Podcasting since 2005! Listen to Latest SolderSmoke

Showing posts with label Guapo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guapo. Show all posts

Saturday, June 26, 2021

SolderSmoke Podcast #231 -- Travel, SST, Mythbusting, Filters, TIAS, NanoVNAs, DC RX in SPRAT, Drake A Line, Spillsbury, STICKERS! Mailbag


SolderSmoke # 231 is available: 


Annual Field Day Special Edition

Travelogue:   To the Dominican Republic! 
New dog -- Meet Guapo (see below). 

A great Father's Day for Pete and Bill.  I got a TinySA. 
Pete got some cool chick magnet glasses (see below).  
Watch out Newbury Park! 


Bill's Activity

SST Transceiver. Took it to Dominican Republic.
Made only one contact, but QRP-QRP. 
Not a lot of CW activity, and not a lot around 14.060. 
A lot more FT8 visible on the NA5B WebSDR.
That might be better for this kind of operation.  
I might try SST CW out today from the backyard. Field Day!

Fired up my 20 meter DSB NE602 rigs.  Made two contacts.  
Still trying to fully understand the NE602 Gilbert Cell.  Lots of mystery in there. 

Building "The MythBuster."  75/20 with sideband inversion.  

10 pole 5.2 MHz filter.  Used Dishal and AADE. 
Used NanoVNA to see the passband. 
G3UUR for crystal parameters.
Cohn Constant K topology. 

Also used NanoVNA to check input and output impedance on the TIA amps I will use around the filter. 

Pete's activity: 

Article on DC receiver in SPRAT. FB response. 50 receivers under construction.   

Work on Drake A Line.  

Jim Spillsbury. 

------------------------------

The N5JHH IBEW SolderSmoke stickers (see above and below).  How we will use them. 

Mailbag:
N2SVD
K8ITY
Tom (Junkbox receiver)
N0ZIB (Curse you, SolderSmoke!) 
DL6ID
N2NLY
VK2EMU
ZS1KE
AF7O
NG2E
VU2ESE
OK1RP
N5JHH



Designer: Douglas Bowman | Dimodifikasi oleh Abdul Munir Original Posting Rounders 3 Column