© Wie Tetnicl Pubeaions La. 1967 “TRADER” SERVICE SHEET | | 1824 | J} rs Teese ee ete aay ay qigttndeta eet att gratin ten pera taining three transistors atached ue "Two sockets are provided, one for a car type aerial and the other, 4 3-Smm jack suttable for an earphone of 108 impedance TCs powered by a 9Y (Ever Ready PP9 type) battery, and is housed in a case that has a turntable at the base, allowing the directional property of the internal ferrite rod aerial to be exploied with ease. TRANSISTOR ANALYSIS All voltages given in the table below were taken from data supplied by. the ‘manufacturers. They were measured with & model 8 Avometer and are all negative ‘ith respect to chassis. CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION With, $2, and S4 in the maw. position, ma. signals induced in the ferrite rod Supplement to Electrical and ‘Electronic Trader, 6 October 1967 1824 ROBERTS R303 Transistored Portable Radio Receiver VE, CV2 and CV. S3 connects coupling coll L419 point 3. ‘Oscillater tuning on mw. i provided by C¥4, CVS and’ La, whichis located on the { thodule: S6 short circuits RI thereby jnicodvcing. additional capacitance “CV6 and C1 for tuning over the fong waveband ‘Pats 2nd 7 on the module sre common to: chassi andthe voltage af point Should be'735V. C2 connected to point 6 Alscouples the saies resistance in the power Supply within the module. zl Rig and RVE are the diode load, is. fitering. being accomplished inside” the module before pomt 5 Audio frequencies at the volume eontrol RVI ace amplified by @ normal R/C coupled amplifier stage, ‘mpiiication being provided by TR. “Phe current in the predriven stage TR2 is ‘tablized by. emilter tesistor 113 in Combination with the de. feed back loop. Avfraction of the signal voltage atthe fitter of TR2 is Ted back via C10 and RA fo the base of TRI (elective negative Feedbaek) in suitable propordon (0 inro- dice some top cut, TRE collector is directly oupled to the driver TR, base. Bocause Of the complementary sytametry of te Surput stage no phase spiting i requied, ‘The signal voltage appearing across TRS load “RIG is) applid simuaneously’ to npaonp. pair, TR& TRS, TRE will ‘age om ihe positive half eels and TRS fn the negative half yee, The resultant of these, two. signals is then. capactvey ‘Soupled via CBS tothe loudspeaker Lt. ‘Suipat Stage ‘ermal Quiescent Stab lining aid Balancing Becsuse of the very Tominear voltage coment characters of diode MRI wher operated sith a small forward bas (in this Case 075V) it can be {Ged to compensate for falling battery Voltage” and:"in coninction wih the Themstor ‘TH, wide vials in" tm: perature The ambient temperature. decreases, (Continued overleaf col. 1) fatal are tuned by 13, CY and CV2, and egal ar cure Ss CYL an C220 | mantra cavsctors es theminer sanaitor, point 3on if, module. | RL RR BL 2 wer on 8 ‘When switched to I.w. SI completes the RD sma BD 3 oOFr BR? BL revit for ue toning which inches Li, | Ry aR Be S she # ‘Transistor Table Bo gl & ie B * [yanmar Jenne] max mit Be Elo ooke BF Tanto Emir] mee fou] | Mp ite i EB |) anscotansous wr | oo [on er Saat Be Ei 23iter Br PALE | 7 aS yep] | BB ak gb BRE vii oe | re Rela a] oh) | RR ‘gen Bt ea a Te Rei | fe) | RS See Se Bee Tas £Cids F [So] | RGR AT ge ee a _| | tena ve FB | Below: Circuit diagram of eceeams ine re | Be ah me Croat agra mea = a a = =ROBERTS R303 182 +—. Volume j Extacrial sk TE Rv Supplement to Electrical and Electronic Trader, 6 October 1967 O-— + —— ——+ Onfotf Wavechange | Earphone skt. 5 ; oe c ——-L General view of the receiver when removed from the case. The wavechange switch (S1-S7) is shown in detail in location A2. Circuit