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Q1
R5
10K
R4 C4
560K 0.1uF
C1
L1 R2 R3
500pF
200uH 1K 330
C3
0.1uF Q3
R1

C2 Q2
9V
0.1uF

Application:
A small, simple AM receiver project with only 3 transistors. This circuit can pick
up medium wave stations in your area.

Description:

It can use general purpose transistors, and in this example there are 3 BC109C
transistors. The schematic and BOM show a 200µH inductor and a trimmer
capacitor 150-500pF, though these parts can be salvaged from an old AM radio,
to preserve the directional nature of a tuning coil, and an adjustment knob
(plate capacitor) that work well for radio reception.

The 120k resistor is for regenerative feedback between the Q2 NPN transistor
and the input to the tank circuit. The value of this resistor is important to the
performance of the entire AM receiver. In fact, it may be better to replace the
xed value with a variable resistor paired with a xed resistor to adjust the
oscillation and sensitivity. All the connections should be short to minimize
interference.

Performance will vary depending on stray capacitance in your layout, the

inductor winding/core/length, etc. Changing values of some of the capacitors,
or adding them, as well as a potentiometer in the feedback loop can help with
the performance of the receiver. With such a small circuit that is a ected so

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much by its construction and its environment, a lot of hand tuning and
experimentation will be fun, instructive, and possibly necessary to make it work
best.
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Digi-Key Part
RefDesName Value Part Number Description
Number

GMC31100- CAP TRIMMER 150-

C1 VARIABLE 500pF GMC31100
ND 500PF 175V TH

NON 445-1265-1- CAP CER 0.1UF 10V

C2 0.1uF C1005X5R1A104K050BA
POLARIZED ND 10% X5R 0402

IND PFC 200UH 2.0A

L1 AIR CORE 200uH CTX16-17309-R 513-1656-ND
TOROID

ZTX1049ASCT- TRANSISTOR NPN

Q1 NPN   ZTX1049ASTZ
ND HIGH GAIN TO92-3

ZTX1049ASCT- TRANSISTOR NPN

Q2 NPN   ZTX1049ASTZ
ND HIGH GAIN TO92-3

ZTX1049ASCT- TRANSISTOR NPN

Q3 NPN   ZTX1049ASTZ
ND HIGH GAIN TO92-3

RES 1K OHM 1/2W

R2 RESISTOR 1K ERJ-14YJ102U P1.0KVCT-ND
5% 1210 SMD

RES 330 OHM 1/2W

R3 RESISTOR 330 ERJ-14YJ331U P330VCT-ND
5% 1210 SMD

NON 445-1265-1- CAP CER 0.1UF 10V

C3 0.1uF C1005X5R1A104K050BA
POLARIZED ND 10% X5R 0402

RES 120K OHM 1/2W

R1 RESISTOR   ERJ-14YJ124U P120KVCT-ND
5% 1210 SMD

RES 560K OHM 1/2W

R4 RESISTOR 560K ERJ-14YJ564U P560KVCT-ND
5% 1210 SMD

RES 10K OHM 1/2W

R5 RESISTOR 10K ERJ-14YJ103U P10KVCT-ND
5% 1210 SMD

NON 445-1265-1- CAP CER 0.1UF 10V

C4 0.1uF C1005X5R1A104K050BA
POLARIZED ND 10% X5R 0402

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divya
thanks for giving a good knowledge

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can u explain the function of each component in the circuit please!!! thank u !! ASAP

Posted on November 02nd 2015 | 6:07 pm (https://www.electroschematics.com/9043/am-receiver-circuit/#comment-

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Larbi
Hi John, I’m glad the mod was useful. I agree that cutnitg the tracks is tricky. It
might be simpler to lift the emitter lead of the transistor and solder the
resistor between it and ground. You could also probably remove the inductor
instead of cutnitg the track on the input. Either way it is a ddly job.I found
replacing the display quite easy. I rst straightened the two top clips with
pliers then screwed the display in place and nally bent the clips again with a
screwdriver. It looks like this is how it was assembled in the factory. Colin.
G4EML.

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mohammad
hi
may u say where the speaker’s place is?
there is no sign in the schematic!

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yash-verma28gmail-com
the output side u connect the speaker and connect the other end of speaker to
the negative terminal of battery……..

Posted on February 24th 2016 | 11:19 pm (https://www.electroschematics.com/9043/am-receiver-

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i think it is so good
for ten years ago i try to made good radio but i cannt help me please to send me good
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circuits to do that

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John John Florence

Hey, i only have some questions, and all of them start with WHY? would you be kind
enough to explain me how did you take the values from all the c1 c2, r1, r2, etc. Because it
is not enough for me to see the circuit i want to know why and how it works
THANKS
JJF

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Majlinda
Hi all, well I tried the mod out on my uv-5re and while it did increase the
devaition I now have something strange. while the tdr(dual band mode) is on I
am getting a strange pulsating noise. it isn’t in the rx as the squelch is kicked
in and the signal indicator is out. It does stop if I opt out of dual band mode. It
also is producing static from the unit after you tx and I must hit the monitor
button to clear it up. It is similar to the above mentioned issue but without the
pulsating. I left L44 in place and cut the trace as illistrated, And lifted the leg
of Q17 instead of cutting the ground trace and installed the 470 ohm SMD
capacitor from the leg to ground. I am not sure if it is nessassary to cut the
ground trace or not. I am curious if anyone else has seen this issue?Thank you
in advance,M.S.

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sahar paware
looks like really applicable.
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i’m going to try this today itself. its nice one.

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José Domínguez
Me gustaría que me enviasen las medidas, número de espiras y diámetro del hilo (AWG)
esmaltado para construir la bobina de 200 uH.

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