"Pete KE9OA" wrote in message
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I wish there was.....................it seems that there is always a
project ahead of mine at work. They do want to market the radio, but the
software folks are tied up in more lucrative projects. A friend of mine
offered to write the 145170 PIC code for me last Christmas.............I
should have let him do it. Originally, I just wanted to market a barebones
synthesized radio, but the boss wanted to have a spectrum analyzer display,
bass and treble controls, electronic volume, memories, automatic tracking
of the loopstick antenna...........etc. At Motorola, we used to call this
"creeping elegance". The radio is done............all we need is the uP
(arrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh) control section to be completed.
I built myself a home version of this unit that has no sync detection, no
synthesizer, and manual tuning of the loopstick. I tune the VCO with a
Spectrol 10-turn pot, and after the first 5 minutes with about a 10kHz
drift, it stays tuned all night.
Right now, the radio sits up on my shelf along with some of my other
homebrew radios.
If this thing ever gets to market, I think you will have quite a bit of
fun with it. When I get my website up again, I will post some pictures of
the prototypes up there.

Pete

"starman" wrote in message
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Thanks Pete. Anything new to report on the MW receiver?




Hi Pete

What I should buy, Caig's Pro Gold or Deoxit 5? I want to clean pots,
switches, etc. They seem to be similar. Any particular cheap vendor you buy
from on the net? Don't know if they sell this stuff locally.

Thanks
Lucky