This book offers a fast, inexpensive way to tune in to radio broadcasts from near and far. It contains a collection of radio receiver projects, showing radio buffs how to build 33 different radio receivers, from simple crystal sets, to AM, regeneration, shortwave and advanced IC receivers. Also included are projects for building a solar-powered radio, a high-gain amplifier, converters, preselectors, speakers, chassis and cabinets.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Non-theory oriented projects,
By pvincent@pacbell.net (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Radio Receiver Projects You Can Build (Paperback)
The book contains many projects but doesn't go into great detail on how they work, or why the circuits were designed the way they were. Suitable for anyone wanting to build a radio. Notaimed at designers, however. Covers crystal, direct conversion, superhet, and solar radios. Some with integrated circuits, some with vacuum tubes. Very little theory, just a simple hands-on construction guide.
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Didn't Enthuse Me,
By TinkerMan (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book with expectations of building a few of the projects. That was a few years ago - and I still haven't. Something about this book just didn't enthuse me. Hey, I'm not lazy - I've completed many projects in the past - but I just can't get fired up about any of the ones in the book. I guess I'm more a 'tube' than 'transistor' kind of guy. Many of the components specified for projects are not impossible to get - but they are not easy to get either. All in all, I wish I had my $25 back.
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This book has a lot of fun radio designs. It doesn't teach radio principles. I think it's for builders who want to fool around with some differrent ideas. I liked the tube regenerative radios. He mostly used 1S4 and 3S4 tubes which are inexpensive and their filaments can be run on a C-cell or two. For B+ he puts 2 or 3 or more cheap 9V batteries in series. He winds coils on plastic film canisters and uses easy-to-find components ... EXCEPT for the ZN414Z and the ZN416E. Fortunately the MK484 appears to be a replacement for the ZN414Z. So every design in the book is still doable. Neat ideas! AA1WW
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