We were already very proud to put Alan Wolke W2AEW in our Hall of Fame. But Alan put icing on the cake this morning by making his own video about his build, along with some pre-CME video of the machine inhaling CW and SSB (see above). The SSB is DX, from France. FB Alan, thanks.
My only comment to Alan was on the frequency readout. I noted that many builders had resorted to San Jian PLJ frequency counters. A few others had done what he did and used the frequency readout feature of their Tiny Spectrum Analyzers. I told him that at first I had gone very low tech. It was in fact, quite barbaric. Check it out:
I think it is kind of low-tech cool. I am a bit disappointed that none of the builders have done anything similar. Mark KI5SRY came the closest, but his solution was relatively spophisticated. Look, it is not to late. Get out those index cards and calibrate those screws! Send in pictures or videos.
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Great Video, Alan. Nice stage-by-stage analysis. You should bring it to the next IEEE-MTTs Mini-Show at the Hanover Manor in October. Hook it up to that great Tek gear and do a live demo with practical radio. That will give the Soldersmoke DCR some IEEE exposure. And show off the Tek gear's capabilities. Antenna?? Random wire out the window to the parking lot, no one will notice! CU There-73-Mike, WN2A
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