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Radio and Electronics Cookbook
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Radio and Electronics Cookbook

by RSGB
November 2000
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
7h 43m
English
Newnes
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A crystal radio receiver

Introduction

Here’s a quick project to fill in a winter’s evening! It was originally designed as a piece of test gear for the Colt receiver, but can be successfully used by anyone as a first radio project. Another use for it would be as test gear for any audio amplifier project requiring an audio input for test purposes; this is ideal, as it does not require any power supply!

Details

The initial rough-and-ready test for the audio amplifier of the Colt receiver will have whetted your appetite; you will want to prove more conclusively that your amplifier works, and in a way that others in the household will appreciate. Buzzing noises are not convincing in this respect! You are going to put together a simple crystal ...

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