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HRWB 146 - Plans for 2022 and Meet the HRWB Team

1/11/2022

In this episode we talk about plans for the HRWB podcast in 2022 and we introduce each of the show regulars personal ham radio journey.

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On today’s show:
George, KJ6VU Twitter @KJ6VU DMR TG 31075 AllStar 55915
Rod, VA3ON Twitter @VA3ON
Mark, N6MTS Twitter @smittyhalibut
Mike, VA3MW va3mw@portcredit.net
Vince, VE6LK Twitter @VE6LK

Announcements

DIGIKEY is now a HRWB Podcast sponsor!
We are delighted to have Digikey on board as a sponsor and distributor of our kits.
Founded by a Ham, Digikey is a nearly ideal partnership for us. You will hear more as the year progresses and we help them do more outreach to the ham radio community.

HRWB WILL SPONSOR HOMEBREW HEROS
Home Brew Heroes (HBH), an award program to recognize innovators in Amateur radio,
developed by our friend Frank K4FMH, is now sponsored / Administered by Ham Radio Workbench - It’s a great fit for our mission!
Hans Summers & George Thomas have been past winners - We are in the selection process for 2021 and will announce the winner by the end of January.

5 Comments

Bob Benedict link

1/11/2022 15:00:31

Homebrew Heroes
I would like to nominate Guido ten Dolle, PE1NNZ, the creator of the astounding software behind the uSDX. All of the hardware variants and the unauthorized Chinese clones use his work. It uses pulse width modulation of the PA supply voltage to transmit SSB modes in addition to CW while retaining class E efficiency and uses a direct conversion SDR receiver AND he does this on an Arduino. See the ucx@group.io WIKI for info.
I would also like to nominate Steve Haynal, KF7O, the man behind the Hermes Lite 2. See my web, eham reviews or Pete Juliano's blog for HL2 reactions. Steve just seems to be a great human, as well as a talented gateware and hardware designer.
Both of these hams spawned large, active communities of enthusiastic home brewers.
73
Bob KD8CGH

Bob Benedict link

1/11/2022 15:07:54

I have a QCX, QCX mini, QDX, uSDX and Hermes Lite 2. None of these transceivers has a power switch. I'd like to see a Power Pole power distribution strip with some individual switches to avoid constantly plugging/unplugging these rigs into a strip.

Tim AF6TF

1/14/2022 11:04:15

I think Mark should name his projects, "Secret Squirrel by Halibut" followed by a project number. This would look something like SSH-01.

Troy K4JDA

1/14/2022 18:12:32

What a special group of guys spending time every week to produce this. I look forward to this every two weeks.

I’d love to see a YouTube on how to utilize an IC in a project. I know the basics, I know schematics, but to do something complex, I know it’s sometimes easier to use a chip that already does what you want to do … but I’m not sure how to build a board around that.
Example: my KX3 puts out IQ, but there is not a small portable 192kHz 24bit stereo line in sound card that I can find. I think something like a TLV320AIC3204 will do what I want, but it’s a huge leap for me to go from breadboarding simple circuits to building a usb sound card using this chip.
Please take the above as an example food for thought rather than a request to do that for me. I’m looking more for the thought process on how to get from “I need something to do xyz” to designing a board around an ic that does most of what’s needed.

John W2FV

5/10/2022 02:18:52

Has the 2021 Homebrew Heros award been announced yet (commenting in early May 2022)?

HRWB 146 - Plans for 2022 and Meet the HRWB Team

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