Just a quick followup from the previous video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgiakIxMjfI&t=104s
Where I do the two tone test against the 70 W amplifier kit. Funnily enough just after I finished the video two more IRF530s gave their lives - next vid will definitely have the temperature protection in.
Here's the video and site I mentioned with all the mods
https://f5npv.wordpress.com/irf530-mosfet-amplifier/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0BD5l2JrfU
(thank you for the tip Peter - for some reason your comments aren't appearing on the previous video)
Schematic
https://github.com/thaaraak/70W-Amplifier/blob/main/70W-Amplifier.pdf
0:00 Intro
1:08 Test Setup with Magnis as Exciter
3:01 Two tone with Magnis as Baseline
3:50 Magnis on Spectrum Analyzer
5:19 Two tones not quite Pure?
5:39 Two tone from the Amplifier
7:00 Amplifier on the Spectrum analyzer
8:44 Close up of Amplifier and other mods to do
11:31 Some tests with a 15 ohm resistor at R6 (see schematic link)
11:54 on the oscilloscope
12:23 and on the spectrum analyzer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvDppBOvhtI
This video completes the series with the transmitter assembly, power testing and on the air.
The 15W QRPoMeter can be found on eBay. I have nothing to to with this product but its a fun and effective little kit
https://www.ebay.com/itm/QRPoMeter-Digital-15W-QRP-Wattmeter-Dummy-Load-VSWR-Meter-Kit/254438084535
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjk74vSZF8o
Final build video with driver, finals and testing.
One note, the initial testing was done with 7 Mhz. This is wrong. The build is for the 30, 20 and 17m bands and that is why the signal produced on 40m was not a pure sine.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t--Jya1244Q
Dan Tayloe's original document
http://www.norcalqrp.org/files/Tayloe_mixer_x3a.pdf
The Eagle files for the board are here
https://github.com/thaaraak/Tinypico-Radio/tree/master/eagle
No changes to the micropython source for this video
I meant to say LM4562 - https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm4562.pdf
A separate debugging video is here:
https://youtu.be/EarY64Lf3ls
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwBk3jIxszI
The Transmit Mixer is complete but I encounter a problem with the stability of the single
Edit: I say "Pre-Amp" at the end of the video - I meant to say Power Amplifier which is the stage following the Transmit Mixer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7JAt2XCrvA
This is part two of the amplifier build I started in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Vtk0D06S8
In this video I build up the power supply as well as the first stage of the amplifier.
0:00 Power Supply and Regulator schematic
1:14 A quick note on the SMD components
2:42 Power supply installed and tested
3:44 IRF530 Gate bias circuitry
4:11 Quick note on the SMD diodes
4:32 Bias circuitry installed and tested
6:10 First stage circuit
6:56 Overview of first stage on the board
8:01 A note on winding binocular cores
8:35 T1 Wound and installed
9:13 First stage ready to test
10:02 Waveform at base on oscilloscope
10:36 Waveform at collector on oscilloscope
11:27 Waveform after T1 on oscilloscope - and wrapup
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepM3m3cb1Y
In this video I install the receive switch which completes this build series. I then test receive functionality
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkn2m39RLz8
In this video I continue the Magnis SDR build series by installing the power supply circuitry and the si570
For the adventurous or those without a hot air gun here's W2AEW's si570 soldering tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJFd7-nzrH0
0:00 Intro
1:05 Power supply board description
1:43 Testing the power supply
3:13 Installing the uControler filter caps, LED and crystal
4:20 Firing up the uController
4:55 Getting and I2C error
5:25 I2C fixed
6:23 si570 installed
7:07 A quick diversion into the uController C code
9:17 Testing the si570
10:54 si570 Output on the Oscilloscope
11:42 74AC74 D-type flip flop installed
13:23 Quadrature output on the Oscilloscope
13:58 Wrap up and Next Steps
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZyBIEiMvoU