[TenTec] 1253 Receiver kit

[NL7VL]

Bob,

>Does anyone have experience with the 1253 regenerative receiver kit?

I built it when they first came out. You guys know I love TT, right? I
gotta tell you that while I thought it was a clever way to get the job
done, it was a piece of junk, as far as it's operation. It was very
difficult to get it to regenerate and keep it there with CW and
compared to others I built, even AM detection wasn't out to snuff.

There are many, many regen schemes out there these days that work and
*don't* need phenolic plug-in coils to get the job done. Just my
not-so-humble opinion. Sorry f it wasn't what you wanted to hear.

-- 
 Neal, NL7VL

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On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:29:57 -0500
Bwana Bob <wb2vuf at verizon.net> wrote:

>Does anyone have experience with the 1253 regenerative receiver kit?
>I am well aware of the limitations of regenerative receivers, having
>built a simple vacuum tube one when I was a kid, but the 1253 demo on
>you tube by NG9D  sounds really good for a simple receiver.  Also,
>check out his bank of 1300 series QRP rigs? He has a stack of them for
>every band. Cool!
>
>
>Bob WB2VUF
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