Juan LU2VJM's Beautiful Argentine SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

I was really pleased to see Juan LU2VJM's rapid completion of the SolderSmoke direct conversion receiver.  But I wasn't really surprised -- Juan is an experienced homebrewer who has successfully completed Farhan's BITX transceiver.  Juan and I talked about how it is worthwhile for even an experienced homebrewer to go back and build a direct conversion receiver.  Farhan did this.  Farhan said that we do this because we are tool makers.  We have opposing thumbs that allow us to grab a soldering iron.  Indeed.  And you can hear the happiness in Juan's voice when he says in the video, "Today we have reception!"  Excellent. 

I was also pleased to see this receiver enter the Hall of Fame becasue this marks our first receiver from Latin America.  We hope there will be many more.  

Here are some pictures of Juan's receiver during construction: 

Juan's AF Amplifier

Juan's Diplexer with homebrewed coil

Another shot of the AF amplifier

The mixer, getting ready for construction

The completed receiver. FB!

Thanks Juan!  And congrastulations! 

For more information on how you too can build the receiver: 

Join the discussion - SolderSmoke Discord Server:

https://discord.gg/Fu6B7yGxx2

 

Documentation on Hackaday:

https://hackaday.io/project/190327-high-schoolers-build-a-radio-receiver

 

SolderSmoke YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@soldersmoke