Tuesday 29 July 2008

DL8BEG reproduces EA1GHE`s downconverter

I have received an e-mail from Werner(DL8BEG) who successfully reproduced the downconverter that I designed to receive DRM with the kenwood TS-450S radio.
Werner found a mistake I made in the drawings(now corrected):

Thanks to Werner for his correction.
This is a photo from his circuit:

Sunday 22 June 2008

Recycled ferrite sleeves from the rubbish

There is one cheap way to get ferrite sleeves for EMI troubles. Get the sleeves from old computer screen cables. Just use a knife and extract out the ferrites.

Monday 26 May 2008

Receiving DRM with Kenwood TS-450S (II)

For those who are interested in receiving the DRM using the TS450 radio by Kenwood, here is a pdf file with the details and circuit. Remember it's also valid for TS690, TS850 and TS950 radios wich has 4th IF output at 36.891KHz for use with optional DSP-100.
I am waiting for any feedback.
73!
Here is a demo video:

Saturday 5 January 2008

RF interference from Sony TV set

I had a Sony TV set model KV-14M1E. Every time it was turned on(even in stand-by mode) I received an annoying QRM from it in my amateur radio. Since I know that the interference came by radiation one day I decided to open the TV and explored the circuit with a small loop probe. You can see how I did it in the next video:



I discovered two loops radiating RF:


Like a solution I was thinking about decoupling these loops with the right capacitor but I had got no time to do the modification, the TV set was taken away from my QTH.
Now my spectrum is clear, more or less, of human-made QRM.