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Antenna for bands 21, 24, 27, 28, 30 MHz

Hits:3152 Shortwave antenna

The antenna is a 10-element Log-yagi (Fig.1), calculated UA3THQ and modified by me.Fig.1Specifications:Lбума = 7000 mmG28=9 db F/b=30 dbG24=6 db F/b=20 dbG2l=8,l db F/b=24 dbMaterial: tube D16T with a diameter...

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Heated hives

Hits:493 House, garden land, hobby

Honeybees live on Earth for over 10 million years. And of course, have tried to adapt to the environment in the wild, but not in home... From hibernation, they often...

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Light relay

Hits:456 Clocks, timers, relays, load switches

Presents the photosensor circuit intended for indication purposes. Scheme the left side is active during the day ( the relay should work), in the circuit shown on the right -...

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ACTOR : Active Tone Control

Hits:595 Audio

The following diagram is the schematic diagram of Active Tone Control circuit, or we often call this circuit as “ACTOR”. The circuit is quite simple, easy build and inexpensive, you...

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Playback Amplifier For Cassette Deck

Hits:532 Audio

For some time now, there have been a number of tape cassette decks available at low prices from mail order businesses and electronics retailers. Such decks do not contain any...

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Antenna amplifier

Hits:935 Television and video

Proposed in [1] the amplifier is a field effect transistor with Schottky barrier (MESFET) was tested for the reception of weak TV signals and has shown fantastic results. So, barely...

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Antenna for UHF-band

Hits:1065 Television aerials

UHF antenna described in the article A. Manakova, can be improved by adding three more elements. The gain of the modified antenna has increased significantly, which gives a great advantage...

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How to build Courtesy Light - circuit diagram

Hits:556 Lighting

DescriptionThis circuit is intended to let the user turn off a lamp by means of a switch placed far from bed, allowing him enough time to lie down before the...

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The power supply of the film-viewing device

Hits:449 Power supplies

The old film-viewing device, which is not to be applied by direct purpose, it is easy to alter in regulated power supply with protection against overloads and short circuits. For...

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Two antennas on one cable

Hits:688 Television aerials

Often in practice there is a problem of unification of the two antennas of different channels on one feeder. This can apply the generic scheme shown in Fig.1. Fig. 1Coil...

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How to build Battery Tester Circuit Schematic - circuit diagram

Hits:465 Power supplies

DescriptionIs the battery empty, or is there something wrong with the device? That’s always a difficult question when your walkman or some other battery-powered device appears to be dead when...

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Measuring the thickness of insulating coatings

Hits:472 House, garden land, hobby

The principle of operation is based on measuring the q-factor and inductance of the coil when near to a conductive metal surface.This simple device can measure the thickness of insulating...

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The antenna for the range of 160 m with a low height of the suspension

Hits:532 Shortwave antenna

The described antenna can be useful for application in cities with dense development. It is a wire frame with a perimeter at two wavelengths. The proposed location of the antenna...

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Three HF antenna

Hits:4419 Shortwave antenna

GP AT LOW FREQUENCY RANGES Interesting design shortened GP for Amateur bands 40 and 80 meters invited David Reid (PA3HBB/G0BZF). A detailed description of the antenna and the...

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Matching the exponential transformer for satellite receivers

Hits:500 Television and video

The input impedance of bipolar transistors at microwave frequencies is the unit of Ω and has an inductive component. Therefore, with the direct connection of a coaxial cable with wave...

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HQ Notch Filter Without Close-Tolerance components

Hits:506 Filters and matching devices

A notch for a narrow frequency band of a few per cent or even less normally requires close-tolerance components. At least, that’s what we thought until we came across a...

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Mains Slave Switcher II

Hits:576 Power supplies

As a guide, a one-inch reed switch with 40 turns reliably switched on with the current flowing through a 150-watt lamp (approx. 625 mA) but larger reeds may require more...

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How to build Thermostat for 1KW Space Heater (SCR controlled) - circuit diagram

Hits:433 Power controllers, thermometers, heat

DescriptionBelow is a thermostat circuit I recently built to control a 1300 watt space heater. The heater element (not shown) is connected in series with two back to back 16...

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How to build Dicing With LED's - circuit diagram

Hits:524 Lighting

DescriptionEvery self-respecting DIYer makes his own electronic dice with LEDs as spots. Then you don’t have to throw the dice anymore – just push the button. The electronics also ensures...

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An electronic finder

Hits:1363 Metal detectors

The detectors on the beats are not very sensitive in the search for metals with a weak ferromagnetic properties, such as, for example, copper, tin, silver. To increase the sensitivity...

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Neurostimulator

Hits:763 Medicine

A sedentary life, illness, and sometimes just laziness, our muscles tend to atrophy. Decreases the blood supply to the muscles and organs. Biologically active points (acupuncture points) lose contact with...

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3V Supply Splitter

Hits:505 Power supplies

Many modern circuits tend to work from a single supply voltage of 3V. But often they need a virtual earth at half the supply voltage for efficient operation. The splitter...

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The power supply for the radio Amateur 0-30 volts

Hits:1499 Power supplies

Attention radio Amateurs will be designing the power supply for home lab. The advantage of this PSU that don't need an additional winding on the power transformer. DA1 chip single-supply...

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Telephone microprocessor switch 1x5

Hits:797 Telefonie

We offer telephone switchboard (aka micro-PBX) is a a device that allows you to connect one telephone line to up to five devices (without their mutual influence on each other)...

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Capacitive relay for irrigation mycelium

Hits:534 House, garden land, hobby

In the artificial cultivation of mushrooms in the greenhouse you want to support specific humidity of the substrate with mycelium, pouring it in small portions water and prevent waterlogging. Start...

