Thursday 12 January 2017

BASIC Tech Group - MyNews 19 - Simple VFO varicap tuned

I recently did the course for the Intermediate Amateur Radio exam. Part of this course is to build a small piece of electronics, another part of the course is to calibrate a VFO. This teaches the understanding of not transmitting outside the Band edges.

I grabbed the opportunity to build a simple VFO, and because I am deep into Arduino designs I decided to design a varicap tuned VFO for 40m constructed on an Arduino Shield. Here's the schematic and PCB layout.

Screen Shot 2017 01 12 at 17 39 28

Screen Shot 2017 01 12 at 17 39 41

This is the finished board

IMG 0535

Showing the output on a frequency meter, at around 6.9MHz. The tuning range, without adjusting the coil, is 6.9-7,5MHz.

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