{"id":4371,"date":"2025-03-16T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/03\/16\/juan-lu2vjms-beautiful-argentine-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:00:58","slug":"juan-lu2vjms-beautiful-argentine-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/03\/16\/juan-lu2vjms-beautiful-argentine-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan LU2VJM&#8217;s Beautiful Argentine SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver"},"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\/r_im4d4mUoE\" title=\"DCRX audio amp soldersmoke?rel=0\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>I was really pleased to see Juan LU2VJM&#8217;s rapid completion of the SolderSmoke direct conversion receiver. But I wasn&#8217;t really surprised &#8212; Juan is an experienced homebrewer who has successfully completed Farhan&#8217;s BITX transceiver. Juan and I talked about how it is worthwhile for even an experienced homebrewer to go back and build a direct conversion receiver. Farhan did this. Farhan said that we do this because we are tool makers. We have opposing thumbs that allow us to grab a soldering iron. Indeed. And you can hear the happiness in Juan&#8217;s voice when he says in the video, &#8220;Today we have reception!&#8221; Excellent. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>I was also pleased to see this receiver enter the Hall of Fame becasue this marks our first receiver from Latin America. We hope there will be many more. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Here are some pictures of Juan&#8217;s receiver during construction: <\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjHLbOV45bUojH06HkZl30b_yNf_H7Vt-y2G9tfUqp9_4ssxUDkB6bR6V1HwJR-DyJRqnVhUc_BBs9icRsitD0NGbRWyq18EeUGtW7R_6G5xTUoJBbVmctAJUkTFwMxO5NU9GCHMkDaJo2B9iimDNShErh-pzyQ28Sd_BAwLeTMGEzhdZC39HHdrAvtYcc\/s4624\/Juan%205.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4624\" data-original-width=\"2600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Juan205-1.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Juan&#8217;s AF Amplifier<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Juan204.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4624\" data-original-width=\"2600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Juan204.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Juan&#8217;s Diplexer with homebrewed coil<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh3MWf2_UgKFH1OCPsinNwAirAQbr4jXcJOgH3jBh2lWarNRoE2EdjaLH-xAd3Tit1niZ2bCKR3TtM4-wgWjNImKlaiqjP7YzzoUhiLLIUSxPi8r_GtYHOncokexQjPoF2lkXgZ19Xl86Trfmmdpre5CLcXLQR4xBW6i11Xw60vG21s6PZHHONfzL6z_r4\/s4624\/Juan%203.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4624\" data-original-width=\"2600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Juan203-1.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Another shot of the AF amplifier<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Juan202.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2600\" data-original-width=\"4624\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Juan202.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">The mixer, getting ready for construction<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiCn1sXXQROZ0BhV3f00nFTCdumQPe8R7pCJRyhtx4Z9jqVc3WvP__sGRoiiVGFHuKMxeqaSS0_F1r0fN-3I3I2FbR2V5unk4UIqVYKhQT3lesD2ysMVJy6aUHHyH9rh4QyXgKALaJBt-DWgcJ-id-afTXHhfLJqFZFx3Kv_GsDgD6bHGJxnfa2kBG-XWw\/s4624\/Juan%201.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4624\" data-original-width=\"2600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Juan201-1.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">The completed receiver. FB!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Thanks Juan! And congrastulations! <\/b><\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;\"><b style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;\"><b style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">For more information on how you too can build the receiver: <\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: \"Trebuchet MS\", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px;\">\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; 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But I wasn&#8217;t really surprised &#8212; Juan is an experienced homebrewer who has successfully completed Farhan&#8217;s BITX transceiver. Juan and I talked about how it is worthwhile for even an experienced homebrewer to go back and build a direct &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/03\/16\/juan-lu2vjms-beautiful-argentine-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Juan LU2VJM&#8217;s Beautiful Argentine SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,9,11,66,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-argentina","category-dc-receiver-build","category-dc-rx-hall-of-fame","category-farhan","category-tj-dc-rx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371","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=4371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4380,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions\/4380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}