{"id":5908,"date":"2025-02-12T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/12\/soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-challenge-bonus-video-using-an-oscilloscope-to-test-your-receiver\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:00:59","slug":"soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-challenge-bonus-video-using-an-oscilloscope-to-test-your-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/12\/soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-challenge-bonus-video-using-an-oscilloscope-to-test-your-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Challenge &#8212; Bonus Video &#8212; Using an Oscilloscope to Test Your 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\/A3mX8fKddMs?si=0LM9TZFVyOxmFSVe?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <b style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">SolderSmoke Challenge \u2013 Bonus Episode \u2013 Using your oscilloscope to test your DCR<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><u><\/u> <u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b>New homebrew radio builders often struggle with test and measurement. You can build a board perfectly but if you don\u2019t have your tools setup correctly you won\u2019t be able to tell if your board is working, or worse you\u2019ll thing it is not working when it is working perfectly. In this bonus episode Dean, KK4DAS takes us through the basics of configuring and oscilloscope to test the boards, particularly the PTO oscillator, buffer, and the mixer. <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><u><\/u> <u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b>We say this often, but if you really want to learn about oscilloscopes and test and measurement there is no better resource than our friend Alan, W2AEW\u2019s YouTube Channel. Check it out!<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><u><\/u> <u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><u><\/u> <u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Alan Wolke, W2AEW\u2019s YouTube Channel:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><span class=\"m_-1559733663694532218MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><b><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtube.com\/@w2aew?si%3DTEZcVYWOG8Frce1c&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1739470652838000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2NwNdzztBsgmbuv31eLQOD\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@w2aew?si=TEZcVYWOG8Frce1c\" style=\"color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/@w2aew?si=<wbr><\/wbr>TEZcVYWOG8Frce1c<\/span><\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><u><\/u> <u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Join the discussion &#8211; SolderSmoke Discord Server:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/Fu6B7yGxx2<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Documentation on Hackaday:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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;\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/<wbr><\/wbr>190327-high-schoolers-build-a-<wbr><\/wbr>radio-receiver<\/a><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">SolderSmoke YouTube channel:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; cursor: pointer;\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@<wbr><\/wbr>soldersmoke<\/a><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">SolderSmoke blog DCR posts:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/TJ%2520DC%2520RX&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1739470652838000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0scgwnD839n8s3eQngcdDf\" href=\"https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/TJ%20DC%20RX\" style=\"color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer;\" target=\"_blank\"><b>https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.<wbr><\/wbr>com\/search\/label\/TJ%20DC%20RX<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SolderSmoke Challenge \u2013 Bonus Episode \u2013 Using your oscilloscope to test your DCR New homebrew radio builders often struggle with test and measurement. You can build a board perfectly but if you don\u2019t have your tools setup correctly you won\u2019t be able to tell if your board is working, or worse you\u2019ll thing it is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/12\/soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver-challenge-bonus-video-using-an-oscilloscope-to-test-your-receiver\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Challenge &#8212; Bonus Video &#8212; Using an Oscilloscope to Test Your Receiver&#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":[35,248,162,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-direct-conversion","category-direct-conversion-challenge","category-oscilloscope","category-test-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5908","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=5908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11151,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5908\/revisions\/11151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}