{"id":4875,"date":"2022-08-05T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/08\/05\/soldersmoke-podcast-239-hex-dx-vfo-temp-comp-dc-rx-polyakov-dx-100-wireless-set-farhans-daylight-again-hdr-rig-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:03:26","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-239-hex-dx-vfo-temp-comp-dc-rx-polyakov-dx-100-wireless-set-farhans-daylight-again-hdr-rig-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/08\/05\/soldersmoke-podcast-239-hex-dx-vfo-temp-comp-dc-rx-polyakov-dx-100-wireless-set-farhans-daylight-again-hdr-rig-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #239: Hex DX, VFO Temp Comp, DC RX, Polyakov!, DX-100, Wireless Set, Farhan’s “Daylight Again” HDR rig, MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
N2CQR Hex Beam Aimed at Europe<\/div>\n


SolderSmoke #239 is available for download: <\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke239.mp3<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

TRAVELOGUE<\/u>: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/span>James Webb Space Telescope. <\/span>Mars returning to opposition in early December. <\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

BILL’S BENCH<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Hex Beam K4KIO – on roof \u2013 TV Rotor \u2013 20-17-12 <\/span>Lots of fun. <\/span>Working Japan regularly, Australia, South Africa on long path 17,000 miles. <\/span>52 countries SSB since July 11. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

VFOs and Temp stabilization. <\/span>Dean KK4DAS found my ceramic resonator VFO for DC receiver drifty. He was right. <\/span>So I built a real LC Colpitts VFO. <\/span>Got me into temp stabilization. <\/span>A new hobby! <\/span>An obsession. <\/span>HT-37 and Ht-32 parts. Ovens? <\/span>WU2D\u2019s second VFO video. <\/span>Understanding thermal drift and how to address it. Split stator caps. <\/span>Cut and try. <\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Built a Polyakov DC Receiver.<\/b> https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/polyakov-plus-dual-band-receiver-with.html<\/b><\/a> Lauser Plus. Lauser = Imp or Young Rascal!<\/b> DK2RS. He used a ceramic Resonator VXO at 3.58 MHz. Mine works great on 40 with VFO running 3.5 — 3.65 MHz. See schematic below. <\/b><\/p>\n

On 40 AM with DX-100 and MMMRX. <\/span>DX-100 died. <\/span>12BY7 VFO buffer went bad. <\/span>How common is failure in this tube type? <\/span>Nice QSO with Tim WA1HLR about the DX-100. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Got my Dominican license: <\/span>HI7\/N2CQR! <\/span>SSSS on the way. <\/span>Thanks to Radio Club Dominicano and INDOTEL. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Getting more active in the Vienna Wireless Society. <\/b><\/p>\n

BOOK REVIEW<\/u>: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

“The History of the Universe in 21 Stars\u201d by Giles Sparrow. <\/span>Written during the pandemic. <\/span>Published by Welbeck, in London. https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/History-Universe-21-Stars-imposters\/dp\/1787394654<\/a> <\/span>Also: <\/span>From \u201cAtoms to Amperes\u201d by F.A. Wilson available for download. <\/span>See blog. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

SHAMELESS COMMERCE DIVISION<\/u>: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Todd K7TFC getting ready to launch \u201cMostly DIY RF.\u201d <\/span>I used his TIA boards in my 1712 rig. <\/span>He will have boards like this and much more. <\/span>Stay tuned. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

I need more viewers on YouTube. <\/span>They want 4,000 hours IN A CALENDAR YEAR! <\/span>Please watch! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

FARHAN\u2019S NEW \u201cDAYLIGHT AGAIN\u201d RIG. <\/span>Analog. <\/span>VFO. <\/span> <\/span>Comments, observations. We need to get him on the podcast. Maybe two shows: SDR and HDR. <\/o:p><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

PETE’S BENCH<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Time very limited. But still sharing lots of tribal wisdom. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Wireless set with tubes! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Tool recommendation \u2013 Air compressor<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>MAILBAG:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Farhan VU2ESE \u2013 Speaking of big antennas \u201cWhenever I look at the huge construction cranes in Hyderabad, I always think how one could make 160m, 4 element yagi using it as a boom..<\/span>\u201d<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Todd K7TFC in Spain, spotting Log Periodics in Madrid. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Andreas DL1AJG: <\/span>Can Biologists fix Radios?<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Janis AB2RA Wireless Girl. <\/span>Expert on Hammarlunds. <\/span>And was my first contact with the Tuna Tin 2. She too was HB! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Peter Parker VK3YE on Owen Duffy VK1OD<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Lex PH2LB on homebrew radio<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Would this really be homebrew? <\/span>Mail from H-A-D article on FM receiver<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

F4IET a DSB rig from France<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Ciprian got his ticket YO6DXE <\/span> <\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Josh G3MOT sent us a good video about the Vanguard satellite and IGY.<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Dave Wilcox K8WPE bought Chuck Penson\u2019s Heathkit book. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Rogier — So many great articles and links from PA1ZZ<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Bill AH6FC <\/span>Aloha. Retiring. <\/span>Wants to build. <\/span>Mahalo! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Grayson KJ7UM <\/span>Working on an Si5351. <\/span>Gasp. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Mike KE0TPE viewing YouTube while monitoring 6 meters. <\/span>He will have a lot of time to watch! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Chris KD4PBJ spotted Don KM4UDX from VWS FB<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Mark WB8YMV building a superhet. <\/span>Having trouble with 455 kc IF can filter. <\/b><\/o:p><\/p>\n

Walter KA4KXX Great comment on the Daylight Again rig. <\/b><\/p>\n

Ramakrishnan Now VU2JXN was VU3RDD. Found lost Kindle with SolderSmoke book on it. Building SDR rig from junk box. Trouble with the LM386. <\/b><\/p>\n

Pete, Farhan and Tony: Shelves of Shame<\/b><\/p>\n

\n

<\/a><\/div>\n
Daylight Again by Farhan<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
The Polyakov receiver I built yesterday (from SPRAT 110, 2002!)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

N2CQR Hex Beam Aimed at Europe SolderSmoke #239 is available for download: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke239.mp3 TRAVELOGUE: James Webb Space Telescope. Mars returning to opposition in early December. BILL’S BENCH Hex Beam K4KIO – on roof \u2013 TV Rotor \u2013 20-17-12 Lots of fun. Working Japan regularly, Australia, South Africa on long path 17,000 miles. 52 countries SSB … Continue reading “SolderSmoke Podcast #239: Hex DX, VFO Temp Comp, DC RX, Polyakov!, DX-100, Wireless Set, Farhan’s “Daylight Again” HDR rig, MAILBAG”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,130,69,13,64,19,66,95,192,49,17,91,101,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-40-meters","category-am","category-antennas","category-astronomy","category-clubs","category-dominican-republic","category-farhan","category-germany","category-gqrp","category-soldersmoke-podcast","category-sprat","category-temperature-compensation","category-tubes","category-vfo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875","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=4875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4879,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions\/4879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}