Alan Wolke W2AEW Builds a Michigan Mighty Mite (Video)

We are honored to induct Alan Wolke W2AEW into the Colorburst Liberation Army.  And for his valiant effort to build and explain a MMM Low-Pass filter, he is immediately promoted to the rank of CBLA Two Star General.  Congratulations General Wolke.

As is the case with all of  his videos, this one has already had an impact far and wide.  Ian writes from far-off Western Australia:

Jan 27 at 6:19 PM

G'day Bill,Just in case none of your other correspondents have brought it to your attention, here is a great video W2AEW has put up showing really clearly the positive effect of a low pass filter on the output of the Michigan Mighty-Mite.

It made me appreciate the benefits of an LPF more fully. It's always been clear to me that the harmonics would get rolled off, but in my head I hadn't made the connection between that and the improvement to the beautiful smooth sine wave that we are working towards.

Anyway, I thought you, and your mate Steve "Snort Rosin" Smith may be interested.

Thanks to you and Pete for Soldersmoke, I'm sure you're responsible for keeping the flame alight in many a ham.

73,Ian VK6MIB

And Steve "Snort Rosin" Smith, the guru of low pass filters, observes:

Of course, to work properly in the land down under, the inductors must be wound in the opposite  direction as those in the Northern Hemisphere :-P .

Seriously, there is a lot to be learned from the lowly Mighty Mite especially regarding impedance matching; not to mention LC circuits, link coupling, amplifiers, oscillators, etc. .  What fun!

73.......SR