LITZ ( not ”Lite”) wire (dang spool cheekier!) looking at my photos, I had messed with the tickler coil before changing the inductor wire, so I think the improvement is truly mostly from the wire chan

Lite wire After a few days I can say I think this is an improvement. I can definitely tune more stations than before. Somebody else should give it a try. It might even be enough to consider it as an u

Hi Guys, Did not like the volume knob behavior after the mods. Seemed to go from none to max over a very short range. Tried detaching the ground end of the volume pot from ground and that led to max v

Hi Jim, I changed Q1 to a BC550C and it works ok, the “beta” on my transistor tester was 483 for the BC550C and 212 for the 2N3904. It might have been a little bit louder but it was certainly not stri

Update re tuning with 52 turns, 880 comes in when the dial is on 9, so it is probably not yet ideal and might need a couple or a few more turns to be spot on. (I get pretty much just one local station

fwiw I have tried a variety of small speakers, 4 8 16 25 32 and 45 ohms, the impedance does not have a noticeable significant effect to my surprise, larger ones seem to make more sound than smaller on

Does the volume vary with the speaker impedance? The ones in the photo section seem to be 8 ohms, mine is 16 ohms. Would 4, 8, or 16 be best? Or does it matter?

Hi Matt, You do have to mess with that little loop of wire “L2”, just in case you haven’t. It might make a significant difference if you get it just right. fwiw jer aa1of

Using the wire that comes with the kit I reduced mine to 52 turns and the dial seems to be accurate, at least at with the local 1400 kHz station. Fwiw my AADE meter measured ~210uH. I changed Q1 to a

After some reflection, it has occurred to me that when building a radio with my grandson, it may well be that limited volume may well be a positive feature for his mother, my daughter...!

Is there a better choice for Q1?

I think that after the mods the performance clarity and selectivity seemed better but the volume a bit less and have wondered the same thing.

My experience: The directions on trimming the extra variable cap straps could be clearer. On the photos page there are 3 pictures showing the variable cap. The first shows it oriented one way and the