Saturday, May 31, 2025

Not a Toy! K1OA Making Contacts with the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver and a KA4KXX Transmitter

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T his goes to prove what we have been saying all along:  this receiver is not a toy!  It is capable of operating as part of a real 2-way ham...
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Friday, May 30, 2025

Hiss, Filters, QRM, and Hearing Loss: Do we need AF filters in direct conversion receivers?

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L6 is the 88mH toroid Messages on Discord about the need to knock down higher frequency audio response in the SolderSmoke direct conversion ...
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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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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Kevin K3IY's Beautiful FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver: "An amazing experience... A milestone for me..."

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Kevin's receiver was beautifully built. And it sounds great.  Congratulations Kevin, and welcome to the Hall of Fame.  Kevin writes:  Th...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Chuck N4AVC's FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver: "I enjoyed the build and testing."

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Chuck N4AVC's use of the frequency counter in his digital multimeter is pretty cool and innovative. And it is nice to have yet another r...
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Simplicity, Presence, Mods, and Direct Conversion Receivers

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Over on the Discord server that we set up for the SolderSmoke Challenge project.  One of the guys who succeeded in building the receiver (ku...
Monday, May 26, 2025

Paul WA1MAC GETS DOWN TO BRASS TACKS with his FB GLUE STICK SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

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  Wow, look at that beautiful build of the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver.  We haven't received a "proof of life" vide...
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Sunday, May 25, 2025

HCJB is now in Western Australia. In "The Kimberly." And VK6JMS can use their antenna.

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I grew up listening to HCJB's shortwave broadcasts from Quito, Ecuador.  Fast forward to the present:  This week I have had two radio ...
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Saturday, May 24, 2025

Ted KN4ZXG's FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion receiver: "This project is the greatest gift to homebrewing..."

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There it is, a thing of beauty.  The best part is that Ted built this receiver himself.  That is something that most hams NEVER do.  Ted wri...
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Friday, May 23, 2025

G0UPL at Dayton: SSB for the QMX, and Thoughts on Homebrewing

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  Click on the diagram for a better view. Listen to the interview here:  http://soldersmoke.com/G0UPL at Dayton 2025.mp3 I think this is wha...
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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Mitch NK3H's FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver -- "Incredibly satisfying!"

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Wow, Mitch NK3H has built a really nice receiver. (He says it is not pretty, but those of us who have built one or who are in the process kn...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Grayson Evans KJ7UM Interview at Four Days in May at the Dayton Hamvention 2025

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  LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE:  http://soldersmoke.com/KJ7UM at Dayton 2025.mp3 Grayson said quite a lot in this short 4 minute interview: ...