Timeline for What is a simple kind of amateur radio transceiver I could try to build, as a beginner?
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| Apr 18, 2019 at 19:54 | comment | added | Mike Waters | +1 Scott, but the first radio basics book that I studied as an adolescent made a great case for building a receiver first. (It was Elements of Radio, by Marcus and Marcus.) And so I did, a one-tube regenerative receiver for MF and HF. IMHO a receiver should come first. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 13:27 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | Just personal preference. i understand the physics inside a tube much more clearly than that inside a transistor, and they often need fewer "glue" components (seemingly). | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 12:43 | comment | added | Sumithran | @Zeiss, why tubes? | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 11:42 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | I, too, and interested in building my equipment from scratch -- with vacuum tubes (valves), no less -- but I'm starting with kits. I can learn from kits how good RF devices are made, I can examine the circuit diagrams for good practices, and can get practice in handling the parts. I'll eventually build my tube equipment, but I want to have a plan first. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 4:12 | comment | added | Sumithran | thanks for your time and valuable suggestions. I'm an electronics and communication engineering student having keen interest in both electronics and programming, but this isn't assignment or something like that. And I have experience in building radio receivers and transmitters (in fm) ,but anyway this is the first time I'm getting into ham radios. As a passionate and beginner I know its a difficult task, but am interested in making it from scratch. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 2:54 | history | edited | Scott Earle♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added an edit about SDRs
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| Apr 18, 2019 at 1:06 | history | answered | Scott Earle♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |