{"id":4701,"date":"2023-10-16T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/10\/16\/does-matching-matter-diode-matching-for-diode-ring-mixers-nick-m0ntv-finds-the-answer-video\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:02:03","slug":"does-matching-matter-diode-matching-for-diode-ring-mixers-nick-m0ntv-finds-the-answer-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/10\/16\/does-matching-matter-diode-matching-for-diode-ring-mixers-nick-m0ntv-finds-the-answer-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Matching Matter?  (Diode Matching for Diode Ring Mixers) &#8212; Nick M0NTV Finds the Answer (Video)"},"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\/UdcfPZgTIz4?si=OEgf47lFKAZQ5RUH?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I<b>n this video, Nick M0NTV takes on a hot topic in ham radio homebrewing: The matching of diodes in diode ring mixers. How should the matching be done and &#8212; more controversially &#8212; is this matching necessary? <\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>I won&#8217;t spoil it for you by giving the answer. Watch Nick&#8217;s video to find out if it matters. (But a hint appears below.)<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>I think it is great that Nick has taken the trouble to look carefully at this issue, and has found info that will be of great use to homebrewers. And I really liked Nick&#8217;s response to the fellow who suggested just going out and buying a commercial diode ring: Nick replied that he homebrews because he likes to, and because he wants to know how these circuits work. FB Nick. <\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>I was also pleased that Nick gave some much warranted recognition to Pete Juliano for his idea regarding the placement of a trim pot on a diode ring. This idea <a href=\"https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2014\/06\/a-new-look-at-bitx-carrier-suppression.html?m=1\">made it into the Experimental Methods in RF Design book<\/a> (under Pete&#8217;s old call: W6JFR). Page 6.56. <\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjv1xdBHMWCh23sCIOVEn0o7JmsEN7eZv9r5bbiwOfKeIRmQylQrO4gYEijzRl9jNXMh81jvLj_6RNoFEoaTQB4fSJEfHB-BQBc1XauSl7Fv7n-Iy0vs0rMscTD-h4uBPeHzafYNIs0f-zcMhqQEJlhBrXmqoMspnz6YqYC2WabjouQbgdUk_U-ha0ZIKo\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"707\" data-original-width=\"1246\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_1753083462.png\" width=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, Nick M0NTV takes on a hot topic in ham radio homebrewing: The matching of diodes in diode ring mixers. How should the matching be done and &#8212; more controversially &#8212; is this matching necessary? I won&#8217;t spoil it for you by giving the answer. Watch Nick&#8217;s video to find out if it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/10\/16\/does-matching-matter-diode-matching-for-diode-ring-mixers-nick-m0ntv-finds-the-answer-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Does Matching Matter?  (Diode Matching for Diode Ring Mixers) &#8212; Nick M0NTV Finds the Answer (Video)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,41,349,34,334],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emrfd","category-juliano-pete","category-m0ntv","category-mixer-theory","category-mixers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701","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=4701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4703,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions\/4703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}