Showing posts with label Radio Antenna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Radio Antenna. Show all posts

Saturday, November 26, 2011

144 MHz Simple RF Detector Circuit

144 MHz Simple RF Detector Circuit
This simple circuit helps you sniff out RF radiation from your transmitter, improper joints, a broken wire or poor equipment with RF shielding. The tester is designed for the radio band amateur 2 meter (144-146 MHz in Europe). The instrument has a reading of 4-step LED and an audible alarm for high voltage radiation. The RF signal is received by an antenna and made to resonate by C1-L1. After rectification by the diode D1, the signal is fed to a two transistor Darlington amplifier HighGain, T2-T3. Assuming a 10-inch telescoping antenna using the RF level scale established for the LEDs is as follows:

When all the LEDs light, the (optional) UM66 sound / melody generator chip (IC1) also operates and provides an audible alarm. By changing the zener diode values ​​of D2, D4, D6 and D8, the step size and duration of the instrument may change as needed. To operate in other bands of ham or PMR, simply change the network-L1 C1 resonance.

For example, a transceiver 5 watt handheld equipped with a telescoping half-wave antenna (G = 3.5 dBd), there is an ERP (Effective Radiated Power) of just 10 watts and an emf of more than 8 volts near the head. Inductor L1 consists of 2.5 turns of 20 SWG (approximately 1 mm in diameter) enameled copper wire. The inner diameter is approximately 7 mm and no core is used.

Trimmer capacitor C1 associates is adjusted for the greatest number of LEDs to light at a relatively low fieldstrength position for a 2 m transceiver 145 MHz transmission. The tester is powered by a 9 V battery and consumes about 15 mA when all LEDs are on. Must be enclosed in a metal box.
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Friday, November 25, 2011

AN7415 FM Stereo Demodulator

AN7415 FM Stereo Demodulator
The circuit shown is a stereo FM PLL demodulator designed based on the AN7415. C1 is the input coupling capacitor to block any DC voltage present on the multiplexed input signal. LED D1 is an LED and R1 is the current limiting resistor. C4 and C5 are DC decoupling capacitors to the output channels left and right. C2 and C3 are bypass capacitors for noise output channels left and right. POT R2 can be used to adjust the separation between channels.

The resistor R5 and capacitors C7 and C8 form a network of low-pass filter for the internal DC amplifier circuit (see block diagram AN7415). C10 is a filter capacitor for the internal amplifier circuit Schmitt trigger IC. C9 is a filter capacitor for the circuit wave surge inside the AN7415. Resistor R3, R4 and capacitor C6 POT set the time constant of internal VCO circuit. Therefore POT R4 can be used to adjust the frequency of the VCO. A control signal 19KHz frequency is available in 12 pin IC. The switch S1 can be used to activate and deactivate the forced mono.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

FM Transmitter circuit using 2N2222

FM transmitter circuit using 2N2222
The FM transmitter circuit is using NPN transistor 2N2222. The L1 and C1 producess necessary oscillations Q1.The collector capacity C4, R3 and R4 resistor performs the function of the output mix theaudio to stereo player or i-emitter resistor R2 Pod.The provides sufficient stability for circuit.It also limits the collector current increse the battery.

With this circuit compact FM adapter connected to the audio output of your cassette player or i pod words, you can listen to your favorite music on the car track is stereo.This doesnot handy if your car stereo has an auxiliary circuit outlet is not to buy a short-range FM transimitter.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

AM Portable Receiver Using ZN414

AM Portable Receiver Using ZN414
a AM portable ​​radio receiver using ZN414 IC. The ZN414 ic has now been replaced by the MK484 which is identical in performance and pinout.

Designed around the popular ZN414 IC this receiver covers the range of medium wave band of approximately 550 to 1600 KHz with the values ​​indicated. The condenser coil and tuning can be taken from an old MW radio to save time. The ZN414 IC, has been replaced by the MK484. The integrated circuit is a 3 pin, tuned circuit radio frequency, and incorporates several RF stages, automatic gain control and an AM detector. It's easy to overload and voltage of th IC is critical to success.

In this circuit a small voltage regulator turns on the transistor BC108B, 1N4148 diodes four, 2k7 and 10k resistor and the resistance of pre 820R. The 10k pot control acts as a receptor selectivity for all, control the operating voltage for the ZN414 (or MK484).

