I have added this simple preselector to my RX. (from LF today - RSGB publications)
Advantages : parts are easy to find - it is easy to build - verry efficient to pick up little signal in a verry small bandpass.
Inconvenients :if you want monitoring a large bandpass with your SDR, the signals outside de BP of the filter are excluded : the best way is then to include a bypass position (use then a 6 position rotary swich), first bypass the whole preselector, pick the wanted signal , and then tune it using the other postions of the rotary switch.
Table of positions of the rotary switch :
pos 1 | 10kHz-40 kHz |
pos 2 | 21kHz-90kHz |
pos 3 | 45kHz-200 kHz |
pos 4 | 100kHz-400kHz |
pos 5(*) | 210kHz-600kHz |
(*) use only 1 X 500 uF section for the 210-600 Khz position
The RF parts are to find at Mouser.com - see table below for the references.
100mH | 710-744747 1107 |
47mH | 710-744747 1473 |
10mH | 710-744721 1103 |
2.2mH | 710-744721 1222 |
1mH | 710-744721 1102 |