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50MHz 10mW AM Transmitter

2022.11.20 Draft

The circuit was designed by late JH1FCZ and kitted by his FCZ lab as model
TX-502 many years ago. It is now reborn.

See the block diagram. Q1 2SC1815Y is for 3rd overtone oscillator. Q2


2SC1815Y is for Class C amplification. Both L1 and L2 will help filter the
spurious. LM386 is the AM modulator, and C7 in parallel with R7 will help
the modulation depth.
Part List:
Designator Value Remarks
R1 100K

R2 10K

R3 470R

R4 1K

R5 2K2

R6 4K7

R7 100R
C2, C4 0.01uF Monolithic 103, Light Green
C9 0.047uF Monolithic 473, Light Green
C5, C6 10uF 106, Polarized, Long Lead for
Positive
C7, C8 100uF 107, Polarized, Long Lead for
Positive
C1, C3 15pF. Don’t Schematic typo: C1 near L2
install if L1 should be C3
and L2 have
built in
capacitors
Ch 220uH RFC

IC1 LM386 DIP Install Socket First


with Socket

LED 3mm RED Polarized, Long Lead for


Positive
Q1, Q2 2N3904 Compare the PCB markings
Additional e pin is not used
L1, L2 FCZ 07S50
coil
equivalent

If it has built-in tubular


capacitor, you don’t need to
solder C1 and C3
Crystal 16.777MHz Japan has its own crystal.
ECM/MIC MIC Polarized, the case connects to
GND
ANT SMA Socket

VCC/POW 9V Battery Red Wire for positive


Holder

Alignment:
1. You will need a multi meter and a 50MHz AM receiver at minimum. It is
a plus if you have access to an oscilloscope. If you have access to a
spectrum analyzer, even tinySA, it will be very helpful.
2. Power on with 9V battery or regulated DC power supply, the red LED
should be ON. If you connect the polarization incorrectly, your
LM386 will be likely dead, so be very careful. Measure the overall
current consumption and it will be somewhere at 25mA.
3. Connect a 50 ohm dummy load to the ANT socket. Use oscilloscope to
measure the waveform. If you cannot see a sine wave, you should adjust
the core of L1 higher. If you don’t have access to an oscilloscope, you
can plug in a piece of wire to ANT socket to radiate so you can monitor
with your AM receiver. Speak to the microphone and you should hear.
4. Adjust the cores of L1 and L2 to make the signal louder and voice
clearer. Sometimes they cannot coexist. To get purer signal, you will
likely sacrifice the signal a bit. If you use tinySA like me, you can
clearly see the spurious. When you don’t talk to the microphone, you
can get 10dBm (10mW at 9V) carrier signal and about -30dBc spurious
suppression.

5. You can also go with the classic way to measure with a RF probe at point
a, b and c on PCB, as instructed by JH1FCZ in his book or article.
6. With a resonant antenna, you can use it a wireless microphone, or you
can use it together with the regenerative receiver by a DPDT switch to
make a tiny walkie-talkie.

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