{"id":6172,"date":"2019-12-22T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2019\/12\/22\/dean-kk4das-puts-michigan-mighty-mite-on-the-air-and-is-heard-in-falls-church-virginia-video\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T20:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:29:39","slug":"dean-kk4das-puts-michigan-mighty-mite-on-the-air-and-is-heard-in-falls-church-virginia-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2019\/12\/22\/dean-kk4das-puts-michigan-mighty-mite-on-the-air-and-is-heard-in-falls-church-virginia-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean KK4DAS Puts Michigan Mighty Mite on the air!  And is heard in Falls Church, Virginia! (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G78lk5yLcnU\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <b>QRZ.com says we are 5.9 miles away. The U.S. Postal Service almost prevented this from happening &#8212; they objected to my just putting the crystal in an envelope and mailing it. Dean&#8217;s wife had to pay postage due. <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>The rig didn&#8217;t work at first, but <\/b><b>Pete N6QW provided sage advice and tribal knowledge. Adjustments were made and Dean experienced the Joy of Oscillation. Then, he connected an antenna and was heard at the SolderSmoke East Coast HQ. <\/b><\/p>\n<p> <b>Obviously the beret was the key to Dean&#8217;s success: <\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191222_164830.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1290\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191222_164830.jpg\" width=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>This was a lot of fun. And it is a reminder of the power of the MMM. Dust off those Mighty Mites! Call CQ and see if you can be picked up by the Reverse Beacon Network. Let us know if you succeed. <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191216-Souleles-Michigan-Mighty-Mite-0001.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1125\" data-original-width=\"1500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191216-Souleles-Michigan-Mighty-Mite-0001.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> Getting ready<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191222-Souleles-Michigan-Mighty-Mite-0004.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1125\" data-original-width=\"1500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191222-Souleles-Michigan-Mighty-Mite-0004.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> Done! Dean&#8217;s MMM<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QRZ.com says we are 5.9 miles away. The U.S. Postal Service almost prevented this from happening &#8212; they objected to my just putting the crystal in an envelope and mailing it. Dean&#8217;s wife had to pay postage due. The rig didn&#8217;t work at first, but Pete N6QW provided sage advice and tribal knowledge. Adjustments were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2019\/12\/22\/dean-kk4das-puts-michigan-mighty-mite-on-the-air-and-is-heard-in-falls-church-virginia-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dean KK4DAS Puts Michigan Mighty Mite on the air!  And is heard in Falls Church, Virginia! 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