2 Transistor Mini FM Transmitter


Posted on Feb 6, 2014

This is a mini FM transmitter built and powered using 2 transistors, designed by Tony van Roon. This small transmitter is simple to build and its transmissions could be picked up on any common FM radio. It possesses a range of approximately 1/4-mile (400 meters) or even more, depending on the line-of-sight, obstructions by big buildings, and so on


2 Transistor Mini FM Transmitter
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. It`s excellent for room monitoring, baby listening, nature exploration, and many others. Nothing critical here. To get a bit of tuning out of the coil you could put a 4-40pF trimmer capacitor (optional) parallel over the 1 H coil, L1. C1/C4 and C5/C6 are ceramic capacitors, preferably NPO (low noise) types. C2/C3 are electrolytic or can be tantalum types. The antenna is nothing more than a piece of 12 ³ wire or a piece of piano wire from 6 ³ to 12 ³. Set your FM radio for a clear, black spot in the lower end of the band (88MHz). Then, using a non-conductive/non-metallic trimmer tool, fine-tune this capacitor to find the clearest reception. A little bit testing and patience might be in order. Almost all of the components values aren`t crucial, so you are able to attempt adjusting them to see what occurs. In the event you determine to substitute transistors with something similar you currently have, it possibly needed alter the collector voltage of Q1 by altering the value of R2 or R3 (because you change transistors, it changes this bias on the base of Q1). It ought to be about 1/2 the power supply voltage (about 4 or 5volts). The default for the capacitors kind is ceramic, preferably the npo 1% (low noise) kind or equivalent. But generally almost nothing vital right here. Use any capacitor you`ve laying around, but NO electrolytic or tantalum caps. Only in case you intend to use this circuit outside the house you might...




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