Ramsey Electronics FR1 Assembly And Instruction Manual - page 16
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On weak signals it may be possible to hear the counter's busy humming action
in the background, but not to a serious degree. If you decide to add such a
counter connection to your receiver, remember that the coax as well as the
coupling capacitor becomes part of the oscillator circuit. Make the coaxial cable
connecting the counter to the receiver as short as possible. You will experience
a frequency change of several hundred KHz when connecting or disconnecting
up the counter. Also, this additional capacitance in the oscillator circuit may
reduce the tuning range.
METHODS OF DIAL CALIBRATION
An easy way of making your own dial is to paste a small rectangle of paper
behind the tuning dial knob. Then as you tune in different frequencies, pencil in
on the paper the received frequency.
SCA OUTPUT
The SCA output is a baseband demodulated signal output before any low pass
filtering or de-emphasis. It provides a handy connection point for add-on SCA
adapters such as the Ramsey SCA-1 kit.You can also connect this output to a
receiver capable of receiving 30 to 75 KHz FM signals, or a PLL demodulator
you've built yourself. Check out the data sheet from Signetics concerning the
NE-565 PLL chip, an SCA demodulator is featured.
BOOSTING AUDIO OUTPUT
Your FR1 was designed for clean, undistorted audio from average FM
broadcast stations, while keeping battery current drain low. You may
significantly increase the FR1’s audio output by adding a single 10 uf
electrolytic capacitor across pins 1 and 8 on the LM-386 audio amplifier IC.
The ‘+’ side should connect to pin 1. An easy way of adding this capacitor is to
simply ‘tack’ solder it right on the IC pins on the solder side of the PC board.
27 pF
1 Megohm
NE 602
pin 7
TO
COUNTER
SA