The audio amplifier is built on an investment of 741 op-amp amplifier circuit. Additional current pulse is provided by the BC109C / BC179 complementary pair of transistors to drive a 8 ohm speaker. The voltage gain full audio amplifier is around 15. The audio output of the complete receiver is really good and undistorted.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

FM Receiver / TV Tuner TDA7000

FM Receiver / TV Tuner  TDA7000FM Receiver / TV Tuner TDA7000

This simple one chip FM receiver / TV tuner will acquiesce you to accept frequencies from 70 up to 120MHz. With this baby receiver it is accessible to auto TV stations, absolute 88 - 108MHz FM band, aircraft chat and abounding added clandestine transmissions. It is a absolute accompaniment to any FM Transmitter abnormally if FM bandage in your breadth is actual crowded. TDA7000 receiver offers actual acceptable acuteness accordingly it will alike acquiesce you to auto weaker signals that cannot be heard on accepted FM receivers.

A accurate affection of presented TDA7000 FM receiver is a voltage controlled oscillator agnate to TV tuners that are acclimated in television sets. Abundance is acquainted by capricious the ascribe voltage to the oscillator. The advantage of this blazon of oscillator is that you can use approved 100K potentiometer to absolutely tune to a accustomed broadcast. Tuning can be performed abundant quicker and absolutely than by application a trimmer (variable capacitor). Trimmers will additionally about-face the abundance as you blow them area potentiometer will not. Trimmer additionally needs to be placed on receiver's PCB to abbreviate the devious capacitance area potentiometer can be calmly placed anywhere you appetite because it will not be afflicted by any alien capacitance.

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Mini FM Receiver Circuit Diagram

Mini FM Receiver Circuit DiagramMini FM Receiver Circuit Diagram

TDA7021T dent radio receiver abuttals is for carriageable radios, stereo as able as mono, breadth a minimum of abuttals is important in acceding of babyish abuttals and low cost. It is actually accordant for applications appliance the low-voltage micro affability adjustment (MTS). The IC has a affluence apprenticed angle (FLL) adjustment with an boilerplate affluence of 76 kHz. The selectivity is acquired by animate RC filters. The abandoned activity to be acquainted is the assault affluence of the oscillator. Interstation blubbering as able as blubbering from accepting bloodless signals is arrangement by a alternation aphasiac system.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Long Range AM Transmitter

Long Range AM transmitter circuitLong Range AM transmitter circuit Diagram

The ambit for a able AM transmitter application bowl resonator/filter of 3.587 MHz is presented here. Resonators/filters of added frequencies such as 5.5 MHz, 7 MHz and 10.7 MHz may additionally be used. Use of altered abundance filters/resonators will absorb agnate aberration in the amount of inductor acclimated in the catchbasin ambit of oscillator affiliated at the beneficiary of transistor T1.

The AF ascribe for accentuation is amid in alternation with emitter of transistor T1 (and resistor R4) application a transistor radio blazon audio disciplinarian agent as apparent in the circuit. Articulate RF achievement is developed beyond the catchbasin ambit which can be acquainted to resonance abundance of the filter/resonator with the advice of assemblage condenser C7. The abutting two stages formed application low-noise RF transistors BF495 are, in fact, affiliated in alongside for addition of articulate arresting accompanying from beneficiary of transistor T1 to bases of transistors T2 and T3. The accumulated achievement from collectors of T2 and T3 is fed to antenna via 100pF capacitor C4.

The ambit can be calmly accumulated on a general-purpose PCB. The ambit of the transmitter is accepted to be one to two kilometers. The ambit requires adapted 9-volt ability accumulation for its operation. Note: Dotted lined indicates added affiliation if a 3-pin clarify is acclimated in place.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Active AM Radio Antenna Amplifier / Preamplifier Circuit

Active AM Radio Antenna Amplifier / Preamplifier CircuitActive AM Radio Antenna Amplifier / Preamplifier Circuit



The antenna amplifier circuit has a part count of about 40, using the following active parts: 2 NPN transistors (BC548's), 1 MOSFET (BF981), 2 Varicap diodes (KV1235), as well as a 6v2 zener-diode. there is and a 330uH (micro Henry) inductor / coil, which can be modified for operation on other frequency bands.



Designed to work with a telescopic whip antenna, the amplifier circuit operates in the typical AM / MediumWave band of 550 - 1650 kHz (kilohertz), with a power requirement of 12 Volts DC. The circuit also has a gain control feature, so weather signals can be amplifier more, if need be. This amplification alteration is provided via, RV1



The amplifier circuit's output impedance is 50 Ohms, which is the standard for all of radio receivers, so it ought to work well along with your AM receiver.



Notes

This circuit is designed to amplify the input from a telescopic whip antenna. The preamplifier is designed to cover the medium waveband from about 550Khz to 1650Khz. The tuning voltage is supplied via RV2, a 10k potentiometer connected to the 12 Volt power supply.



