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VCO
i need some help what is wrong in this vco why it does not oscillate it the scheme correct ?
i tried on a clad copper with bf494 and with bfr91 same
i tried on a clad copper with bf494 and with bfr91 same
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Re: VCO
Seasons greetings Mr Radium!
How do you know if its oscillating or not? Have you a oscilloscope to check? I suspect it IS actually oscillating, but not at the frequency you are expecting!
Oscillator frequency will be vastly affected by PCB size, stray capacitance/inductance amongst many other factors!
In the past experimenting with VCOs I would use temporary trimmer caps instead of fixed ones!
Also the coil can be stretched or compressed too!
Remember aswel the varicaps form part of the tank circuit and will be biased slightly via a small DC voltage (usually from PLL or potential divider)
Good luck!
How do you know if its oscillating or not? Have you a oscilloscope to check? I suspect it IS actually oscillating, but not at the frequency you are expecting!
Oscillator frequency will be vastly affected by PCB size, stray capacitance/inductance amongst many other factors!
In the past experimenting with VCOs I would use temporary trimmer caps instead of fixed ones!
Also the coil can be stretched or compressed too!
Remember aswel the varicaps form part of the tank circuit and will be biased slightly via a small DC voltage (usually from PLL or potential divider)
Good luck!
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Re: VCO
Dear sinus trouble thanks for you and happy nye 2018 in advance .sinus the same oscillator dont work on the main transmitter while i change the transistor from bfr90 to 91 to 93 and last with bf494 i used a trimmer pot to bias and scan all the band i also stretched the coil and used many varicaps too same problem i always use a frequency meter ,if u can help me can u manage the vco part on ure bench i will put the necessary files of the transmitter first now is the schematic only ?
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Re: VCO
It looks to me that the coil in the VCO should be where the 100k resistor is, and the varicap that's connected to L1 in the diagram should be grounded! The tuned circuit as drawn might resonate a bit, but it's going to be weak and low Q. For lowest phase noise, the usual wisdom is that the tuned circuit Q should be high.radium98 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2017 9:59 am TXFM 2010-2011 rev c.jpgDear sinus trouble thanks for you and happy nye 2018 in advance .sinus the same oscillator dont work on the main transmitter while i change the transistor from bfr90 to 91 to 93 and last with bf494 i used a trimmer pot to bias and scan all the band i also stretched the coil and used many varicaps too same problem i always use a frequency meter ,if u can help me can u manage the vco part on ure bench i will put the necessary files of the transmitter first now is the schematic only ?
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Re: VCO
Toroidal cores (the ring shaped ones) have much higher inductance and Q, and lower leakage inductance than the straight type.
The straight ferrite cores (the top two in your first image) have higher leakage inductance, lower Q and lower inductance than toroidal wound inductors but all of those parameters are better than air inductors. However, the downside is that they saturate at very low current and are quite lossy so aren't much use for output stages.
The bottom ones are ferrite beads. These add only tiny amounts of inductance to straight wires but often it's enough. They're not really inductors in the sense that the wires aren't meant to be inductors in the first place, although they exhibit inductance.
The straight ferrite cores (the top two in your first image) have higher leakage inductance, lower Q and lower inductance than toroidal wound inductors but all of those parameters are better than air inductors. However, the downside is that they saturate at very low current and are quite lossy so aren't much use for output stages.
The bottom ones are ferrite beads. These add only tiny amounts of inductance to straight wires but often it's enough. They're not really inductors in the sense that the wires aren't meant to be inductors in the first place, although they exhibit inductance.
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Re: VCO
thank you for the clarifications.happy nye 2018
another question in the schematic i posted above there is a transistor bc238 replaced in my place with bc548 that go out from the tsa5511 ic to the vco varicap i need to know is that normale that i dont have any voltage on its collector and if yes when i should have 12v
another question in the schematic i posted above there is a transistor bc238 replaced in my place with bc548 that go out from the tsa5511 ic to the vco varicap i need to know is that normale that i dont have any voltage on its collector and if yes when i should have 12v
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Re: VCO
BC548 would be fine in place of BC238.radium98 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:57 pm thank you for the clarifications.happy nye 2018
another question in the schematic i posted above there is a transistor bc238 replaced in my place with bc548 that go out from the tsa5511 ic to the vco varicap i need to know is that normale that i dont have any voltage on its collector and if yes when i should have 12v
If the voltage at the collector is zero, there may be a fault- check Vcc and 22k resistor.
If the voltage at the collector is low (few volts or less) then the TSA5511 may be detecting a high frequency and trying to pull the VCO to a lower frequency.
The voltage at the collector would be just under 12V if the PLL is detecting a low frequency and trying to pull the VCO to a higher frequency.
Sometimes if the VCO is not working, the PLL doesn't know what to do and the collector can go low or high. You need to make sure the VCO is working first.
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Re: VCO
hello
i dont think that i am too idiot while i have combined smart kit 3watt vco sk1187 with the two controls of this iw1cgw transmitter passing trought the board of control vincent and the second cotntrol rdvv through the tsa5511 input from the external vco and back from the tsa on board through to varicaps and have full band lock
i confirm VCO not and not working it is a mess no one could resolve it .
btw i have changing the varicaps to vhf ones.
please enjoy my contribution from two transmitters lol
i dont think that i am too idiot while i have combined smart kit 3watt vco sk1187 with the two controls of this iw1cgw transmitter passing trought the board of control vincent and the second cotntrol rdvv through the tsa5511 input from the external vco and back from the tsa on board through to varicaps and have full band lock
i confirm VCO not and not working it is a mess no one could resolve it .
btw i have changing the varicaps to vhf ones.
please enjoy my contribution from two transmitters lol
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Re: VCO
Analyser thanks for reply ,please look and compare this vco for atv band i tried it before for a project in that time and seems very similar to this fm one so how this work and the fm one not ,can u tel me in caompare to it what should i did .
about coils i have wound 9 turns on 6mm before also not oscillating how many turns you advise to wound .(3turns on 6mm)?
look at the picture i found onces did the same as he said not working but i can see that he removed the 2 27kohms resistor that bias the oscillator transistor and it looks led liting .
about coils i have wound 9 turns on 6mm before also not oscillating how many turns you advise to wound .(3turns on 6mm)?
look at the picture i found onces did the same as he said not working but i can see that he removed the 2 27kohms resistor that bias the oscillator transistor and it looks led liting .
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