Re: SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
Hi Daniel,
This is a good place to start!
https://hackaday.io/project/190327-high-schoolers-build-a-radio-receiver
As Chuck mentioned you can get a nice PTO from
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Alan N8WQ
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#9390
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Re: Source for 88 millihenry inductors?
The only ones I've found are potted and at ghastly prices.
I haven't seen the unpotted ones like in articles in articles
in over 45years.
Allison
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ajparent1/kb1gmx
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#9389
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Source for 88 millihenry inductors?
Does anyone know of a source for 88 millihenry (88 mH) inductors? These were originally used by the phone company on telephone lines, and then later repurposed for use in the passive audio filters
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Douglas Quagliana
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#9388
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L/C Meter Test
Steve R. sent me some mica caps rated at +-1% for use as
pseudo-standard for capacitance checks.? Thanks Steve.
I'm sending him some transistors for his effort.
Here is a comparison between his
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chuck adams
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#9387
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Re: SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
With nothing more than some nylon bolts and nuts, some hot glue, and the
required brass bolt, and maybe some PCB material for structure, you could
make the knob stationary, and make the coil the thing
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Ryan Flowers
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#9386
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Re: SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
There's a complete YouTube series on building this, each module has its own video, done by Dean KK4DAS. There are two folks who are 3D printing the inductor assembly and making them available just for
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Steve Ratzlaff
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#9385
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Re: SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
If budget is not an issue:
<https://qrpbuilder.com/pto_mechanism>
FYI
--
chuck adams, aa7fo
QRP WAS 17m started Apr 2, 2025
WAS-17 QRP --> TX,FL,SC,GA,OK,AR,KS,AL,AZ,MN
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chuck adams
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#9384
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Re: SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
Not ashamed to have built many projects with hot glue and velcro strips.
KB9BVN
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Brian KB9BVN
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#9383
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Re: SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
I can think of lots of ways to build that without a 3d printer. They all
involve hot glue ;)
<daniel-kk4mrn.skipper529@...> wrote:
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Ryan Flowers
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#9382
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Re: SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
Hi Alan,
I have looked at it, but I do not know where to begin.
Besides, it needs a PTO.? I do not have a 3D printer to make the part.
I think one ham used a fix frequency oscillator in place of
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Daniel KK4MRN
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#9381
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SolderSmoke DC Receiver Challenge
Gang,
I accepted the Soldersmoke DC Receiver Challenge on April 19th.
Here is my 3 stage audio amplifier I finished this morning.
Please join in on the fun!
73,
Alan, N8WQ
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Alan N8WQ
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#9380
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You are invited to Pacificon
Pacificon 25 is going to be remembered as the return of qrp year.? You can register and get your hotel room at Pacificon25.org for the 3 day conference that will be held the second weekend of
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Doug Hendricks
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#9379
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2025 Sasquatch Stomp Results posted
Hello All,
The 2025 Sasquatch Stomp results have been posted to the Sasquatch Stomp page on the pnwqrp.org website.? If you google pnwqrp.org it will come up right away.
We had good band conditions
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Wayne McFee
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#9378
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Re: Tayda Electronics and parts, heatsinks, Octopus
These are all good values to have in stock Daniel. If you need some of the values in between, they can be created by putting multiple caps in parallel or series. For instance, I recently needed a
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Dave AA7EE
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#9377
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Re: Tayda Electronics and parts, heatsinks, Octopus
Hello,
When I created the original topic here, it was a longer message.?? So, this is where the "Octopus" came from.? But I shortened the message because I felt it was too long.? But I forgot to
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Daniel KK4MRN
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#9376
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Re: Tayda Electronics and parts, heatsinks, Octopus
Hey Dave,
I am taking your advice.?? I found the TDK MLCC NG0 / CG0 capacitors at Mouser.
I have been trying to go through various projects look at band pass and low pass filters and IF Amp filters
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Daniel KK4MRN
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#9375
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Re: looking for parts polystyrene capacitors
Very useful info Jim - thank you. I made an offer of $18 for a bag of 100 x 1,000pF caps (the first eBay listing you mentioned) and he accept
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Dave AA7EE
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#9373
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Re: Precision valued parts
Hint:
For a lab standard it does not have to be any specific value only that it be
known and stable.? For some parts like resistors and caps a selection of
known values is usually handier.
With
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ajparent1/kb1gmx
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#9372
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Yan: Re: [qrptech] Oak Hills Research
Dear WilliamThanks for the comment. To be honest i did not realize or check there were ohr sub directory before upload. ?t was late night and? I tried to help and share with ham spirit.
I will check
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HAKAN GUNER
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#9371
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Re: Oak Hills Research
Hakan,
Very respectfully, there are already copies of the four OHR manuals you uploaded. They are in the "OHR" sub-directory. You might want to inspect and -- if duplicates -- remove yours as space
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k6whp
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#9370
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