Trying a Franklin regenerative receiver for HF

Опубликовано: 28 Март 2026
на канале: Amateur Radio VK3YE
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Testing a regenerative receiver based on a Franklin free-running oscillator. Video also explains how this oscillator works and how it could provide a stable source of RF for homebrew receiver applications.

Inspired by WU2D - see    • Shortwave Crystal Set - BFO! Part 2  

Contents:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 How Franklin oscillators work
8:21 Receiver circuit description
17:47 Testing the receiver
28:51 Adding an RF gain control
30:58 Books

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