Saturday, June 21, 2025

Mike KM5Z's SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver


Congratulations to Mike KM5Z on the completion of his SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver. 
Welcome to the Hall of Fame. 

Mike writes: 

First time with 'Manhattan' style construction, although it worked perfectly and was very easy. In this video I just did a scan from about 7.100 to 7.210 MHz. As you can see, I took advantage of another ham's 3D prints.
After all, if an idea is worth doing, then... it's worth overdoing.I used a Milwaukee 1/4" Diamond Max hole saw to cut circles for the solder-points. Everything else is ground. Later, I found that I missed a point, so I used a single "MePAD" glued in that spot.I found the default audio amp to be a bit quiet. I plan to replace it with the 'push-pull' version.  I'm definitely keeping this to hang up on the wall.

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