Dave W2DAB is a long-time friend of the SolderSmoke podcast. When Steve Silverman was moving out of NYC, Dave went on the subway down to lower Manhattan to retrieve (for me) Steve's HP-8640B signal generator. And that thing is heavy! Months later I picked it up from Dave. Dave is also rumored to have participated in some of the SolderSmoke sticker operations in New York City. I will neither confirm nor deny his participation.
Dave obviously did a beautiful job on this receiver, and it sounds great. Dave's reception is hampered by his high-rise location -- he is currently limited to the use of a mag loop. I thought about suggesting that Dave take his receiver down to Central Park or to the banks of the East River, but I worry that this device might be too much even for the famously tolerant residents of the Big Apple.
By the way, that station Dave heard was Percy, KF2AT, right up the road from him on E 106th Street.
Dave writes:
The really nice part of this project is that it’s so broken down that I can understand all of the parts and I can keep working on this to make it better and better. Improvement and patience are necessary traits for successful home brewing. I don’t rule out a Park DCR Activation, as I like to say Manhattan construction is so much more interesting done in Manhattan.
(Percy KF2AT is also in Manhattan.)
Thanks a lot Dave, and congratulations, Welcome to the Hall of Fame!
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