Deseription—continued the reduced current in MRI raises. its clfective resistance, and because this, Tesistance is connected in parallel with RV3 it. compensates the output transistors ‘TRA, TRS bias against the fall in TR3 collector current. Similarly for a fall in battery voltage. Conversely, ifthe temperature should increase, the’ resistance of the thermistor ‘THI falls, along with that of the diode, thereby maintaining the correct operating bias on TR4 and TRS. ‘Balance is achieved by adjusting the base bias of TR2 by variation of RV2. This establishes the eurfent drawn through R13 from the emitter of TR2 to emitter junction (of TR4, TRS and fixes the crossover point for the output pair. CIRCUIT ALIGNMENT Equipment Required.—An a.m. signal generator and an rf. coupling loop; an audio output_ meter with an impedance to match 100. This should be connected in place of the loudspeaker. If an outpat meter is not available, an ac. voltmeter may Be connected across the loudspeaker Lf, alignment instructions are not given, fowever, the if. is 470ke/s. The manu: facturers advise that the if. module com- plete should be returned to them in the Event of a fault developing. ‘With the tuning capacitor at maximum the pointer should coincide with the low frequency end of the tuning scale. ‘Connect output meter in place of loud- speaker. Connect signal generator to coupling loop and loosely couple to aerial. Keep signal generator output as low as possible consistent with a readable indication on the ‘output meter, thus avoiding ag. aetion, “Turn volume control to maximum. 1.—Switch receiver to muw., set tuning pointer to calibration mark at 1,224m, cjust signal generator to L-36Mc/s 2.—Adjust CVS and CV2 for maximum output. 3.-Tune receiver to calibration mark at 1,936m, set signal generator to S80kc/s. 4. Adjust L6 and L3 for maximum outpat, ‘5/_—Repeat operations 1 to 4 for optimum, resulls finishing with operation 2. 6.—Switch receiver to Lw. Tune to cali- bration mark at 1,224m and feed in a 24Ske/s signal. 7.—Adjust CV6 and CV3 for maximum output. 8.—Tune receiver to calibration mark at 1,936m and feed in a 15Ske/s signal 9.Adjust L1 for maximum output. 10,—Repeat operations 6 to 9 for optimum results finishing with operation 6. AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS In order to adjust RV2 and RV3 the following equipment is required: A’ volt- meter; a milliammeter (0-10mA);_ an oscilloscope and an a.f. signal generator. ‘Check with receiver switched on, that the Dattery Voltage measured across C14 is 9V. 1.—Turn volume control to minimum, —Connect voltmeter between the junc jon of TR4 and TRS emitters and chassis. dius RV2 fo givea reading of 48V on the meter, 4—Remove voltmeter and connect the ‘milliammeter in place of the red flex link (on circuit side of the panel Adjust RV3 for a current of 4-5mA at 20°C, Alfow one minute and recheck this Figur 6.-Remove milliammeter and reconnect link. 7—Connect the oscilloscope across the loudspeaker and apply a Ike/s sine wave to the hase of TRI. 8.—Adjust RV2 for symmetry at the onset of clipping, GENERAL NOTES Dismantling,—Take off the bottom of case and remove battery. | Loosen three 4BA. nuts holding battery bracket in place and remove bracket, Remove the two 4BA nuts hholding the loudspeaker and carefully remove to the extent of its connecting leads, Inscrew two woodserews located. either je of chassis and remove the two wooden ide members. ‘The chassis may now be withdrawn from the case. ‘iced tm Gres Brin by Georee Rowe Pris, Nyaery Road ion Road, Thorn Hath, Sire, ond Pulihed by Tif Teckel Peblictons Ted, "Dorset House, Stamford ‘Stree, London, 8.84