Circuit diagram of AM Modulator based on triode valve/tube

Hi Robert, Your request is very broad. What frequencies are involved? Are you talking about modulating an RF signal with audio? What type of tube do you have in your simulator?

Tom

Hi Tom, This is just for a piece of college work, but tha tube I have is an ECC36 (I guess from Mullard). I am only looking at a modulation frequency of around 1Khz, the standard audio test tone, on a 200kHz carrier.

Regards,

Robert.

Tom Biasi wrote:

Lots of stuff on here. Took me 30 seconds using Google.

Look under "Transmission Of Signals".

Where you will find some modulator circuits using triodes

Plate (anode) modulation:-

Grid modulation:-

a Class C amplifier with plate modulation from a Class B modulator:-

Go to a library and find an ARRL Handbook from the years 1935 to 1970. Those have several chapters on AM modulation, with theory and actual working transmitters and modulators.

The "Theory" in these books is not quite up to EE textbook standards, but good enough for most purposes.

BTW did you know it's possible to make a very good AM transmitter by taking an old tube AA5 radio, swapping the audio output and converter tubes, and moving 4 wires? Cool^3 IMHO.

Now that you know it can be done, doing so is left as an exercise for the reader :)

I don't have anything with that tube but basic triode modulator circuits are all over the net.

Try here:

Tom