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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:34:49 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote: Looking for Crystal Radio Receiver Circuits, that have a voltage quadrupler to increase headphone volume without batteries or AC power. I assume you are talking about a broadcast receiver for frequencies below 1600 kHz. At such frequencies and with a typical 500 pF variable capacitor, the impedance levels for an LC resonant circuit is quite high. Loading it with a crystal detector and some low impedance (30 or less) headphone will load the resonant circuit quite heavily, reducing the output quite heavily. In the old days, the typical impedance of a headphone might have been about 2000 ohms, loading the resonant circuit much less. In order to cause a similar loading to the resonant circuit using current headphones, you need an audio transformer with 2000:30 impedance ratio or 8:1 turns ratio. Paul OH3LWR |
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