Modification of Sony ICF-SW77 For DRM Software Receiver
Modification of Sony ICF-SW77 For DRM Software Receiver
Modification of Sony ICF-SW77 For DRM Software Receiver
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Table of Contents
1
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1
1.2
SYSTEM OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................. 3
SCHEMATIC .............................................................................................................................................. 3
FILTER BANDWIDTH ................................................................................................................................. 5
IF FILTER TYPES ...................................................................................................................................... 6
POWER SUPPLY......................................................................................................................................... 7
IF CONNECTION........................................................................................................................................ 7
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1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this document
This document describes how to modify a Sony ICF-SW77 short wave receiver to be able to
receive a DRM signal. Therefore the DRM Miniature Mixer Unit from Sat-Service
Schneider is used, to mix down the 455 kHz IF of the receiver to a 12 kHz IF. This 12 kHz IF
is feed to a PC sound card.
Please note that the manufacturer's warranty will be discarded if you do this modification.
1.2 Organization of this document
Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the document.
Chapter 2 provides an overview of the system.
Chapter 3 describes how the IF filter of the ICF-SW77 has to be changed.
Chapter 4 describes how the DRM Miniature Mixer Unit has to be connected to the receiver.
2 System overview
The 2. IF (455 kHz) of the ICF-SW77 receiver is feed to the miniature mixer unit and down
converted to a 12 kHz IF. This IF signal is then connected to the input of a PC sound card.
This PC decodes the DRM signal with a decoder software.
ICF-SW77
unit
12 kHz
PC
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ZF in
GND
The IF section has two IF filters, a narrow band filter and a wide band filter. One of these
filters has to be replaced by a wider filter with appr. 10 kHz bandwidth. The filter W is
active if the receiver is in wide mode, the filter N is active if the receiver is in narrow
mode.
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The recommended replacement filter is a Murata CFWM455GY, which has the same
footprint as the original filter, but a bandwidth of appr. +/- 4,5 kHz. The bandwidth is shown
in following diagram:
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6 dB bandwidth
CFWM455G
CFWM455F
CFWM455E
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4.2 IF connection
The hot line of the IF input should be connected to pin 14 of IC301. The ground connection
of the IF input should be connected to pin 12 of IC301.
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