Hi, Could anyone help me in designing a FM modulator with varactor diodes and a signal generator.
Pthoppay
Hi, Could anyone help me in designing a FM modulator with varactor diodes and a signal generator.
Pthoppay
If you have an old trans. radio with AFC you simply cut the AFC circuit anf instad of the control voltage you can put in Audio signals.
A sine osc. I assume is available.
I thought this group was unmoderated? If the OP has a "design" question and it's not homework, I would be happy to help.
BTW, I like GG.
Frank Raffaeli
Amazing what your selective trimming can do for the meaning of my post ... ;-)
What's your gripe with the gmail folks with a funny name? I assume you believe they're all after high-tech secrets, etc.
Your presumptions may outweigh you.
Frank Raffaeli
My apologies to the OP, for the diversion. If you need a VCO circuit, you need to specify the constraints. As for the FM modulation part - same story. Here is one that will do -120 dBc from 55MHz to 110 MHz:
There are a couple layout quirks, so write me before impementing it.
To the wordsmith troll and self-appointed moderator: should you have a genuine contribution to this thread regarding VCO's, now would be the opportune time to produce it.
Frank Raffaeli
Actually, you can. It's called the "phasing method" of generating FM.
John
The (vanished?) OP didn't specify. But with enough phase-shift stages...
And there are other ways to FM a fixed-frequency input.
John
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Where did the magic number 9 come from, especially without specifying the deviation?
Say, for example, a phase locked loop with the filter time constant chosen so as to not pass audio signals.
Jim
Right, that's one.
Anybody want to contribute others?
John
Audience note: A nice piece of artistic indirection--Phil is trying to get us to believe that the *other* guy is the troll. Note however that he always makes his entrance from under the stone bridge in the left background of the scene.
We now return you to our normal programming.
Cheers,
Phil Hobbs
A motorized trombone line;
A cascade of varactor-tuned 0/pi phase shifters (the ones with the +-1 gain amplifier and the RC lowpass on the + input, or the ones with a quadrature hybrid);
SSB mix with a high frequency tunable oscillator, run the results through a fixed delay, and mix back down again;
running it through a CCD delay line with a variable clock frequency;
Or even recording on reel-to-reel tape it and slowing the takeup reel with your thumb.
Cheers,
Phil Hobbs
Uurgh, haven't had my coffee this morning. Should have read, "Or even recording it on reel-to-reel tape and slowing the takeup reel with your thumb."
Cheers,
Phil Hobbs
troll .
If you say it's so Phil, it really must be true. yaaawwwwnnnnnn
diodes
generator.
f****it and
That's funny because the el-cheapo POS that I have has a sweep input. I didn't get it from DSE, so maybe that's why it's so fancy. ;-)
Where is my post Phil? As usual you have snipped away the context. If you'd like to debate with me, I'd appreciate it if you'd keep to the subject at hand even when you know that you're wrong. What about the sweep input Phil, couldn't the OP use that to FM the output signal? Waiting with bells on......
6V lantern battery, a 555, and a carbon mic. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
Indeed, but not in a wideband manner, which is probably what he wants. Not without multiplying it 9 or more times at least afterwards.
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As such, he is to be automatically treated as a hostile invader / troll .
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deviation?
When a newbie asks about a FM modulator it usually implies some kind of a FM radio band thingie and that implies fairly wide band modulation.
9 was just a first big practical number that popped into my head, but it'd probably have to be quite a bit more than 9 to get 75KHz with phase mod. I remember a ham 2m tx with a 8MHz crystal, phase modulator and a long series of multipliers to get it to 144MHz. And that was narrow band fm.-- Siol
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