Making a Shortwave Radio ( How to make a Shortwave Radio )

Ғылым және технология

A kit requiring no electricity to make ( once a few initial minutes of soldering has been done ).
The idea is that this can be a joint project with a responsible person and a minor...... with the minor doing 99% of the work without touching at all electric tools. So this could be completed whilst travelling,camping,sailing....... or just in the garden on a balmy summer's day. This is a follow-on project to the previous video : "Making a Crystal Radio" . Schematic can be viewed here zpostbox.ru/regenerative_recei... . It is the 2nd schematic shown - $10 Charles Kitchen.

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  • @evanparsons123
    @evanparsons1235 жыл бұрын

    I remember one of my first jobs as a delivery driver, there were 2stations which late at night would go back and forth one was classical and the other was mostly top 40 hits and if i was tired enough and the songs lined up right, it was like a new form of jazz

  • @historivideo2447
    @historivideo24476 ай бұрын

    I don't get bored playing this video, it's very impressive 😉👍👍👍👍

  • @ILOVESWIMMINBIKING
    @ILOVESWIMMINBIKING10 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU MADE THIS VIDEO.

  • @XtalProject
    @XtalProject10 жыл бұрын

    diodes/Transisistors :3 * 1N4148, 1 * 1N349 , 3 * 2N2222a , Capacitors : 2 * 1000pf , 1 * 5pf , 3 * .01uf, 1 * 10uf ,2 * 33uf , Resistors :1 * 1k ,2 * 100k, 1 * 150k , 1 * 470k , 1 * 200 , 1 * 2k , I've put a link in the comments to download commercial version plans.

  • @Elfnetdesigns
    @Elfnetdesigns7 жыл бұрын

    To get the audio from this set to your PC you may consider an audio isolation transformer so there is no risk of damaging your PC's sound card. Also YES you can use standard 2N222's, I built one off the same diagram you used with 222's in the TO-92 package and it works fine. I even tested it with my Motorola service monitor / signal generator. A more "ready to use" option would be to buy an SDR that does HF band off ebay and go that route with SDR#.

  • @allonzo10586

    @allonzo10586

    6 жыл бұрын

    ElfNet Gaming I built my SW receiver based on much simpler design. I also used TO-92 one but paired with 1N34 germanium dionde. Because, without that i has very noisy reception. After applying diode on the output it works fine.

  • @soonersciencenerd383
    @soonersciencenerd38310 жыл бұрын

    just make a coil (90 turns of magnet wire on 2 popsickle sticks), and connect it to a diode circuit w/ antenna, ground (from the ground connector in your elec. outlet), and to an amplifier, and just fool w/ it. I got local channels w/ 2-3 SW channels!!!

  • @angelsmith1761
    @angelsmith176110 жыл бұрын

    Radio Exterior de España nice!!

  • @tatersalad198
    @tatersalad1989 жыл бұрын

    I built this and got a high pitched wine and picked up FM stations any suggestions? also what specific frequencies can this pick up?

  • @iqbalahmad7352
    @iqbalahmad7352 Жыл бұрын

    Schematic circuit is not shown otherwise layout of component shown is good but still difficult to understand .thanks for the approach.

  • @peterforden5917
    @peterforden59178 жыл бұрын

    a bit of the Tardis there mate!

  • @edercastrocampos2041
    @edercastrocampos20419 жыл бұрын

    Olá, tudo bem? Muito bom o seu video, parabéns! Estarei acompanhando suas postagens. Boa tarde.

  • @andresrabinovich
    @andresrabinovich10 жыл бұрын

    Hi, great project. Could you tell me the range of the tuning capacitor? Thanks!

  • @aidanhawkins6491

    @aidanhawkins6491

    4 жыл бұрын

    200 pf 60 pf+140 pf

  • @aidanhawkins6491
    @aidanhawkins64916 жыл бұрын

    ill make one and take it to rushu and lissen 2 ubv76

  • @mikewelsh9300
    @mikewelsh93007 жыл бұрын

    Like this video very much . Could You please tell me more about the antenna . Is it 14 turns of bell wire wound on the frame or is it wound around the whole area of the shade.hope this isn't confusing

  • @XtalProject

    @XtalProject

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Mike, Wound round the frame - so you could imagine achieving the same result with an 18 inch diameter hoop - or indeed using a 18 inch wooden cross and having 12 - 20 turns around its perimeter. If you had a lot of wire and a handy tree then tying the loose end of the wire to a rock and chucking it over/into the tree would work equally as well .

