A great little, "get your feet wet" direct conversion receiver. Not too practical for real world use because of the fixed TX/RX crystal. A good learning tool to some RF concepts though.

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1 pixie had the main NPN transistor blown out as it's not designed for "brick on the key" operation. Still trying to get it working.

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Pixie 40M Direct Conversion Receiver

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