RV1 is the gain control allowing weak signals to be amplified or strong signals to be attenuated. The control voltage is applied to gate 2 of TR1, a dual-gate MOSFET, the signal voltage applied via gate 1; the input signal being double tuned via the 330uH coil and the two KV1235 varicap diodes at the MOSFET's input and by the same components at the BF981 MOSFET's drain terminal. Both tuned circuits provide high selectivity across the entire tuning range. To aid stability the MOSFET stage is fed from a 6.2V zener stabilized supply.



To drive low impedance (50 ohm) receivers, the medium output impedance of the BF981 stage is enhanced by the composite amplifier made from Q2 and Q3. Q2 is operating in common emitter boosting voltage levels by just over 2, Q3 is operating in emitter follower providing the circuit with low output impedance.



Finally this active antenna can be used on other bands by changing the values of the 330uH coils. To perform on multiple bands switches or relays can be used to change the value of the coils.

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Friday, October 8, 2010

4 Transistor 500mW FM Transmitter Circuit Diagram

4 Transistor 500mW FM Transmitter Circuit Diagram4 Transistor 500mW FM Transmitter Circuit Diagram

As shown, the audio ascribe is a microphone, which uses 2 x 2N3904 as the microphone audio preamplifier. The audio/mic ascribe akin is adjustable by agency of a 5k preset / potentiometer.

The ambit uses a Colpitts oscillator for abundance generation, which is chargeless active and operates at the axiological abundance i.e. no circuitous abundance multiplication or control. The abundance affability basic of the ambit consists of 2 5pF (picoFarad) capacitors and a distinct 10uH (micro-Henry) inductor. These apparatus can be adapted if a change in abundance is appropriate - conceivably alike replaced with capricious capacitors (if you're up to the challenge).

An achievement RF amplifier takes the abundance produced by the Colpitts oscillator and amplifier to about about the 500mW (0.5 Watt) ambit - so this is the almost achievement ability of this FM transmitter. You are brash that back this transmitter operates at the axiological frequency, and because there is no achievement filter, there is acceptable to be some abundance alluvion and harmonics/spurious emissions.

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Friday, August 6, 2010

Multi-Band AM DSB Transmitter Circuit Shcematic

Multi-Band AM DSB Transmitter Circuit Shcematic Multi-Band AM DSB Transmitter Circuit Shcematic

The ambit of AM transmitter is advised to address (amplitude modulated) DSB (double ancillary band) signals. A articulate AM arresting consists of a carrier and two symetrically spaced ancillary bands. The two ancillary bands accept the aforementioned amplitude and backpack the aforementioned information. In fact, the carrier itself coveys or carries no information. In a 100% articulate AM arresting 2/3 rd of the ability is ashen in the carrier and alone 1/6th of the ability is independent in anniversary ancillary band.

In this transmitter we abolish the carrier and transmitt alone the two ancillary bands. The able achievement of the ambit is three times that of an agnate AM transmitter.

Op Amp IC741 is acclimated actuality as a microphone amplifier to amplify the articulation best up by the condenser microphone. The achievement of the op amp is fed to the bifold counterbalanced modulator (DBM) body about four IN4148 diodes. The accentuation akin can be adapted with the advice of preset VR1.

The carrier is generated application clear oscillator active about BC548 transistor T2. The carrier is added amplified by transistor T1, which additionally acts as a absorber amid carrier oscillator and the counterbalanced modulator. The alive abundance of the transmitter can be afflicted by application crystals of altered frequencies. For multi abundance operation, alternative of altered crystals can be fabricated application a selector switch.

Ths achievement of the DBM contains alone the artefact (of audio and carrier) frequencies. The DBM suppresses both the ascribe signals and produces bifold ancillary bandage suppressed carrier (DSBSC) at its output. However, back the diodes acclimated in the counterbalanced modulator are not absolutely matched, the achievement of the DBM does accommodate some balance carrier. This is accepted as carrier leakage. By adjusting the 100 ohm preset VR2 and trimmer C7 you can absent the carrier leakage.

To accept DSB signals you charge a exhausted abundance oscillator to reinsert the missing carrier. If you don't accept a exhausted abundance oscillator, or appetite to transmitt alone AM signal, acclimatize preset VR2 to aperture some carrier so that you can accept the signals on any accustomed radio receiver. In AM approach 100% accentuation can be accomplished by adjusting preset VR1 and VR2.

The DSBSC arresting accessible at the achievement of the counterbalanced modulator is amplified by two stages of RF beeline amplifiers. Transistor 2N2222A (T3) is acclimated as an RF pre amplifier, which provides abundant arresting addition to drive the final ability amplifier body about transistor SL100B. The achievement of the final ability amplifier is affiliated to the antenna.

All coils are to be anguish ferrite balun amount (same as acclimated in TV balun agent of admeasurement 1.4 cm * 0.6 cm) application 24 swg enameled chestnut wire. Proper calefaction bore should be provided for SL100B transistor acclimated as final ability amplifier.

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