The circuit is basically a radio frequency (RF) oscillator that operates around 100 MHz. Audio picked up and
amplified by the electret microphone is fed into the audio amplifier stage built around the first transistor. Output
from the collector is fed into the base of the second transistor where it modulates the resonant frequency of
the tank circuit (the 5 turn coil and the trimcap) by varying the junction capacitance of the transistor. Junction
capacitance is a function of the potential difference applied to the base of the transistor. The tank circuit is
connected in a Colpitts oscillator circuit.
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Place the transmitter about 10 feet from a FM radio. Set the radio to somewhere about 89 - 90 MHz. Walk back to
the Fm Tx and turn it on. Spread the winding of the coil apart by approximately 1mm from each other. No coil winding should be touching another winding. Use a small screw driver to tune the trim cap. Remove the screwdriver from the trim screw after every adjustment so the LC circuit is not affected by stray capacitance. Or use a plastic screwdriver. If you have difficulty finding the transmitting frequency then have a second person tune up and down the FM dial after every adjustment. One full turn of the trim cap will cover its full range of capacitance from 6pF to 45pF. The normal FM band tunes in over about one tenth of the full range of the tuning cap. So it is best to adjust it in steps of 5 to 10 degrees at each turn. So tuning takes a little patience but is not difficult. The reason that there must be at least 10 ft. separation between the radio and the Tx is that the Tx emits harmonics; it does not only emit on one frequency but on several different frequencies close to each other.
NOTE:
You may experiment with using 6V or 9V with the circuit to see how this increases the range of the transmitter. The sensitivity may be increased by lowering the 22K resistor to 10K. Try it and see.
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