Maker Pro
Maker Pro

universal Radio receiver

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Construct it as per the instructions first. Then see if you can be bothered changing the design.

It will also give you a baseline to see if you've made things better or worse.
 

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...It isn't clear how FM stations are demodulated...

I took this little excerpt from the linked page and had a good laugh. Just think if we could somehow figure out how to decode FM signals there could be a whole new world of interesting things to listen for.
 

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It is funny, but I suspect he's wondering how the signal *are* decoded rather than how they *could* be.

There's a possible explanation near the end of the page.
 

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my crystal set (45 years ago) received all stations all at once :rolleyes:
thank heavens I discovered selectivity hahaha

one has to wonder why anyone would still wanna hear everything all at once in this day and age of excellent radio receivers ;) !!

Dave
 

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No. The whole point of the circuit is that it has absolutely no selectivity.

(Well, technically the answer is yes. But it's a bit like saying you want a forklift instead of a car, and then asking "but how do I make it into a car". You're better off starting with a car. In this case you'd be better of starting with a conventional receiver -- one with a tuned front end.)
 

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can FM and Shortwave and all bands be demodulated by a single circuit? like aerospace radios and cellphone signals...
 

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No, not unless you're talking about software defined radio. (And then the problem is simply shifted to different software modules rather than different circuits)

There's probably some ICs that will do what you want -- essentially they will have all the smarts to do multiple decodings, but still there are multiple modules in the IC, not just one.
 
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