A SHORT WAVE REGENERATIVE RECEIVER

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Sensitivity and selectivity are the major concerns of a short wave enthusiast when he looks up for a receiver. Commercial communications models with superhet circuitry surely satisfy his requirements, but these are expensive. He would rather go for a homebrewed radio, being a regenerative receiver an affordable choice.

I’m also a short wave listener and for some time I used my family’s MW and SW tube radio, Philips brand. Then I switched to a Sony ICF-7600 with ceramic filters in the IF stages. High selectivity was attained with this radio receiver.
I then discovered how much fun it was to build radios in my spare time, having tested a variety of designs available in books and on the web. Finally, I managed to make my own designs. One of them is shown in Fig. 1. It is a nice performer and will tune from the 22 meter international broadcasting band down to the 11 meter band.

It is best that the 100 pF variable capacitor be a vernier type. Tuning will be easier this way.
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