OK... no tubes, but it's all analog... not a single digital function and you need a logging chart to keep track of dial settings.



This little superhet is built in a Christmas cookie tin and uses the old MK484/ZN414 as the IF amp and detector. Covers 40 M ham and 31 M shortwave. BFO allows good SSB and CW reception.

Rich

Let's see under the hood.

Was thinkin' same, surely has some impressive grille work though...


Tom

I am still re-assembling the "engine."

Had to take the whole thing apart to do the painting. I sure hope it works after I get all the boards back in. I found it easier to make an RF board and a separate audio board. My audio board is kind of a standard building block that I use with regens and ZN414 radios... just an LM741 driving an LM386. The BFO is a Ten-Tec "kit" board.

Hope to get some pix on the weekend, but have to go to the Silicon Valley ham swap at 5 AM tomorrow. 210 miles round trip but always a lot of fun.

Rich

PS: This was the "Mark I" version. The new set has a different RF board.