Showing posts with label Souleles -- Dean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Souleles -- Dean. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

A QSO with Dean KK4DAS (Northern Virginia to Dominican Republic)

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Dean KK4DAS was checking out his new homebrew solid state 100 watt amplifier.  We were talking about it on the phone, then we decided to giv...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast 262: Hybrid Wireless, 100 Watt Amplifier, Antipode VK6, Tropo DR to PR?, Mixers, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #262 is available:  Audio only: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke262.mp3 Video:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSUyE...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

2025 ARRL Technical Service Award

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  Thanks to the ARRL for the award.  It is much appreciated.  Thanks too to all the people who built this receiver.  There are more than 100...
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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Brian KI7LKB's FB Modifications to the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

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  Although we had strongly suggested that builders FIRST build the receiver in accorandance with Dean KK4DAS's excellent videos, we also...
Thursday, August 7, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast 261: Travel, AI-Apocalypse, ARRL Award, Amplifiers (with Claude) , Transcoms, Smoke released in DR, QRP, CW, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #261 is available for download:  Audio:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke261.mp3 Video:   https://www.youtube.com/watc...
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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Phil W1PJE, Director of MIT's Haystack Observatory, visits SolderSmoke East, Talks Radio with N2CQR and KK4DAS

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We were very pleased that Phil W1PJE was able to visit yesterday. Phil is the Director of MIT's Haystack Observatory . He is very know...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

A FIRST! K1OA Contact with N2CQR -- All Homebrew with SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receivers on Both Ends

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At around 0630 EDT on June 7, 2025 I heard K1OA calling CQ on 7030 kHz CW. This was exactly where I had a crystal.  I called him, but he did...
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Thursday, May 29, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast #260 FDIM, Hollow State Design, Pete's Bench and the Shelf of Shame, Direct Conversion Project News, How Best to Preserve this Blog?, Dean's Bench and the Desk of Despair, Bill's Bench and the Garage of Grief, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #260 is available:  Audio version:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke260.mp3 Video version:  https://www.youtube.com/w...
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Monday, May 19, 2025

Honorable Mention: Andreas DL1AJG's THREE SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receivers for Biologists

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  Andreas DL1AJG was another of those intrepid hams who,  in the dark of winter 2023 took up the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Chal...
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Monday, February 24, 2025

Chris G7LQX's SolderSmoke Challenge DC Receiver

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It looks and sounds really good.  It is inhaling SSB, CW, and digital signals on 40 meters.  Great job Chris.  More details here.  It is NOT...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast #257 -- Wrap up of the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Challenge

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SolderSmoke Podcast #257 is available.  Video version:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOoZiHbC4Ag Audio version: https://soldersmoke.com/s...
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Saturday, February 8, 2025

SolderSmoke Challenge -- Direct-Conversion Receiver Video #5 -- Building the Audio Frequency Amplifier

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  SolderSmoke Challenge – Direct Conversion Receiver – the Audio Amplifier Build and Receiver Demonstration   In this episode Dean, KK4DAS w...
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Thursday, February 6, 2025

SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Challenge: A Short Video from Dean about the Virtues of Building the AF Amplifier ONE STAGE AT A TIME

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  Dean will soon post his longer video on how to build the fourth and final board of the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Challenge receiver, b...
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Saturday, February 1, 2025

SolderSmoke Challenge – Direct Conversion Receiver – the Band Pass Filter

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  The SolderSmoke DCR challenge is going well.  Our Discord server is bustling with activity and we are impressed that several intrepid home...
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Friday, January 31, 2025

Update from KK4DAS on the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Challenge: BP Filter Added to Circuitry -- Full Video on BP Filter Soon

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Dean now has the PTO, the Diode Ring, and now the 40 meter bandpass filter.  Dean fires up his signal generator and, using his 'scope we...