[ARC5] 829B Transmitter - Frank Jones

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 14 Dec 2013 at 5:45, Leslie Smith wrote:

>   Hi Ken,
>   I understand your message perfectly.  Some 40 years ago, after my
>   second cousin died (he was actually my father's cousin) I saw his
>   radio "shack".  There was a book on the work-bench called "The 1938
>   Jones Radio Handbook".    Inside I found a circuit diagram for a
>   regen superhet using a "Q" multiplier for getting regeneration. 
>   Jones made the point that the regeneration in this set was more
>   effective at a lower I.F. 73 de Les Smith vk2bcu at operamail.com

Yes. He was right too. His little superhets were very effective receivers. The 
regeneration took place at the IF. Very simple and worked much better than 
the simple single-tube regens that most others were offering to beginners.

He was quite the fellow. I admire him because although he was an EE, he 
operated on my favorite principle: KISS.

Ken W7EKB