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RADIO KIT 1.0

DESIGN LISTING:

AM Crystal Radio


L = 200 uH Inductor
C = 500 pF Variable Capacitor
Germain Dydoe On Backwords

[Antenna]
   __
   \/
    |
 +--+--+---[Ge. Dyode]----+
 |     |                  |
[L]   [C]        [Crystal Ear Phone]
 |     |                  |
 +--+--+------------------+
    |
    |
[Ground]




Shortwave AM Crystal Radio:



L1 = Variable Inductor
L2 = Variable Inductor
C1 = Variable Capacitor
C2 = Capacitor
C3 = Variable Capacitor
C4 = Variable Capacitor

         __
         \/
         |
        [L2]
         |
         |
 +-------+-------+-----[Ge. Dyode]----+
 |       |       |                    |
 |       |      [C3]                  |
 |       |       |               [Crystal Ear Phone]
[L1]    [C1]    [C2]                  |
 |       |       |                    |
 |       |       |                    |
 |       |       |                    |
 +-------+-------+--------------------+
         |
         |  
      [Ground]



Shortave Crystal Radio



Shortave AM Transmitter:


LM386 A = Audio amplifier
LM386 B = Pulesenator
CRYSTAL = Locked 14.5 MHz Crystal
N CHANNEL JFET = RF Amplifier
L1 = Inductor
C1 = Capacitor
T1 = PNP Transistor
R1 = Resistor
R2 = Resistor
R3 = Resistor

                 +-[9 VOLTS]-+
                 |           |
                 |          [R3]
                 |           |
                 |     +-----+                +------[9 VOLTS]----+
                 |     |                      |                   | 
[AUDIO INPUT]+-+[LM386 A]+-[T1]--[CRYSTAL]--+[N CHANNEL JFET]     |
                            |                 |                   |
                            |                 +-----+---[R1]------+
                            |                       | 
                            |                       |
                            |                       |
                        +-+[LM386 B]+-+          +--+--+-----+---------------+[RF OUTPUT]
                        |             |          |     |     |
                        |             |          |     |     |
                        |            [R2]       [L1]  [C1]   |
                        |             |          |     |     |
                        |             |          |     |     |
                        +-[9 VOLTS]---+          +--+--+-----+
                                                    | 
                                                    |
                                                    |
                                                 [Ground]


RLC circuit used as an AM radio



V = 1.5 Volts
R = 10K ohm
L = 300 uH
C1 = 30-230 pF
C2 = 0.1 uF


       [Ground]               [Ground]
          | -                    |
         [V]  [Ground]          [C2] 
          | +    |               |
          |      |  +--[C1]--+   | 
[Speaker]-+-[U5]-+--|        +---+ 
          |         +--[L]---+   |
          |                      |  
          +------------[R]-------+
Snap Circuits - easy way to build this radio kit
RLC Radio