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|    BOB KLAHN to TOM WALKER    |
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|    27 Apr 15 14:58:00    |
      KW>> BK> Anyone still monitoring this echo. Do any of you use an AM radio       KW>> BK> with a short wave converter? I am looking for schematics for       KW>> BK> shortwave converters.              KW>>Sorry I can't help, but I'm curious to find out what a short wave convertor       KW>>does?               TW> It down converts the Short Wave Frequnecy to one that is in        TW> the standard AM band.              KW>>I listen to SW and got hooked on AM DXing when I was taking care of       KW>>my newborn daughter and spending way too many early mornings awake.               TW> In my younger years that was a very popular hobby, Staying        TW> long after sunset to catch AM DX               I have managed to compile a number of SWL convertor schematics.        One goes back to 1955, and is very interesting in the way it        couples the osc output to the convertor stage. Though the        transistor used is long obslete.              Convertors              http://ppl.ug/FcyZUWaFUHE/               Yeah, the link is nasty, but that's how it give it to me.                     BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn              ... Given a choice between ignorance and knowledge... chose knowledge.        * Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]       --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5        * Origin: Check Out Doc's QWK Mail Via Web BBS > DocsPlace.org (1:123/140)    |
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