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- SHORTWAVE CONVERTER
-
- Parts List
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- C1 Optional capacitor. Use 150pF with 5 Mhz crystal, or 47pF with 8 Mhz
- If using crystal ≥ 10 Mhz omit this capacitor.
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- C2 33 pF
- C3,C5 220 pF
- C4 .047 µF
- D1 Zener diode between 5.1v - 6.2v (2N4691 or equivalent)
- R1 1KΩ, ¼ watt resistor
- U1 NE602N Frequency Converter IC
- T1 10.7 Mhz miniature IF transformer (green core)
- XTAL 5 Mhz or 8 Mhz crystal, or other values (see text file XTAL.TXT)
- One for each band you like to listen to
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- 8-pin DIP socket (for U1)
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- J1,J2 RCA jacks [J2 is optional, see note 3 below]
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- Motorola plug (optional. If installing converter externally, use for
- connecting cable to car radio's antenna jack). Radio Shack parts #274-711
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- 14-pin wire-wrap socket and 14-pin DIP headers for mounting crystals
- Optional (see file XTAL.TXT)
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- Hookup wire
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-
- Schematic
- =========
-
-
- ┌──────────┬────────┬────┬──/\/\/\─ +12v
- │ ──┴── │ │ R1
- ─┴─C3 ┌───┐ xtal │ │
- ─┬─ └───┘ │ │
- │ ──┬── │ │
- J2 (to car radio antenna jack) │ │ │ │
- ┌──┐ C5 ┌──┴──────────┴────────┴┐ │
- │ o────────╢────────────────────┤ 7 6 8│ │
- └─┬┘ │5 │ │
- ≡gnd │ U1 │ │
- │ │ │
- J1 (ant.) ┌─────────┐ │ NE602 │ │ ┐ D1
- ┌──┐ │ 3├─────┬────┤ │ ├────┤────────┐
- │ o────────┤1 │ │ │ Frequency │ │ └ │
- └─┬┘ │ T1 4├─nc ─┴─C1*│ Converter │ │ │
- │ │ │ ─┬─ │ │ │ │
- ├────────┤2 │ │ │ │ ─┴─ │
- │ │ 5├─────┴────┤ │ ─┬─ C4 │
- │ └─────────┘ │ 3 │ │ │
- │ └────────────┬──────────┘ │ │
- │ │ │ │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┘
- ≡gnd
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- -----------------------------
- Notes:
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- 1) Virtually any construction method (point-to-point wiring, wire wrapping,
- etc.) should work, but a printed circuit board is recommended for both
- ease and neatness of construction. PC board construction would probably
- also help minimize undesirable RF interference from strong local broadcast
- stations. See file READ.ME for source of PC board.
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- 2) Connect external antenna to J1 (it works with anything over 2', but better
- results are obtained with longer lengths.
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- 3) J2 connects to car radio's antenna jack. If mounting the converter inside
- the car radio, omit J2 and run a wire directly from where the center
- connector of J2 is indicated to the car radio's antenna jack, otherwise
- use coax cable to connect from J2 to car radio antenna jack (see note 3).
-
- 4) It is strongly suggested that you install the converter inside the
- chassis of the car radio (it simplifies the wiring and reduces noise). If
- you do not have room to do so, use a metal case for the converter and a
- SHORT length of shielded coax cable for the connection from the converter
- to the car radio's antenna jack.
-
- 5) Connect +12 volt power input to car radio's on/off switch. That way you
- can turn both radio and converter on with that switch.
-
- 6) When everything is working, tune in a shortwave station near the middle of
- the dial and adjust the slug of T1 for the strongest signal.
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- 7) You may use a signal generator or crystal oscillator to calibrate the
- dial, if desired.
-