{"id":32803,"date":"2018-06-13T06:42:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32803"},"modified":"2018-06-13T06:42:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T10:42:15","slug":"video-n1spy-builds-and-describes-the-components-of-a-simple-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/video-n1spy-builds-and-describes-the-components-of-a-simple-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: N1SPY builds and describes the components of a simple receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/N1spy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32804\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/N1spy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/N1spy.jpg 784w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/N1spy-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/N1spy-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/N1spy-624x345.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY) who shares the following video where he explains how radio receivers work and builds a radio receiver:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qhqeIj-oLUk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qhqeIj-oLUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always great video, Thomas! Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY) who shares the following video where he explains how radio receivers work and builds a radio receiver: Click here to view on YouTube. As always great video, Thomas! Keep up the good work!<\/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":[627,3,26],"tags":[7112,2543,6247,4093],"class_list":["post-32803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-radios","tag-how-receivers-work","tag-how-to-build-a-simple-radio","tag-tommy-cholakov-n1spy","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8x5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36182,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/video-n1spy-brings-a-ge-seven-band-radio-back-to-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":32803,"position":0},"title":"Video: N1SPY brings a GE seven band radio back to life!","author":"Thomas","date":"February 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov, who writes: Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY) picked up an old General Electric radio from the 2019 Orlando Hamcation and brought it back to life. 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Brilliant video, Thomas! I love the fact you included a demonstration with your SDRplay RSP1A as well. Via the spectrum\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36996,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/thomas-n1spy-explores-the-world-of-non-directional-beacons-ndbs\/","url_meta":{"origin":32803,"position":4},"title":"Thomas (N1SPY) explores the world of non-directional beacons (NDBs)","author":"Thomas","date":"April 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who shares the following: Thomas, N1SPY did a follow up video [to this previous post] where he explained a few details about NDBs (Non Directional Beacons). 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