Victor is a retired Electrical Engineer from the Netherlands. He doesn't have a ham radio call sign, but as I have said about other receiver builders, he deserves one. Note the truly homebrew approach that Victor used on the PTO coil form. And he had to rebuild this part to get the receiver on 40 meters. As we can see in the above video, Victor's homebrew receiver is pulling in stations from across Europe. Victor even reports hearing a Japanese station. FB!
Victor writes:
Hi Bill, I changed the PTO tuning unit, more stable this way. I m a retired electrical engineer, revamping on a more daily basis tube radios from the 50's 😉 I include a Bluetooth interface too so they can be used again by "young" people with their smartphones.. I had great fun and learning experiences building the DCR !!
Thanks for the video, pictures, and messages Victor. Congratulations!
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I like how he connects grounds with a nice wide low impedance copper braid, I am reminded how my Dad and grandfather pounded flat copper pipe to provide ground up to his 2nd floor shack for that reason, low impedance....
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