NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

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NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Gigahertz » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:09 pm

Just wondering if any of you guys have a copy of either the Veronica or NRGkitz 50mW transmitter design.

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by teckniqs » Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:50 pm

I haven't but back in the day I heard it was a decent little kit and works very well for what it is.

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Gigahertz » Fri Oct 04, 2019 4:39 pm

Had both versions years ago and they were decent units. Just wanted a evening project for a bit of fun.

Remember Kanga had a brief encounter with NRG but just spoken to the guy to see if he had any documentation left but it all went on to guys in London and Blackpool 🤔

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by 1608cc » Fri Oct 04, 2019 4:57 pm

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Many years ago Polish pirates made their own version called "NRGv6". It's better than original :D

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Standard version :

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Micro version :

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Gigahertz » Fri Oct 04, 2019 5:33 pm

1608cc, top man thank you 👍

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by radium98 » Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:18 am

done a few years before .two bf494
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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Bton-FM » Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:12 pm

It is in the file

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Albert H » Thu Oct 10, 2019 12:51 am

I used to build something similar, but using a pair of FETs to really lightly load the tuned circuit. I also experimented with etched coils, but the best results were obtained with a single 12 turn coil, with taps every two turns. The coil was fiddly to make, but when you've made a couple of them, you get the hang of it. The oscillator is remarkably stable and very clean. It's a sort of first cousin of the "Kallitron" oscillator, which I first saw in a G2DAF communications receiver design. The basic version of the circuit was stable to within 100 Hz for an hour at 30 MHz, but adding a "huff and puff" stabiliser was really worthwhile because it would then stay on tune indefinitely.
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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Bton-FM » Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:46 pm

where can I buy BF494's?

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by radium98 » Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:57 pm

Bf495 bf199 all work

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Bton-FM » Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:32 pm

Thanks radium :tup

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Gigahertz » Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:44 pm

Might be missing it on circuit diagram on both but it states VCD1 on standard and on micro it has VC1 & VC2 but what values are theses ?

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by 1608cc » Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:07 pm

VC1 : 22pF green film trimmer (Philips, BC components or now Vishay)

VD1, VD2 : BB809, BB409, BB109, BB329, BB529, KB109 (KV1310 only for ori NRG)

It is described in "wykaz elementów generatora.doc" in nrg6 folder ;)

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by radium98 » Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:26 am

bb105 x 2 facing cathode ,bb204 any vhf varicap will suite .

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by 1608cc » Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:36 am

radium98 wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:26 am bb105 x 2 facing cathode ,bb204 any vhf varicap will suite .
Unfortunately not... BBxx9 has higher capacitance... There were tests and You need to put 2 BB105 (even 3 to cover all 88-108 band, if You want to use PLL) in parallel instead one BB809. And also sound quality will drop - only BBxx9 offers the best parameters (same loud on 88 and 108, low noise ratio). Circuit was originaly matched to BB809 not BB105/204.

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Albert H » Thu Oct 24, 2019 8:33 am

A friend of mine built one of these the other day (as a baby alarm) and just used reverse-biased LEDs for the varicaps. He painted them black to prevent light affecting the frequency (and adding mains hum to the modulation). He had to add a single transistor audio amplifier stage to get enough modulation from an electret microphone. He tuned it to 85 MHz and uses a Japanese band portable to monitor his new daughter!
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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Bton-FM » Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:52 am

I've started building this.What ferrite bead is on the power input?How many turns should I put on it?

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Gigahertz » Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:48 pm

Albert H wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 8:33 am A friend of mine built one of these the other day (as a baby alarm) and just used reverse-biased LEDs for the varicaps. He painted them black to prevent light affecting the frequency (and adding mains hum to the modulation). He had to add a single transistor audio amplifier stage to get enough modulation from an electret microphone. He tuned it to 85 MHz and uses a Japanese band portable to monitor his new daughter!
People round here are using PMR446 radios on VOX as baby monitors.

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by yellowbeard » Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:50 pm

Bton-FM wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:52 am I've started building this.What ferrite bead is on the power input?How many turns should I put on it?
It's a standard 3mm ferrite bead with 5 turns enameled wire on it.

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Re: NRGkitz or Veronica 50mW circuit diagram

Post by Bton-FM » Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:30 pm

thanks yellow beard

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