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Old 24th Jan 2018, 11:07 am   #13
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Default Re: Looking for a cheap and simple shortwave regenerative kit

It works pretty well. Traditionally called "dead bug style" as the ICs are usually upside down with legs up. Here's another one I did which is a whole receiver: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=139481

I'm not sure the obsessive compulsive organiser in me can cope with it though in the long term so I've started looking at other methods. It's fine for prototypes but I need something that I know doesn't look too horrible inside. I tried Manhattan style but it's too fiddly and takes too long. Currently settling on a style I saw somewhere which is untitled AFAIK where you use the copper top as the ground plane, drill all the holes through and then countersink them, then wire up all the parts via leads on the bottom. That's nice and neat and doesn't require PCB manufacture.
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