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  Another FB video from Mike WU2D.    But you know,  I too find myself kind of opposed to front panel on-off switches.  I power my rigs with...

Here is another great video (and project) from Mike WU2D.  I'm a big fan of homebrew superhets.  And wow, Mike presents a band-imaging s...

It is just very cool to see someone build a superhet and get it to work.  For so many years amateurs were told that "homebrew receivers...

This 1971 training film is pretty good.  I like how they break the RF circuitry into just four components, then describe the AM receiver sta...

Michael has the receiver done and is wisely heeding Farhan's advice about pausing to enjoy the homebrew sounds.   I was pleased to see s...

  Michael AG5VG finished this receiver last weekend.  He hopes to build a CW transmitter using an output of the Si5351.  Obviously I defer t...

I like all the CuriousMarc videos, but I especially liked this one. Marc and company visited some of the very early launch sites and bunkers...

It is truly a thing of beauty.   I really like that variable capacitor.  (Where did that come from?  How can I get one?)    Charlie's ca...

  FB Justin!  I really like the board that you are using as a base for the project.  And you have some great mentors in Nick and Loren.   It...

https://natesbasement123.blogspot.com/2024/02/thank-you-bill-dean-grayson-pete-and.html Wow, some really wonderful work is taking place in N...

Here are two great videos from Mike AG5VG showing his two homebrew receivers in action.  (The transmitter portions of Farhan's circuit w...

I like F6CRP's homebrew receiver.  I like the way he presents it (block by block) and I like the inclusion of the W7ZOI IF board. The JF...

  Our friend Walter KA4KXX in Orlando recently sent us this really cool "family photo" of his homebrew rigs.  Be sure to see the k...

  Will's homebrew station is really something.  The rig (it truly qualifies for this term of praise) is amazing all by itself  (see belo...

  I'm not exactly sure why I pulled this old rig off the shelf, but I'll write up what I did -- I often use this blog as a kind of n...

Our friend Dave K8WPE has been listening to old podcasts.  He recently came across those in which Pete and I were talking about phase noise....

I've been trying to get more rigorous in my evaluation of receiver performance.   My HQ-100 is tuned to Radio Marti, and it sounds great...

Mr. Carlson (VE7ZWZ) is launching a series of videos on the restoration of some old boatanchor receivers.  I have been working on an old HQ-...

I was really glad to have stumbled across Darren's YouTube channel:  (46) Level UP EE Lab - YouTube Heck, he has an S-38E on the shelf a...

ARC-5 R-23 Nav Receiver Parts SolderSmoke Podcast #236 is available! http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke236.mp3 Winterfest!   Many Boatanchor...