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by John 4EDX
26 Nov 2020, 10:22
Forum: Building MK-VII a.k.a. Paraset
Topic: Thoughts on crystal substitutes
Replies: 3
Views: 14514

Re: Thoughts on crystal substitutes

Thank you Henk,

I still haven't found my 6V6 so I'm a little way away from trying this. It occurred to me that the DDS or PLL "crystal" will provide a netting signal for the receiver so will need to be switched off manually during reception.

73,

John 4EDX
by John 4EDX
25 Nov 2020, 21:46
Forum: Building MK-VII a.k.a. Paraset
Topic: Thoughts on crystal substitutes
Replies: 3
Views: 14514

Thoughts on crystal substitutes

Hi All, Construction of my first Paraset replica is going to plan. I've built a wooden box to hold the mains power supply today (my old woodwork teacher would shoot me if he saw it!) and I wound a new receiver coil yesterday. The dip meter tells me it tunes from below 3.5MHz to 11MHz or so. The coil...
by John 4EDX
25 Nov 2020, 10:43
Forum: Building MK-VII a.k.a. Paraset
Topic: new builder
Replies: 3
Views: 17455

Re: new builder

Hello Martin, I too am building a Paraset replica and I've got a 10-turn pot for the reaction control too. I have a single turn 22k pot but the bush is slightly larger in diameter than the hole in the panel and I don't want to enlarge it. I had the receiver built on a temporary chassis and I found t...