09-06-2014, 11:41 AM
Started well, soldered in the loop and the radio received across the dial loud and nice.
Then my wife caled me to solve a crisis - my daughter's imaginary mischievous friend, Goldielocks, threw her socks into the lobby chandelier. I turned the radio off, fetched the socks, my wife and my daughter spanked Goldielocks....I came back an the radio would not turn back on.
The volume pot switch.
Had to quit right when I was about to align the thing.
OK.
Wouldn't be the 1st time.
BTW.
The sch says short the antenna to GND when using loop only.
Why?
I tried it, it made the reception a bit less loud, as expected - it shunts the loop.
What's the idea with the shorting?
Then my wife caled me to solve a crisis - my daughter's imaginary mischievous friend, Goldielocks, threw her socks into the lobby chandelier. I turned the radio off, fetched the socks, my wife and my daughter spanked Goldielocks....I came back an the radio would not turn back on.
The volume pot switch.
Had to quit right when I was about to align the thing.
OK.
Wouldn't be the 1st time.
BTW.
The sch says short the antenna to GND when using loop only.
Why?
I tried it, it made the reception a bit less loud, as expected - it shunts the loop.
What's the idea with the shorting?
