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Old 5th Feb 2021, 10:36 pm   #1
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Hi Folks, a nice design of a world band Rx in the current edition of Nuts & Volts mag, it even has coil winding details

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Old 6th Feb 2021, 8:40 am   #2
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Here’s the link:

https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/a...-band-receiver
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Old 6th Feb 2021, 8:57 am   #3
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Hi Folks, a nice design of a world band Rx in the current edition of Nuts & Volts mag, it even has coil winding details

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Old 6th Feb 2021, 10:32 am   #4
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Morning David.
I enjoyed reading the link that that you put on this thread. Ed thanks for posting it good to have a good tune around SW at night.

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Old 6th Feb 2021, 5:44 pm   #5
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Thanks for the link, David, interesting read.
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Old 9th Feb 2021, 10:32 pm   #6
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... a nice design of a world band Rx in the ... it even has coil winding details

Nice find, Ed! I like the design very much. Thanks for finding this.



Thanks for posting the link, too, David.
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Old 9th Feb 2021, 10:42 pm   #7
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I wish I hadn't seen that. Another distraction!!!

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Old 11th Feb 2021, 12:11 pm   #8
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On the front panel, it should say 'Coarse', shouldn't it? Not 'Course'.
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Old 11th Feb 2021, 4:43 pm   #9
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Of coarse it should.
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Old 11th Feb 2021, 9:42 pm   #10
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Hi Folks, as an "update", I've just found a Philips app note dated 1984 for their "world Receiver", using dual gate mosfets, ICs and transistors. No coil winding details though!

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