The front panel of the receiver.
On the left side the socket for the headphone.
In the middle the tuning knob.
On the right the connections for antenna (upper) and ground (lower).
Crystal receiver set 11
This receiver has a single tuned circuit, the Q factor of the tuned circuit
is quite low.
The receiver can be used well for reception of local stations, for reception of
distant stations it is less suitable.
I tried to give this receiver a nice "old-fashioned" look, the reception
performance was in this design of less importance.
This receiver is for sale, I made a series production of these, and will build
more on request.
This receiver is also for sale as do-it-yourself kit.
See the shop for more information.
The front panel of the receiver.
On the left side the socket for the headphone.
In the middle the tuning knob.
On the right the connections for antenna (upper) and ground (lower).
Top view of the receiver.
Circuit diagram of receiver set 11
Circuit description.
The resonance circuit is formed by coil L1 and C1b and C1c (together 1000 pF).
Capacitor C1a and C2 provide the matching between antenna and tuned circuit.
The frame (rotor) of the tuning capacitor is carrying the RF signal, by this it
is possible to tune simultaneously the tuned circuit (C1b and C1c) and the
antenna matching (C1a).
Germanium diode D1 provides the signal detection.
Transformer TR1 is loaded with 16 Ω at its 4 Ω
output, through this the input impedance increases from 16 kΩ to about 43 kΩ.
At the output a headphone of 2x 32 Ω can be connected, with the two speakers
parallel, the impedance is 16 Ω.
Component A1 is a gas discharge tube (also called: surge arrester)
with type number: N81-A90X.
The gas discharge tube protects the antenna input for too high voltages.
These high voltages can occur if the antenna picks up static charge from the air
(especially occurs with long outdoor antennas from non insulated antenna wire).
As the voltage at the antenna is higher then 90 Volt, the gas discharge tube will
start to conduct and short the high voltage to ground.
As soon as the charge has flown to ground, the conduction stops automatically.
Frequency range of the receiver.
Frequency range without antenna: 500 - 2500 kHz.
Frequency range with 10 meter antenna connected: 487 - 1860 kHz.
Both with and without antenna connected, the whole medium wave band can be
tuned.
Q factor of the LC circuit (Without antenna and without diode connected):
600 kHz: Q= 83
900 kHz: Q= 81
1200 kHz: Q= 75
1500 kHz: Q= 65
The circuit Q is rather low, one reason for this is because the RF signal is in
this design on the frame of the tuning capacitor.
Because the frame of the tuning capacitor is directly connected to the wooden
bottom plate losses occur here.
You can find a complete building instruction op the following pages:
Step 1 Preparing the components
Step 2 Making the frame of the receiver
Step 3 Making the coil
Step 4 Placing the components
You will find here the part list of this receiver.
