Thanks Dave... thats exactly what I need. D ... From: davidpnewkirk <david.newkirk@...> To: regenrx@yahoogroups.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012...
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davidpnewkirk
Jul 24, 2012 6:00 am
... Yes, and to a degree one can synthesize a dual-gate FET by cascoding two JFETs. Hayward, Campbell, and Larkin's _Experimental Methods in RF Design_...
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Michael
bty49514
Jul 24, 2012 6:09 am
... From: Leslie ... Michael, As background to a question, what is the configuration you assume. I assume cascode, in my question below . I built a number of...
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dayleedwards88
Jul 24, 2012 9:48 am
Earlier today I had a visit from a young local chap, he brought round his home made radio to show me. I was absolutely impressed with his initiative and...
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Michael
bty49514
Jul 24, 2012 10:10 am
A moving story, reminiscent of early days for many of us! My first was a regen with a wire-ended valve. I mounted the terminals neatly on the plywood base, but...
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Dayle Edwards
dayleedwards88
Jul 24, 2012 10:44 am
Yes, a multimeter i will add into the box of goodies... Micheal, thank you, I hadnt thought of that.. Yes, I listen to hams periodically, and wonder at the...
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dayleedwards88
Jul 24, 2012 11:50 am
Thanks Derward, I very seldom hear of it either. I think its a fairly old concept, and I seem to remember it was used even in the old Kelvin Hughes radar sets...
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astro boy
ell_magic
Jul 24, 2012 11:59 am
Dave ,, http://www.wa0itp.com/audiolimiter.pdf I'd also like to see the cct of an old Navy Beam audio filter That would be interesting . Cheers.. ...
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astro boy
ell_magic
Jul 24, 2012 1:15 pm
Yes Des..  an Les... an Dave .. Please,, even if send to my email addy ,so not to block up the group postings ....?? should you think of anything...
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PBlakey
Jul 24, 2012 1:40 pm
The subharmonic mixer is widely used in ham radio applications - but under a different name. It is referred to as a 'Polyakov' mixer, after the very innovative...
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Larry Beaty
beatysmills
Jul 24, 2012 4:13 pm
Awesome story! Sure brings back memories. But you never gave credit to the young man's name. We need to watch for his name in the future. Larry From:...
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thb201
Jul 24, 2012 6:49 pm
... Oh, I don't know how true this is. I've been hearing for years about the demise of ham radio and it hasn't happened. It's not even in decline. This...
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Michael
bty49514
Jul 24, 2012 7:43 pm
John, in a former life I used to mark essays. You get a top grade! I guess there is no reliable record of how many this and that side of The Pond, north and...
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Leonard Meek
leonardmeek
Jul 24, 2012 9:28 pm
Don't know about Hams. I grew up in a non-ham community. Most of my cousins and uncles and some neighbors dabbled in radio, but they weren't hams. The war...
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Michael
bty49514
Jul 24, 2012 10:16 pm
I am sure all our stories would make for an interesting book! After 1945, my father had access to confiscated German equipment, so I learned a lot...
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Gary
wd4nka
Jul 24, 2012 10:45 pm
I like the 'snip ' method as well, but alas, hard to do with a Kindle Fire. (Sigh) I miss reading stories like this. Wow, kids are still making their grid...
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Dave McGuire
mcguireatneu...
Jul 24, 2012 10:47 pm
Hi folks! I joined not long ago. I've read the traffic on this list with great interest over the past few weeks and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm an...
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Gary
wd4nka
Jul 24, 2012 10:52 pm
Welcome to the group, Dave. I would be a little lengthier myself, but I am sorta on the fly, doing the net - tablet thing. -gary / wd4nka...
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dayleedwards88
Jul 25, 2012 1:03 am
... Yes, I was tickled by this pencil line resistor as well. Another plus for hollow state, its forgiving nature. Really, one could ask, just how much further...
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kyoritsu
Jul 25, 2012 4:05 am
Yes, exactly so. The simpler the design, the more operator skill required, the more interesting and satisfying it becomes to actually hear something. That is...
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Leonard Meek
leonardmeek
Jul 25, 2012 4:54 am
Actually, I have more fun building radios than operating them, and that's partly, as Rob says, because there's less and less to listen to. It is interesting,...
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dayleedwards88
Jul 25, 2012 12:16 pm
Sorry Larry, I missed you there.....I am organising the lad a computer, and a dialup connection, so Ill let you know. His mother is a bit worried about the...
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dayleedwards88
Jul 25, 2012 12:40 pm
Maybe though, with larger and more frequent unused gaps in the spectrum space, maybe they will allocate a few bands for "hobby" use, without the draconian...
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Dave McGuire
mcguireatneu...
Jul 25, 2012 2:22 pm
... (please forgive me for jumping in) I enjoy simpler gear as well, but to assert that these monster rigs that are available today isn't interesting or...
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Dave McGuire
mcguireatneu...
Jul 25, 2012 2:22 pm
... Thanks! Certainly understandable. I ran through about half of the calibration procedure on my HP RF network analyzer today; it hadn't been powered up in a...
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Dave McGuire
mcguireatneu...
Jul 25, 2012 2:22 pm
... This sounds more like the phenomenon known as "injection locking". Are you familiar with it? -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
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lawrence859344
Jul 25, 2012 7:16 pm
I am not an expert by any means but I also noticed that with my regenerodyne receiver if tuned to a strongish broadcast signal and the regen advanced well into...
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Gary
wd4nka
Jul 25, 2012 8:35 pm
Dave, I find two basic perspectives out there, and both are, of course, valid. One I call the "motorboat " perspective and one, the "sailboat " perspective....
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Dave McGuire
mcguireatneu...
Jul 25, 2012 9:00 pm
... I agree 100%. I (personally) see value in both approaches because I enjoy both very much, depending on what mood I'm in. There's still plenty of talent...
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dayleedwards88
Jul 25, 2012 11:12 pm
It seems one prerequisite for being a regen nut is having the name of "Dave", there are many on here it seems!! hello Dave, Im a new member too. Its very...
