[Boatanchors] Speaking of re-gens

[Al Klase]

I remember building something like that back in the day.  It didn't last 
long, as I came under sever criticism from the rest of the family when I 
QRM'ed channel six.

Al

On 1/31/2012 5:54 PM, Phil wrote:
> Been following the SW3 threads.
>
> Way back when, perhaps around 1960 (I was in my teens), give or take, I
> built an "FM broadcast tuner" that used a super-regen detector.  I seem
> to recall that the circuit came from a magazine of the day (Popular
> Electronics?) and was basically a 1 tube circuit.  I think it may have
> used a 6C4 tube, but I don't remember for sure.  Actually, 'my'  version
> used the 1 tube super-regen circuit from the article, followed by a two
> stage audio amplifier to drive a speaker directly.   While I had built
> MANY HF and BCB receivers prior to this, this was my first venture into
> the world of VHF, and it performed surprisingly well.  We lived in Grass
> Valley then, and I had no problem listening to the FM Broadcast stations
> out of Sacramento. . .
>
> Anyone recall the circuit and/or the magazine article this may have come
> from?
>

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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/