Travelogue:
Mars at opposition. Not as good as 2020.
SSSS Prep
Hearing aids and high frequency loss.
AirPods as hearing aids.
Out in the Shenandoah with a Baofeng.
Success among TJ High School students.
Satellite in space?

PARTSCANDY

Bill's Bench:
Direct Conversion Receiver: IT IS ALIVE! EVEN IN LTSPICE
PTO works very well.
Diode ring -- really needs a diplexer, Radio Marti.
AF amplifier simplicity.
But WHY can't you listen to DSB on a DC receiver? Now I know.
How does a diode detector work? Is the envelope real? Is it square law?
The benefits of writing... 1967 and 1966 articles on PTOs and 2Qs.

Shameless Commerce Division:
-- MOSTLY DIY RF! NEWS FROM PORTLAND!
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-- Keep buying from Bezos using the link on the right-hand column of the blog page.
-- Become a Patreon sponsor! Left hand column of blog page.
-- I have ads on the blog page, but I have configured to avoid troublesome ads -- dating sites, etc.


Pete's Bench
-- Stepper motor, LCD and Arduino for my little DC RX?
-- SDR Console
-- PSSST, BOMS, Schematics and spoon feeding...
-- Proficio SDR by Multus
-- 8 meters?
-- Pasta Pete on Thanksgiving


Mailbag
-- Alan Yates VK2ZAY now also W7ZAY PTOs, trivial motors, a broken ankle...
-- Dhaka Jack AI4SV formerly of Cyprus, Madagascar and Northern Virginia. has moved to France!
-- John WB5OAU/K5MO An old friend. FMLA as "Glowbugs Noir"
-- Dale Parfitt W4OP on the Homebrew 2Q from 1967
-- Nick M0NTV Glue Sticks, PTOs, DC receivers and AM Breaktrhough testing.
-- Todd K7TFC suggests “cool” names for DC RX PT Cruiser? PT109? PT73?
-- Levi replacing Selenium diodes in a Globe VFO. I am not alone!
-- Juano EC5ACA wanted DC RX schematic. FB.
-- Dave designed a discrete LM386. Picked up by Jenny at HackaDay. Can you build this?
-- George Zaff. Hamradio Workbench Spiritutal Brother of SolderSmoke.
-- Alain F4IET -- Still building DC receiver. FB. Sorry I got the call wrong.
-- Drew N7DA Building Pixies with 3D forms.
-- Toni G6XMO in Sheffield getting a 3D printer business going: https://www.whizz3dparts.co.uk/
-- Chuck KE5HPW restoring an old SW-54. Pete is skeptical.
-- Lex and Jesse like Colin's placement of WYKSYCDS sticker on his Homebrew rig.
-- Jim KI4THZ joined the Vienna Wireless Society -- FB on the faculty at GMU
-- Tony G4WIF suggested mechanical counter for DC RX PTO freq readout. I have some in the junk box.
-- Our old friend Jonathan-san in W0XO now a Patreon sponsor. Origato!
-- Thomas K4SWL sent him video of Tiny SA watching Vatican Radio sign off for the day.
-- Farhan and Chuck Penson liked blog post about Heathkit Digital Rig SS-8000 1978!
-- Ed KC8SBV working on DC receivers -- I recently used the Peppermint Bark box he sent.
-- Old friend Bob KD4EBM on the linearization of the R-390s. Hard to homebrew one of those!
-- George from VWS trying to figure out how (if?) Marconi got his coherer to work DX...
-- Steve EI5DD sends Connaught Radio news: https://www.docdroid.net/Q1lBoyi/crnews1222-pdf#page=36

Won’t have another Podcast until the new year so Happy Holidays to all! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF8XbgUTdIs
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