Jeri Ellsworth, AI6TK is interviewed by Tim Duffy, K3LR

Listen to the podcast. You'll be able to figure it out.

https://theamphour.com/394-jeri-ellsworth-and-the-demise-of-castar/

BTW, as someone who lives in Silicon Valley, I thought the podcast was an awesome interview.

 

Haha. I get asked that a lot. I have most of the footage, but lacking the time right now to edit.

 

Jeri, your video that I remember most had me laughing out loud in amazement, when you showed how you had been cooking-up silicon semiconductors in (what looked to me like ) a toaster oven... excellent and welcome to ham radio.

73 de Ray

Ps. As a mag-loop-o-holic, I'm also looking forward to your loop, pt. 2.

 

I'm also so looking forward to the continuation of your magloop video on Youtube, Jeri. I'm planning to build a QRP version to use on my many travels. Random wires are hopeless in city center hotels, you completely drown in man-made noise.

 

You are the best Jeri !

 

Censoring can be self-censoring. I think she did a great job conveying the facts without making anyone look bad. The 'hidden gore game' story is hilarious! Like something out of the TV show SILICON VALLEY.

 

Re-flow ovens are needed to attach -- 'solder'-- surface mount parts. Its common to use toaster ovens because they are far cheaper, but the temperature gradients are too extreme. Some people hack the toaster ovens and put in low-flow tiny muffin fans.

 

GRIN - Believe me, I'm very familiar with reflow ovens. What I found fascinating was related to this:

"Jeri Ellsworth’s YouTube channel, where she demonstrated
how she had made some home-brew silicon transistors a few
years ago. “After I saw [Ellsworth’s] videos I started to make
a plan of how I could actually start to do this.”

I have 'geniuses' at work who couldn't make a bologna sandwich from a kit of parts,with instructions, so Jeri making home brew semiconductors, well, that is simply amazing and enjoyable to see.


73 de Ray ..._ ._

 

Great video Jeri liked the joystik story, been following you on twitter years ago