[TenTec] On Switching Power Supplies

[John Farler]

Really?  Super-regen receivers?  Help me out here.  I know how a
regen rx works, but I've never heard of a "super-regen" except on
Vhf ala the famous Heath Lunchboxes.  They didn't decode CW,
nor  SSB. I know very little about their theory of operation.

But Regens will decode CW, of course, but would need a stage
or stages of RF amplication (or isolation) in the front end to
keep the RX from sending out a signal that could be detected
from it's oscillating detector.

Not saying a real "super-regen" might not somehow be used, but
please fill me in...Maybe you are referring to such REGENS as
described above as "super regens?"

John, K4AVX

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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:44:07 -0600
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If and only if the sole and singular concern is RF quiet operation, the a linear supply is the only choice. If efficiency plays a role, the you choose the technological path.

As an aside, in WWII and the decades that followed -- when CW was the dominant mode and required only a Second Class Radiotelegraph license was needed -- most ships used super regen receivers, even though superhet receivers were significantly better. Why?

Because submarines couldn't find shops with super regen receivers because they're radio-quiet.

It all depends on the operational constraints.

Kim N5OP