The Yearling was designed to provide an introduction to Amateur Radio on the 20 m amateur band. Let’s look at how the different sections (or ‘stages’) of a radio work, and how they fit together to form a complete receiver. Figure 1 shows a block diagram which you can follow and compare with the circuit diagram of your Yearling receiver.
Figure 1 Block diagram of the Yearling, showing how the various stages fit together to make a complete radio receiver
The antenna (or aerial)
Connected to your receiver, it will pick up not only amateur signals, but all other signals as well! This means that the receiver ...
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