I have an old tube regenerative radio, but where I live, there's a powerful radio station that overpowers the other weaker stations, I want to build I wave trap, already have a 2 gang variable capacitor sitting around, unknown value, that maybe I could use. Is there any way I can measure this using the capacitance feature on my multimeter? What size coil wire would I need?
Thanks, Dave
Hi Dave,
You certainly could measure it with your capacitance meter. The coil that you would need would depend on the frequency. You could look into "LC Resonant circuits"
However, it is unlikely that you can achieve the desired result this way. The regen circuit is very sensitive and high gain across the entire band. To trap a powerful signal with just one LC circuit is not likely.
Tom
The frequency of the overpowering radio station is 1431 kHz (we have 9 kHz spacing in Australia), found a wave trap kit at Antique Electronic Supply I might try, Cat # K-934
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