Radio Builder's Book

From Detector to Software Defined Radio

By Burkhard Kainka, DK7JD

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Elektor International Media B.V.

PO Box 11, NL-6114-ZG Susteren, The Netherlands

Phone: +31 46 4389444

Translator: Martin Cooke

Editor: Jan Buiting

Prepress Production: D-Vision, Julian van den Berg

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Print: 978-3-89576-565-0
eBook: 978-3-89576-566-7

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Preface (Page 8)
Chapter 1: Introduction (Page 9)
Chapter 2: Detector Radios (Page 11)
- 2.1 The Diode Radio (Page 11)
- 2.2 Headphone Adapter (Page 14)
- 2.3 A Detector for Shortwave (Page 15)
- 2.4 Silicon Diode Detector (Page 17)
- 2.5 Coils and Resonant Circuits (Page 18)
- 2.6 Resonant Frequency and Bandwidth (Page 20)
- 2.7 The Vacuum Tube Detector (Page 24)
- 2.8 Diode Radio with Active Regeneration (Page 25)
- 2.9 Regeneration using Tubes (Page 27)
Chapter 3: Tube Regenerative Receivers (Page 29)
- 3.1 Triode AM Receivers (Page 29)
- 3.2 A Two-stage Receiver (Page 31)
- 3.3 Audion Receiver with Regeneration (Page 32)
- 3.4 Loudspeaker Operation (Page 37)
- 3.5 A Regenerative Receiver using two EF95 Tubes (Page 37)
- 3.6 A Shortwave Audion Type 0V2 (Page 40)
- 3.7 A 6 V Tube Regenerative Receiver (Page 41)
- 3.8 Cascode Triode Regeneration (Page 42)
- 3.9 The 6J1 Tube Radio (Page 48)
- 3.10 A Tube Regen for the 80 m Band (Page 51)
Chapter 4: The Transistor Audion (Page 53)
- 4.1 A One Transistor Radio (Page 53)
- 4.2 A Shortwave PC Radio (Page 54)
- 4.3 Regenerative Receiver (Page 55)
- 4.4 Separated Feedback Paths (Page 57)
- 4.5 Regeneration using an Emitter Follower (Page 60)
- 4.6 A Medium Wave Receiver using the TA7642 (Page 61)
- 4.7 A Retro Medium Wave Radio (Page 63)
- 4.8 Shortwave Regen using an Emitter Follower (Page 65)
- 4.9 A Shortwave Retro Radio (Page 68)
- 4.10 A 40-m Shortwave Audion with Regeneration (Page 70)
- 4.11 Shortwave Regen Optimization (Page 73)
Chapter 5: RF Oscillators (Page 80)
- 5.1 LC Oscillators (Page 80)
- 5.2 Crystal Oscillators (Page 81)
- 5.3 Amplitude Modulation (Page 83)
- 5.4 Crystal-stabilized Medium Wave Modulator (Page 84)
- 5.5 The ICS307-2 PLL Clock Generator (Page 86)
- 5.6 A Programable Crystal Oscillator (Page 88)
- 5.7 CW Transmitter with an EL95 (Page 90)
- 5.8 AM Tube Transmitter (Page 93)
- 5.9 A DDS Generator using the AD9835 (Page 94)
- 5.10 The SI5351 PLL (Page 97)
Chapter 6: Direct Mixers (Page 100)
- 6.1 Mixer Types (Page 100)
- 6.2 Direct Mixer using a BF245 (Page 105)
- 6.3 Diode Ring Mixer (Page 107)
- 6.4 Direct Mixer using an NE612 (Page 108)
Chapter 7: The AM-Superheterodyne Receiver (Page 111)
- 7.1 An AM Shortwave Receiver using the TCA440 (Page 111)
- 7.2 AM/FM Radio using the CD2003GP (Page 113)
- 7.4 DRM Receiver (Page 114)
Chapter 8: IQ Mixers and Software Defined Radio (Page 120)
- 8.1 SDRadio (Page 120)
- 8.2 Image Frequency Rejection (Page 121)
- 8.3 The IQ Mixer (Page 122)
- 8.4 Circuit Optimization (Page 125)
- 8.6 Software Defined Radio with USB Interface (Page 133)
- 8.7 Arduino SDR Shield (Page 137)

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