UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Looking for a cheap and simple shortwave regenerative kit

G6Tanuki · 23rd Jan 2018, 7:49 pm

Why go for a regenerative receiver? Unless you really know what you're doing [including having the ability to produce the necessary shielding metalwork] they are generally horribly troubled by hand-capacity/swaying-antenna effects when trying to resolve CW or SSB amateur transmitters.

I'd suggest instead looking at the likes of the "Halse" and "Hatch" - http://www.walfords.net/intermediate.htm

What starts off as a simple single-band SSB/CW receiver [Halse] then converts into a 5-Watt SSB transceiver by adding the 'Hatch' board.

[I'm minded to build a Halse/Hatch for myself, putting it on 5MHz for some portable ops when the Clansman PRC320 and its batteries/carrying-frame are just too heavy.]

23rd Jan 2018, 7:49 pm	#8
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,010	Re: Looking for a cheap and simple shortwave regenerative kit Why go for a regenerative receiver? Unless you really know what you're doing [including having the ability to produce the necessary shielding metalwork] they are generally horribly troubled by hand-capacity/swaying-antenna effects when trying to resolve CW or SSB amateur transmitters. I'd suggest instead looking at the likes of the "Halse" and "Hatch" - http://www.walfords.net/intermediate.htm What starts off as a simple single-band SSB/CW receiver [Halse] then converts into a 5-Watt SSB transceiver by adding the 'Hatch' board. [I'm minded to build a Halse/Hatch for myself, putting it on 5MHz for some portable ops when the Clansman PRC320 and its batteries/carrying-frame are just too heavy.]