{"id":7770,"date":"2016-12-17T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T05:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/soldersmoke-podcast-192-fpm-rig-bitx-module-madness-hro-al-fresco-boatanchor-day-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:28:39","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-192-fpm-rig-bitx-module-madness-hro-al-fresco-boatanchor-day-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/soldersmoke-podcast-192-fpm-rig-bitx-module-madness-hro-al-fresco-boatanchor-day-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #192 FPM Rig, BITX Module Madness, HRO Al Fresco, Boatanchor Day, Mailbag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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N6QW COMPLETING AN ORBIT TOMORROW!!!! Happy Birthday Pete! <\/b><\/div>\n
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Shortwave Woes: Deception and Disappointment!<\/b><\/div>\n
Voice of Vietnam! But it is from Cyprus Creek S.C. <\/b><\/div>\n
Radio Athmeeya Yatra in Punjabi! but it is in Nauen Germany. Yuck! <\/b><\/div>\n
Sort of like these 9 cents per minute on-line relay ham stations. Yuck I say! <\/b><\/div>\n
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You know you are a hardcore homebrewer when a near empty can of Deoxit makes you nervous, so you order more, just in case. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Bench Reports: <\/b><\/div>\n
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Pete:<\/b><\/div>\n
FPM FPM FPM!!! Tell us about it! <\/b><\/div>\n
BITX 40 Module in Juliano Blue <\/b><\/div>\n
Explaining the BITX 40 to the local club. <\/b><\/div>\n
CULTURE SHOCK! Plug and play vs. Hardcore Homebrew. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Bill: <\/b><\/div>\n
An EXTROVERTED BITX 40 Module<\/b><\/div>\n
QRO with 24 volts on the Drain: 20 watts out. Heatsink upgrade, Chris KB4PBJ Thanks.<\/b><\/div>\n
Analog Readout — Dymo tape and a Sharpie arrow<\/b><\/div>\n
REVERSE POLARITY PROTECTION Where the perfect is the enemy of the good enough. <\/b><\/div>\n
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HRO no longer AL FRESCO Boxed up. Thanks Armand. Thanks Tim Sutton. Still working on AM receiver. Not inhaling very well. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Boatanchor Day: Fixed HT37 and hurt my back. Really. Got 160 meter station going. Changed ball bearings on CW key. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Next project. Another BITX 40, but perhaps for 160, 75 and 60 with Si5351 and plug-in filters. <\/b><\/div>\n
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Sideband History: THE SIDEBAND SUZY AWARD. Pete deserves this. I say we revive it.<\/b><\/div>\n
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LEX: Al Fresco. And Tim Walford calls them “Blackbox rigs” not “rice boxes” <\/b><\/div>\n
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HB2HB contacts. Often with guys who built their linear. I say that counts Too! <\/b><\/div>\n
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MAILBAG<\/b><\/div>\n

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