{"id":7871,"date":"2023-06-30T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T07:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/06\/30\/soldersmoke-podcast-247-hating-on-the-ic-7300-pete-goes-ft-8-with-a-kwm-1-bills-15-10-rig-mailbag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:02:05","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-247-hating-on-the-ic-7300-pete-goes-ft-8-with-a-kwm-1-bills-15-10-rig-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2023\/06\/30\/soldersmoke-podcast-247-hating-on-the-ic-7300-pete-goes-ft-8-with-a-kwm-1-bills-15-10-rig-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #247 — Hating on the IC-7300, Pete Goes FT-8 with a KWM-1, Bill’s 15-10 Rig, MAILBAG"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bill’s 15-10 Rig — Click on image <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

SolderSmoke Podcast #247 is available: <\/b><\/p>\n

Audio Podcast: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke247.mp3<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Video: (482) SolderSmoke 247 — Hating on the IC-7300, Pete goes FT8 (with a KWM-1), Bill’s 15-10 rig, Mailbag – YouTube<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Bill\u2019s Bench:<\/b><\/p>\n

The 15-10 Dual Bander.<\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>10 pole crystal filter at 25 MHz. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>G3UUR, Dishal, AADE and all that.. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Testing woes. Looked bad. But it was a bad test cable. Duh. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>VFO (Colpitts) at around 3.5 MHz.<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Buffer blues: Bad J-310s. Beware! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Variable cap from a Heath Q Multiplier<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>A bit of a black art \u2013 competing goals. Freq coverage, etc. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>BFO needed an amp to turn on the diodes in the balanced modulator<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>TIA amps. SIX dual direction TIAs. 18 transistors.<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>On a pine board (like Frank Jones)<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Will use the N6QW all discrete AF amp. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Maybe an RD16 in the final? <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Will build a second one for the DR. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Shameless Commerce: Mostly DIY RF and the PSSST kit. Todd K7TFC reports: \u201cThe P3ST is on track for Lee Deforest’s birthday release (August 26th). I’m going to send out another newsletter on July 4th, and I’ll give some details on P3ST development.<\/span>\u201d Results of Todd\u2019s Survey. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Pete\u2019s Bench<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>FT-8 on the KWM-1!<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Presentation to the ham club. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

n <\/span><\/span>Why the Icom 7300 is the anti-thesis of homebrew.<\/b><\/p>\n

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

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— SPRAT 195 Summer 2023, in the mailbox. A happy day at N2CQR<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Armand WA1UQO sent a wonderful book about Faraday and Maxwell\u2026 And told me Jim K8OI was heading to our area. I met Jim at the VWS Field Day event. FB. Thanks Armand. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Tony G4WIF sent Father\u2019s Day greetings. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Alvin N5VZH asking about electrolytics for his 2-B. Hayseed Hamfest! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— John AC2RL replacements for the IBEW. We need to start over! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Steve \u201cSnort Rosin\u201d Smith WB6TNL was in the area. Sorry I missed him. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Joh DL6ID helping us to track down origins of a homebrew receiver Grayson saw in Berlin. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Grayson KJ7UM was in Europe visiting his wife\u2019s relatives. But I think he is back in the USA. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Walter KA4KXX sent a QRP HB family portrait. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Wouter ZS1KE sent info on surface mount soldering. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— George Zaff KJ6VU Ham Radio Workbench \u2013 re-runs! Recommended audio processor. Let me know how it sounds. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Michael AA1TJ Great to hear from him. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Alan Wolke W2AEW on the toroids he used in Diode Ring video. Thanks Alan! <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

— Dean KK4DAS, AI and SWR meter project And new lexicon word: Hamsplaining. <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

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— Bob N7SUR — Let me know we are semifinalists in the Hack-A-Day prize! <\/b><\/p>\n

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The 15 – 10 rig from above — Click on image<\/span><\/div>\n


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