Raj, thanks for pointing that one out. We can add a resistor between the colllector and the diode (or a diode as per raj's suggestion). I will build this today and try it out. - f Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Raj <vu2zap@xxxxxxxxx> Sender: minima-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:31:36 To: <minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [minima] Re: BFO circuit When the switching Tr is biased ON, it will short collector to Gnd and therefore enable the (L) trimmer while the other diode will also conduct and connect the (R) trimmer. This will not work IMHO. Add a diode from collector to the first (L) trimmer that may work! Raj, vu2zap At 28-02-2014, you wrote: >Slight modification to BFO circuit which trys eliminating mode switching using >relay. >Inline image 2 > > >73 >VU3ELR > >Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="bfo.JPG" >Content-Disposition: inline; filename="bfo.JPG" >Content-ID: <ii_1447702d533e1c3e> >X-Attachment-Id: ii_1447702d533e1c3e >