Schematic of the Ten-Tec 1253 Regenerative Receiver

Unusually, the JFET-based detector in the Ten-Tec 1253 regenerative receiver uses a two-terminal tuned circuit (no feedback tap or tickler winding) and includes a grounded-gate JFET in the feedback loop.

Schematic diagram of the Ten-Tec 1253 regenerative receiver
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Revised June 6, 2010. Text copyright © 2009 by David Newkirk (david.newkirk@gmail.com). All rights reserved.
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