{"id":12528,"date":"2015-03-04T13:32:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12528"},"modified":"2015-03-04T13:32:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:32:50","slug":"sproutie-hears-the-shortwave-shindig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/sproutie-hears-the-shortwave-shindig\/","title":{"rendered":"Sproutie hears the Shortwave Shindig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10487\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7321.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7321\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7321.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7321-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7321-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>SWLing Post reader, <a href=\"https:\/\/aa7ee.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Richards (AA7EE)<\/a>, made a short video of his regen receiver &#8220;Sproutie&#8221; tuned to the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/shortwave-shindig\"><em>Shortwave Shindig<\/em><\/a> Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Dave writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I was quite pleased with the fidelity. Of course, the skirts on a regen are quite broad, even though the nose of the selectivity curve is fairly narrow.\u00a0 The signal was a bit lower in level and noisier at the beginning of the show but by the time it got to this segment, it was a nice strong signal. Sorry &#8211; no S-meter here, so that is the best I can do!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8I_pcQgmTM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dave,\u00a0thanks for sharing this video! Sproutie did a brilliant job tuning in a program from across the continent. I&#8217;m also most impressed with Sproutie&#8217;s audio. Amazing!<\/p>\n<p>Readers,\u00a0<a title=\"Dave\u2019s late night listening session\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/daves-late-night-listening-session\/\">click here to read a previous post about Dave&#8217;s home brew regen receiver, &#8220;Sproutie.&#8221;<\/a> Also, be sure to bookmark Dave&#8217;s blog <a href=\"https:\/\/aa7ee.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post reader, Dave Richards (AA7EE), made a short video of his regen receiver &#8220;Sproutie&#8221; tuned to the Shortwave Shindig Friday evening. Dave writes: &#8220;I was quite pleased with the fidelity. Of course, the skirts on a regen are quite broad, even though the nose of the selectivity curve is fairly narrow.\u00a0 The signal was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[627,3,746,43,304],"tags":[3109,3110,3108,1595,3425],"class_list":["post-12528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-aa7ee","tag-dave-richards","tag-dave-richards-aa7ee","tag-shortwave-shindig","tag-the-sproutie"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3g4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11479,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/video-daves-sproutie-home-brew-regenerative-receiver-in-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":12528,"position":0},"title":"Video: Dave&#8217;s &#8220;Sproutie&#8221; home-brew regenerative receiver in action!","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"My good buddy, Dave Richards (AA7EE), has just posted videos of his home-brew regenerative receiver--nicknamed \"The Sproutie.\"\u00a0[You may recall an earlier post about this very receiver.] Below, you'll find a video where Dave tunes in broadcasters with The Sproutie--she certainly has ears! 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Click here to read Dave's post with detailed instructions for building your own low power, legal\u00a0beacon! Dave's beacon is located on 13,558\u00a0kHz--he would love your reception reports. Dave notes in his post: \"If\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Sproutie \u201cSPT\u201d Beacon. 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