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   BOB KLAHN to TOM WALKER   
   Converters   
   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.   
      
      
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