{"id":8578,"date":"2014-10-04T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2014\/10\/04\/soldersmoke-podcast-166-getting-started-in-homebrew-radio\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T00:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:54:39","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-166-getting-started-in-homebrew-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2014\/10\/04\/soldersmoke-podcast-166-getting-started-in-homebrew-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast 166: Getting Started in Homebrew Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SolderSmoke Podcast 166 is available for download: <\/b>

<\/b> http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke166.mp3 <\/b><\/a>

<\/b> Bench Report: Pete working on Direct Conversion Receivers. <\/b>
Bill on his 2B and on 20DSB rig, and an M0XPD\/Kanga DDS kit, and a 140 watt amp. <\/b>

<\/b> GETTING STARTED IN HOMEBREW:<\/b>
Start simple: Build an oscillator. Make it oscillate!<\/b>
Gather tools, simple test gear, and books. <\/b>
Try to understand what you build. <\/b>
Build a direct conversion receiver. <\/b>
Don’t fear the toroids! <\/b>
Be patient. This is not Plug and Play. <\/b>
Build a DSB transceiver. <\/b>
Little tips: <\/b>
Protect variable caps. <\/b>
Use heat sinks. <\/b>
Use reverse polarity protection. <\/b>
Don’t breathe the solder smoke! Ventilate your bench.<\/b>

<\/b> China Radio International Mystery Solved. <\/b>
Book Recommendation: “International QRP Collection” by Dobbs and Telenius-Lowe<\/b>
MAILBAG<\/b><\/p>\n

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SolderSmoke Podcast 166 is available for download: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke166.mp3 Bench Report: Pete working on Direct Conversion Receivers. Bill on his 2B and on 20DSB rig, and an M0XPD\/Kanga DDS kit, and a 140 watt amp. GETTING STARTED IN HOMEBREW: Start simple: Build an oscillator. Make it oscillate! Gather tools, simple test gear, and books. Try to … Continue reading “SolderSmoke Podcast 166: Getting Started in Homebrew Radio”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juliano-pete","category-soldersmoke-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8580,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions\/8580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}