[Milsurplus] 455 Khz BFO Coil

William Cromwell wrcromwell at gmail.com
Thu Dec 29 13:24:49 EST 2022


Hi,

See my reply to this over on the boatanchors list. A 455 kc IF can can 
be used, especially for a homebrew project where it doesn't have to look 
original. Been there - done that. You can even make one of the IF amps 
oscillate as the BFO/amplifier. That has been done too.

73,

Bill KU8H

bark less - wag more

On 12/29/22 13:08, n2lxm at juno.com wrote:
> 
> I should have been a little clearer. This is a Home Brew. I took an 
> old AA5 chassis, striped out the converter and DC supply sections. 
> Rewired for 6 volt tubes. Want to add a BFO to it. It will be hooked 
> up to a FFRD-7 8 - 16 MHz tuning unit. So any BFO coil that I can 
> squeeze in will work.
>
>                                                     Jeff N2LXM
>                                           Amateur Radio Operator
>                                                       American
>                                                         Patriot
>                                      Proud Father of Two US Marines
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:56:46 -0800 Ken <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> writes:
>
>     Which receiver?
>
>     Ken W7EKB
>
>
>
>     Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
>
>
>     -------- Original message --------
>     From: n2lxm at juno.com
>     Date: 12/29/22 09:16 (GMT-08:00)
>     To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>     Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>     Subject: [Milsurplus] 455 Khz BFO Coil
>
>     Good Afternoon All, I am looking for a 455 Khz BFO coil for a receiver
>     project. Anyone have one then can part with ?.,
>
>
>                                                         Jeff N2LXM
>                                               Amateur Radio Operator
>                                                           American
>                                                             Patriot
>                                          Proud Father of Two US Marines
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