{"id":21303,"date":"2016-09-11T09:17:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T13:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21303"},"modified":"2016-09-11T09:17:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T13:17:41","slug":"dave-builds-an-n6krwilderness-radio-sst-from-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/dave-builds-an-n6krwilderness-radio-sst-from-scratch\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave builds an N6KR\/Wilderness Radio SST from scratch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sst-aa7ee\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Regular SWLing Post<\/em> readers might recall the gorgeous Sproutie MKII regenerative receiver<\/a> my buddy Dave Richards (AA7EE)<\/a> built last year.\u00a0No doubt, Dave does a proper job with his homebrew radios–a talented builder and engineer indeed!<\/p>\n

Check out Dave’s latest homebrew project:\u00a0A Scratch-Build of N6KR and Wilderness Radio\u2019s SST for 20M.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave’s notes and images are so thorough, you could use his article as a reference to build your own! Fantastic job, Dave!<\/p>\n

Click here to read Dave’s full post and be inspired!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regular SWLing Post readers might recall the gorgeous Sproutie MKII regenerative receiver my buddy Dave Richards (AA7EE) built last year.\u00a0No doubt, Dave does a proper job with his homebrew radios–a talented builder and engineer indeed! Check out Dave’s latest homebrew project:\u00a0A Scratch-Build of N6KR and Wilderness Radio\u2019s SST for 20M. Dave’s notes and images are […]<\/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":[545,627,3],"tags":[3108,4102,4358,1303,5460],"class_list":["post-21303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-how-to","category-news","tag-dave-richards-aa7ee","tag-ham-radio","tag-homebrew","tag-qrp","tag-sst-transceiver"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5xB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15692,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/daves-sproutie-spt-beacon\/","url_meta":{"origin":21303,"position":0},"title":"Dave’s Sproutie SPT Beacon","author":"Thomas","date":"November 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Richards (AA7EE), has just published a brilliant post about his new beacon: the Sproutie SPT Beacon. 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