GrahamH's photos with the keyword: homebrew

A pocket personal portable AM (no FM at that time) radio which I built in a 36 exp slide box at the start of the 68/69 Christmas school holidays. It was originally built breadboard style with a valve-style tuning capacitor. The circuit has three transistors. The signal path flows from the ferrite rod to the first transistor for RF amplification with regeneration. A diode demodulates the signal which is sent back to the first transistor reflexed as the first AF stage. Two more transistors cascaded give more AF gain. A high impedance crystal earpiece couples the audio to the Listener. Performance was adequate for primary coverage areas. See Notes on 005.

A pocket personal portable AM (no FM at that time) radio which I built in a 36 exp slide box at the start of the 68/69 Christmas school holidays. It was originally built breadboard style with a valve-style tuning capacitor. The circuit has three transistors. The signal path flows from the ferrite rod to the first transistor for RF amplification with regeneration. A diode demodulates the signal which is sent back to the first transistor reflexed as the first AF stage. Two more transistors cascaded give more AF gain. A high impedance crystal earpiece couples the audio to the Listener. Performance was adequate for primary coverage areas. See Notes on 005.

The TV antenna was removed. Faults in its feeder matching were repaired and the antenna placed in the roof space. Above the roof is now fully available for non-bludging antennas. This 2m antenna is constructed from a dexion bracket recovered from a telecoms site ~30 yrs ago, a mobile base even older. The vertical is the screw-on part of an analogue mobile whip and the whip is zinc -plated steel wire found while out walking. The ground plane is galvanised wire from a coathanger. The feeder is an RG59 equivalent from a disposal source.

A pocket personal portable AM (no FM at that time) radio which I built in a 36 exp slide box at the start of the 68/69 Christmas school holidays. It was originally built breadboard style with a valve-style tuning capacitor. The circuit has three transistors. The signal path flows from the ferrite rod to the first transistor for RF amplification with regeneration. A diode demodulates the signal which is sent back to the first transistor reflexed as the first AF stage. Two more transistors cascaded give more AF gain. A high impedance crystal earpiece couples the audio to the Listener. Performance was adequate for primary coverage areas. See Notes on 005.

A pocket personal portable AM (no FM at that time) radio which I built in a 36 exp Kodak slide box at the start of the 68/69 Christmas school holidays. It was originally built breadboard style with a valve-style tuning capacitor. The circuit has three transistors. The signal path flows from the ferrite rod to the first transistor for RF amplification with regeneration. A diode demodulates the signal which is sent back to the first transistor reflexed as the first AF stage. Two more transistors cascaded give more AF gain. A high impedance crystal earpiece couples the audio to the Listener. Performance was adequate for primary coverage areas. See Notes on 005. An oldie added to kick off the Macgyverering group. Using a 36 exp Kodak slide box as a radio case.

A pocket personal portable AM (no FM at that time) radio which I built in a 36 exp slide box at the start of the 68/69 Christmas school holidays. It was originally built breadboard style with a valve-style tuning capacitor. The circuit has three transistors. The signal path flows from the ferrite rod to the first transistor for RF amplification with regeneration. A diode demodulates the signal which is sent back to the first transistor reflexed as the first AF stage. Two more transistors cascaded give more AF gain. A high impedance crystal earpiece couples the audio to the Listener. Performance was adequate for primary coverage areas. See Notes on 005.

A pocket personal portable AM (no FM at that time) radio which I built in a Kodak 36 exp slide box at the start of the 68/69 Christmas school holidays. It was originally built breadboard style with a valve-style tuning capacitor. The circuit has three transistors. The signal path flows from the ferrite rod to the first transistor for RF amplification with regeneration. A diode demodulates the signal which is sent back to the first transistor reflexed as the first AF stage. Two more transistors cascaded give more AF gain. A high impedance crystal earpiece couples the audio to the Listener. Performance was good for primary coverage areas.

A pocket personal portable AM (no FM at that time) radio which I built in a 36 exp slide box at the start of the 68/69 Christmas school holidays. It was originally built breadboard style with a valve-style tuning capacitor. The circuit has three transistors. The signal path flows from the ferrite rod to the first transistor for RF amplification with regeneration. A diode demodulates the signal which is sent back to the first transistor reflexed as the first AF stage. Two more transistors cascaded give more AF gain. A high impedance crystal earpiece couples the audio to the Listener. Performance was adequate for primary coverage areas. See Notes on 005.