transceiver I have was recently gifted to me. It is a Sommerkamp TS-788DX CB radio that allegedly works on 10m in addition to CB. I haven&#8217;t connected it up because I wanted to stay focused on the HSR. I have a mentor who has gear that I can use to test the oscillator. I am not involved with the nearby ham club, but I know they would help if needed. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>Thanks again and I will keep you posted,<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>73 Scott KQ4AOP<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\n<div class=\"comment-header\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; margin: 0px 0px 8px;\"><b><cite class=\"user\" style=\"font-style: normal;\">KQ4AOP<\/cite><span class=\"icon user\"><\/span><span class=\"datetime secondary-text\" style=\"margin-left: 6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/first-light-first-signals-received-on.html?showComment=1706932140117#c2354712237706775948\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #0066cc; text-decoration-line: none;\">February 2, 2024 at 10:49 PM<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"comment-content\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: justify;\"><b>Bill and Dean &#8211; Thank you for sharing and documenting this receiver. I greatly appreciate you publishing the circuit, class notes, and build videos. That got me 75% to completion.<br \/>I feel blessed that both of you chipped in and encouraged me through the troubleshooting to finally getting the receiver to start \u201cbreathing RF\u201d.<br \/>Those first sounds were my first time ever hearing any Amateur Radio first hand!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just so cool. Scott KQ4AOP has successfully homebrewed a ham radio receiver. He used the circuit Dean and I developed (with a lot of input from Farhan and others) for the High School receiver project. But Scott has had more success than any of our students. And I think he has had &#8212; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/02\/04\/scott-kq4aop-successfully-builds-a-receiver-video-this-is-the-homebrew-spirit-at-its-maximum\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scott KQ4AOP Successfully BUILDS a Receiver (Video) &#8212; This is the Homebrew Spirit at its Maximum&#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":[42,35,66,90,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-40-meters","category-direct-conversion","category-farhan","category-souleles-dean","category-tj-dc-rx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365","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=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11238,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions\/11238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}