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Share the light

Hits:507 Lighting

Had dinner, turned on the TV and settled down on the couch by the light ordinary crystal chandeliers. Bulbs and chandelier sparkle and hurt the eyes, screen "glare"! Even one...

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Automotive strobe light from the laser pointer

Hits:5379 Electronic devices

Motorists know how important proper installation of the ignition timing fuel in the cylinders of the engine carburetor. To do this, use strobe lights. In the article by P. Bialiatski...

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Detector microwave field

Hits:596 Indicators, detectors

I have made a large number of detectors microwave field in different designs and after article in "RL" No. 11/92, decided to share its experience in this area.First, in the...

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LED Noughts And Crosses

Hits:405 House, garden land, hobby

Here’s a twist to the age-old game of noughts and crosses. Instead of pen and paper, it uses nine 10mm tri-colour LEDs arranged in a 3 x 3 grid. One...

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Circuit Board Checker

Hits:813 Other

Indicates the basic integrity of a printed board, Self-powered - 3 to 30V rangeThis little circuit indicates the basic integrity of a printed board, detecting 0V, positive supply voltage from...

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Antenna Beverage

Hits:3462 Shortwave antenna

Antenna Beverage or, as it is called, the antenna is a traveling wave (ABC), is widely used in professional radio. Most transoceanic QSO on 160 meter ham radio operators is...

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Integrated timer in the scheme of temperature control

Hits:525 Power controllers, thermometers, heat

Although integral type timer 555 is primarily designed for chronologic schemes, but this is in conjunction with a thermistor having a negative T. C. S. can also be used to...

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AC 220 Volts Flashing Lamps Circuit

Hits:704 Lighting

Especially designed for Christmas tree lamps, Replaces old thermally-activated switchesThis circuit is intended as a reliable replacement to thermally-activated switches used for Christmas tree lamp-flashing. The device formed by Q1...

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Silver water with their hands

Hits:699 Medicine

Water containing ions of silver ("silver" or "living" water), has found application in medicine and in everyday life, and its useful properties described in the literature. Silver water can be...

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How to build Inverter Circuit For Soldering Iron - circuit diagram

Hits:581 Power supplies

DescriptionHere is a simple but inexpensive inverter for using a small soldering iron (25W, 35W, etc) In the absence of mains supply. It uses eight transistors and a few resistors...

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The generator of a musical phrase on the integral timers

Hits:529 Telefonie

Universal integral type 555 timer has another use -- in cheap musical synthesizer that plays a musical phrase from simple songs. It uses two timers: one generates the rhythm, and...

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Protection device high-current devices

Hits:723 Clocks, timers, relays, load switches

The proposed device is designed to protect equipment that consume DC voltage significant pulse current (USC, transceivers, etc.). The device disconnects the load in cases of excessive raising or lowering...

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Smart Sensitive Electronic Hearing Aid

Hits:437 Audio

This is the circuit diagram of electronic hearing aid featured with sensitive sound detection and energy saving, so this hearing aid will work in the long term with a 9V...

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Sound transmission via infrared channel

Hits:599 Audio

To listen to television broadcasts on the headphones, not necessarily to pull away from the TV wire communication line. Help out the proposed wireless system (it was described in article...

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Trunk amplifier for satellite TV tuners

Hits:724 Antenna amplifiers

The kit to receive satellite TV programs includes a parabolic antenna, which is installed so that fell into the line of sight from the satellite, a step-down Converter and the...

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Earth Fault Indicator

Hits:470 Indicators, detectors

The security of many electrical devices depends today on the availability of an earthed mains outlet. We should remember that these are connected to the frame or to the metal...

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The sound in the car: theory and practice

Hits:734 Audio

It is known that for many motorists machine turned into something more than just a means of transportation. After all the person conducting the wheel a few hours a day...

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The dipole antenna

Hits:1135 Shortwave antenna

On the construction of the attention of the reader antenna was told on the radio 10-15 years ago ham V. Volia beach (UA6DL), for which the author is very grateful...

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Transmit-receive antenna KB

Hits:5144 Shortwave antenna

About the height of antenna installation When choosing the design of transmit-receive antennas for Amateur radio stations in the shortwave has to take into account many factors...

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Mains Indicator

Hits:509 Indicators, detectors

It is not always immediately obvious whether a power-consuming appliance is switched on or not. Examples are the lamp in the attic or the shed, or electric heating in an...

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Short-wave whip antenna

Hits:732 Shortwave antenna

Description shortwave antenna "IIIDX antenna operating in the bands 80, 40, 20 and 15 m published by the American shortwave W3JHR. The antenna is a vertical pin height of...

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The fuel injection system Motronic

Hits:3093 Electronic fuel injection

The fuel injection system "Motronic" is a combined system with distributed injection, i.e. at each cylinder has a separate atomizer. Each of the primary nozzles is controlled individually e-management unit...

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Capacitive relays for lighting control

Hits:611 Lighting

In frequently visited areas to save energy, convenient to use capacitive relays for lighting control. When you enter the room, if necessary to turn on the light, go close to...

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Mechanical protection of lamps from burnout

Hits:538 Lighting

The problem of the durability of incandescent lamps, which sometimes blows at the moment of their inclusion in the network remains relevant. Some solutions described in the proposed materials....relay and...

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The melodious call of wristwatches...

Hits:466 Bells and audio simulators

I lay imported electronic wrist watch in metal case with a faulty indicator. Names hours a lot of this type (for example, "Montana"), but they're all the same. At the...

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