{"id":488,"date":"2023-09-15T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T02:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/09\/15\/hb2hb-a-contact-with-denny-vu2dgr-video\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:02:04","slug":"hb2hb-a-contact-with-denny-vu2dgr-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/09\/15\/hb2hb-a-contact-with-denny-vu2dgr-video\/","title":{"rendered":"HB2HB &#8212; A Contact with Denny VU2DGR (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\/hK8E_XcQCEM?si=Ht500euPq0C1whC-?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>At first I didn&#8217;t realize it was <a href=\"https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2023\/08\/the-wizard-of-kerala-india-denny-vu2dgr.html\">Denny<\/a>. On September 11, 2023 at about 2330Z I had walked back into the shack after dinner. I think DX spots showed an Indian station on 20 meter SSB. Without realizing who it was, I tuned him in on my Mythbuster rig, heard the other station sign off, and quickly threw in my call. Denny came back to me right away, and I think both of us then realized that we recognized the call of the other station. Wow, it was Denny, VU2DGR, <a href=\"https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2023\/08\/the-wizard-of-kerala-india-denny-vu2dgr.html\">the Wizard of Kerala! <\/a> At the time of the QSO, I didn&#8217;t have my phone with me; after we spoke, I went to get it, so the video above captures part of Denny&#8217;s subsequent contact. (You can also at one point hear Guapo barking.) <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Denny has been running a wonderful station that combines SDR gear with and HDR tube type amplifier and a homebrew Moxon. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Here is Denny&#8217;s station. The transceiver is a RadioBerry. the amplifier and power supply are on the other table. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image_1752981227.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"2812\" data-original-width=\"3996\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image_1752981227.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Here is the homebrew tube-type amplifier. This is the part of the station that really puts the HB in HB2HB! That&#8217;s the power supply on the left and the amplifier itself on the right: <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgKPEI7amKnLZbJTMWz2OkFoq7w0I-aojZegjR4vHIiLIhtlfwocJjp8Qdo-6iWijvYXKEo8X23PnAqOYsNaUvrgL0wFIQZwn6Sn7BiuYGxr4UlCg0RD3LdOm7amzdBaOZ26o3aof_NqAwlpmm8hYyhI9TNz2fd4gSIItElHhNL3nAcoutTqh6-whEO1EE\/s4080\/PA2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3072\" data-original-width=\"4080\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PA2-1.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><b>That amplifier has three 807s in it, with a 6L6GC: <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjYdGreEbRaGeoaFAstUsyVcSqr49mwrU3ooGTOsXQbspqC2KfDHSmjdPlG4rWtbtYzzS726f9KbpzPCftPWfkjgonvV6acPMRomFyRIO_-ikRsEQKnR99jhx3FMyen_KbPicMiOJROQ2RCk4I_m9aaeb83rj8w5pOa1Ht0AnddYMowPSuAKzi6oCiufgo\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image_1752981151.png\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Here&#8217;s a video on the RadioBerry transceiver. <\/b><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<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\/kt7jA0T12E8?si=FZA8q2N15KzcT6ZK?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Finally, here is Denny&#8217;s magnificent homebrew 20 meter Moxon: <\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjWF0Oe4z3KQldGPgf1ZU13f9QFX84EdPvzfA2UeaAiMaYQ5qmY9eWU5FKTDMaLIRDiXEsP36pvpxh5JFEa2RyvX9XhPtr5Wa9JMZm3QHUAqthaSOdycDmKb1GUvReoE20b-UolSGif7M2ZRzDLGgLfhPWLl96GYW3H6w2m3ASuGVF-AVwqDYWL4DZElBQ\/s4080\/Moxon1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4080\" data-original-width=\"3072\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Moxon1-1.jpg\" width=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Thanks Denny! <\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first I didn&#8217;t realize it was Denny. On September 11, 2023 at about 2330Z I had walked back into the shack after dinner. I think DX spots showed an Indian station on 20 meter SSB. Without realizing who it was, I tuned him in on my Mythbuster rig, heard the other station sign off, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/09\/15\/hb2hb-a-contact-with-denny-vu2dgr-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HB2HB &#8212; A Contact with Denny VU2DGR (video)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,180,179,40,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-moxon","category-raspberry-pi","category-sdr","category-tubes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","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=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}