{"id":9844,"date":"2025-02-25T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/calvin-ke8ices-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:00:58","slug":"calvin-ke8ices-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/calvin-ke8ices-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Calvin KE8ICE&#8217;s SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ke8ICE20Better.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3024\" data-original-width=\"3024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ke8ICE20Better.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b>Calvin KE8ICE said that building this receiver marks his transition from a kit assembler to a homebrewer. FB! <\/b><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Check out this short video of Calvin&#8217;s receiver in action: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/BbcBVmmKygw\"><b>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/BbcBVmmKygw<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Thanks Calvin!<\/b> <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>For more details on this project, and info on how you could build this receiver see:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\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><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><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;\"><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; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/Fu6B7yGxx2<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><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;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><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;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Documentation on Hackaday:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><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;\"><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; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/<wbr><\/wbr>190327-high-schoolers-build-a-<wbr><\/wbr>radio-receiver<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><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;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><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;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">SolderSmoke YouTube channel:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div><b style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><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; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@<wbr><\/wbr>soldersmoke<\/a><\/span><\/b><b> <br \/><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calvin KE8ICE said that building this receiver marks his transition from a kit assembler to a homebrewer. FB! Check out this short video of Calvin&#8217;s receiver in action: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/BbcBVmmKygw Thanks Calvin! For more details on this project, and info on how you could build this receiver see: Join the discussion &#8211; SolderSmoke Discord Server: https:\/\/discord.gg\/Fu6B7yGxx2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/calvin-ke8ices-soldersmoke-direct-conversion-receiver\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Calvin KE8ICE&#8217;s SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,11,35,248,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-40-meters","category-dc-rx-hall-of-fame","category-direct-conversion","category-direct-conversion-challenge","category-tj-dc-rx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844","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=9844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9846,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844\/revisions\/9846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}