  • @mikewelsh9300

    @mikewelsh9300

    7 жыл бұрын

    k thanks ... I thought that was just extra hook up wire wrapped around the perimeter.Very neat idea . Ive heard of umbrella frames , mattress frames ... this is great .... "a loop with a view" lol

  • @bulletcollectorforestry6136
    @bulletcollectorforestry61365 жыл бұрын

    I've been given literally 100s and 100s of radio components I'd love to make this

  • @mwilson49
    @mwilson4910 жыл бұрын

    Wow - don't know which was better, the plans or the sound clips. Need to build a time machine too, to hear some of those broadcasts ;-)

  • @BodyTransformationDubai
    @BodyTransformationDubai9 жыл бұрын

    Greetings, I needed a SW for sports radios in Europe, mostly England and Spanish/Italian if possible. Can you guys tell me if this is possible living in Portugal and what is the best equipment for that? Appreciate it

  • @BodyTransformationDubai

    @BodyTransformationDubai

    9 жыл бұрын

    First of all, thanks for the answer. The solutions you provided are not viable, unfortunately. I want to have the least delay possible as I trade football markets so online radio is not a option, neither the bar..

  • @instituttechnologiquedelah7346

    @instituttechnologiquedelah7346

    4 жыл бұрын

    Radio exterior de España and BBC purposes Primera Liga and Premier League matches. RFI sometimes purposes ligue 1 matches but it's very rare.

  • @instituttechnologiquedelah7346

    @instituttechnologiquedelah7346

    4 жыл бұрын

    I remember I learnt some spanish with listening on REE

  • @bajomba2010
    @bajomba2010 Жыл бұрын

    am trying to repair with upgrade a 7 transistor panasonic radio of 80s superheterodyne ..and dont have is circuit dgm...caj anybody help how to put a uv meter in the circuit ..at which area of the circuit can i insert and how? The circuit consists of a rf section with one transistor and 3 respective coils for medium sw1.and sw2 .,3 stages of IF amplification with 3 transistors one audio driver with one transistor and two pushpull transistors for out AF powwr stage.

  • @CanJam8
    @CanJam87 жыл бұрын

    Wrong link. The link you provide is for a completely different radio. can you provide the link for the radio you build in your video? Btw the video is excellent. But I haven't gotten your radio to work yet. Transistor pin layout doesn't match the small grey arrows. Do they indicate the direction Re should face?

  • @XtalProject

    @XtalProject

    7 жыл бұрын

    Removed link. Product design has changed although the name and link have not.

  • @XtalProject

    @XtalProject

    7 жыл бұрын

    Amended description : zpostbox.ru/regenerative_receiver_the_last_of_the_mohicans.html shows the schematic I used.

  • @CanJam8

    @CanJam8

    7 жыл бұрын

    Graham Cates Thanks so much!

  • @harrystevens3885
    @harrystevens38857 жыл бұрын

    Winston lives!!!

  • @xelionizer
    @xelionizer7 жыл бұрын

    What's keeping you from making a pcb???

  • @igrewold

    @igrewold

    6 жыл бұрын

    Some people like to make projects on wood boards :) archive.org/details/MakingATransistorRadio-LadybirdBook

  • @florineusebio
    @florineusebio10 жыл бұрын

    1.07-1.09 is romanian language

  • @joohop
    @joohop Жыл бұрын

    Nice Work Graham , Can You Make A Turbocharged Crystal Set ? GGGNR69 Graham Birmingham England Bless Up

  • @boxritter
    @boxritter4 жыл бұрын

    Can someone help me build a shortwave receiver

  • @mpingo91
    @mpingo917 жыл бұрын

    Why the 2N2222 must be in metal package?

  • @XtalProject

    @XtalProject

    7 жыл бұрын

    They are easier to spread and maintain sufficient distance from each of the legs and their retaining screws/cups . The modern alternatives are just too brittle for this task - they were not designed for this neanderthal schematic.

  • @rogeriopires5352
    @rogeriopires53522 жыл бұрын

    Only the diagram is lacking and the power supply used.

  • @yolandafernandez8019
    @yolandafernandez801910 жыл бұрын

    hi! you can send to me, the list of components i tray to build your radio but cant make it work im very entusiast whit this proyect tanks.

  • @SilverSpoon_
    @SilverSpoon_ Жыл бұрын

    imagine no soldering iron

  • @seanmothoin
    @seanmothoin8 жыл бұрын

    prefer vidoes with a spoken audio Track with clear spoken English, and clear instructions

  • @altexlan415
    @altexlan4156 жыл бұрын

    I rather buy a commercial radio. well tune n tested.

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