CQ Amateur Radio

KIT-BUILDING

its have always been a big part of amateur radio, making the hobby more affordable since the earliest days of radio. With magazine celebrating its 75 anniversary this year, I thought it appropriate to review a kit that borrows on the technology of 75-plus years ago but brings a modern spin to it. Regenerative circuits were the mainstay of the earliest receivers we used as hams and they are still popular to this day due to their simplicity and effectiveness. The regenerative receiver shows up often in the kit world because of that simplicity as well as low cost.

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