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Old 23rd Jul 2020, 6:21 pm   #10
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Default Re: Bodger's transformer Installation Lafayette HE-40

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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler View Post

That set may have had an atrocity performed on it, but it did start out as an abomination.

I think it was all part of an Oriental/American plot to kill off British SWLs.
The circuit is basic to say the least....no RF amp, no BFO (unless it uses the hideous idea of a regenerative IF.....) which I think are minimum essentials for a half-decent SW set.

Edit.....second look, it DOES use regenerative IF for a BFO.......Yuk! It might be OK as a boys first foray into SW but I think the radio I built from a design by F G Rayer back in 1968 probably worked far better....
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