<p>As <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/2365/james-k">@JamesK</a> already mentioned in a comment, the <a href="https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/rcvr_manual.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">RCV manual</a> contains a circuit diagram on page 14:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/SDr4Z.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/SDr4Z.png" alt="Circuit diagram" /></a></p>
<p>From your question it is not clear to me how much experience you have with PCB design and which software you are using. Back in the days, I had contact with <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Autodesk's EAGLE</a>, but there are <a href="https://alternativeto.net/software/eaglecad/?license=free" rel="nofollow noreferrer">other free PCB alternatives</a> like <a href="https://librepcb.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">librepcb</a>. In worst case, you do in fact have to redraw your design.</p>
<p>For prototyping, so-called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard" rel="nofollow noreferrer">breadboards</a> do a pretty good job, which was mentioned in the comments as well by <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/7982/uhoh">@uhoh</a>.</p>
<h3>References</h3>
<ul>
<li>On electronics.SE: <a href="https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/5424/is-there-a-directory-of-open-source-hardware-projects">Is there a directory of open source hardware projects?</a></li>
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2021-05-28T12:47:43.730Z
*Beautiful!* Thanks for putting everything together in an answer post.
uhoh
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B--rian
<p>I woild like to build a <strong>Radio Jove receiver</strong> whose <a href="https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">design is available on NASA website</a>. However, I don't want to purchase the receiver, I would like to make it, but but I don't have any knowledge about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PCB design</a>. <strong>May
someone please help me to get the PCB manufacturing file?</strong></p>

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the [manual](https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/rcvr_manual.pdf) has a circuit diagram. If you need help with creating a pcb file. If you want advice with pcb manufacture, you may be better off asking at electronics
James K
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But go slow, Electronics SE is not as nice as Astronomy SE. So a simple question like "how can I make a PCB?" might get closed very quickly and down-voted.
uhoh
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The "X-ray view" in Figure 4 gives some indication of the traces. You could try redrawing that in some program. Or you could just get some perforated board (remember that?) and to a bunch of soldering. There's a good chance though that it wouldn't work; it's easy to overheat the transistors unless you use sockets.
uhoh
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@uhoh I summarized the comments into an accessible answer to simplify life of the readers. Comments and suggestions for improvements are highly appreciated.
B--rian
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Printed Circuit Board manufacturing file for Radio Jove?
Nilkantha Gholap
# Printed Circuit Board manufacturing file for Radio Jove?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-19)

I woild like to build a **Radio Jove receiver** whose [design is available on NASA website](https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/). However, I don't want to purchase the receiver, I would like to make it, but but I don't have any knowledge about the [PCB design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board). **May
someone please help me to get the PCB manufacturing file?**

**Tags:** amateur-observing, radio-astronomy, jupiter
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: the [manual](https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/rcvr_manual.pdf) has a circuit diagram. If you need help with creating a pcb file. If you want advice with pcb manufacture, you may be better off asking at electronics  
> **username_2**: But go slow, Electronics SE is not as nice as Astronomy SE. So a simple question like "how can I make a PCB?" might get closed very quickly and down-voted.  
> **username_2**: The "X-ray view" in Figure 4 gives some indication of the traces. You could try redrawing that in some program. Or you could just get some perforated board (remember that?) and to a bunch of soldering. There's a good chance though that it wouldn't work; it's easy to overheat the transistors unless you use sockets.  
> **username_3**: @uhoh I summarized the comments into an accessible answer to simplify life of the readers. Comments and suggestions for improvements are highly appreciated.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-05-28. Score: 1

As [@JamesK](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/2365/james-k) already mentioned in a comment, the [RCV manual](https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/rcvr_manual.pdf) contains a circuit diagram on page 14:

[![Circuit diagram](https://i.sstatic.net/SDr4Z.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/SDr4Z.png)

From your question it is not clear to me how much experience you have with PCB design and which software you are using. Back in the days, I had contact with [Autodesk's EAGLE](https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/), but there are [other free PCB alternatives](https://alternativeto.net/software/eaglecad/?license=free) like [librepcb](https://librepcb.org/). In worst case, you do in fact have to redraw your design.

For prototyping, so-called [breadboards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard) do a pretty good job, which was mentioned in the comments as well by [@uhoh](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/7982/uhoh).

### References

* On electronics.SE: [Is there a directory of open source hardware projects?](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/5424/is-there-a-directory-of-open-source-hardware-projects)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: *Beautiful!* Thanks for putting everything together in an answer post.  

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