Dazza Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 I really want to make a TV transmitter, I have several uses for it mostly I want it for my arcade machine project.I have found this project some time ago from POPTRONIX, but there are a few things I am unsure of, firstly whether it will work for me in Australia and secondly (T1) 4.5-MHz 1F-can-style RF transformer , I have a heap of these RF transformers that I have salvaged, but I don't know how to tell if any of them are suitable, would it be possible to make my own? anyone have any idea. I am a little unsure on what I'm looking for, when searching for an alternative component.Thanks for any help :).TVTransmitb_3.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 G'day Mate,Its picture would be upside down, wouldn't it? You would need to drink many Guinness to turn it around! ;D ;DThe Poptronix project is meant for North America, I don't have a clue about Australia's channel frequencies or whether your TV stations' sound carrier is 4.5MHz from the picture carrier. Actually, you don't need to know the sound to picture spacing. Just use the sound transformer from a junked TV. Do you know the different look of a sound IF transformer from a picture IF transformer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Hi audioguru, Thanks for your reply.So that means every time I use my TV transmitter, I will have to have a Guinness, O well if that's what it takes :P ;D.I have a lot of bits and pieces from old video recorders, maybe there's some think in their.No I don't really know what I'm looking for, but I certainly can get a hold of plenty of old TV's. Would their be anything else that would need to be modified, that sounds too easy.Actually I have a little old colour TV that I can take the back off and take a snapshot ;D, or maybe I could even scrap that TV the picture quality isn't very good anyway ;D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Hi Dazza,Your TVs have a sound IF of 5.5MHz. The transformers look to be the same except for their numbers. You might need a service manual to find the right one. Nothing else needs to be changed but what about channel frequencies? Does the article say anything about RF frequency? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Hi audioguru,I'll post the entire page, it's from the data section of the Dick Smith catalogue.It says to use between channel 2 and Channel 6 when attempting to align the transmitter, I'll do a search to find out what those frequencies are for North America after this post.Well that's really good news :D, if that's the only real hassle I will have with this project is T1. I guess if it comes down to it, I could use trial and error :o. Is there any simple way of measuring these transformers?, maybe an AC voltage at the primary, and then measure the voltage at the secondary, this may give a bit of an idea of the ratio between the two windings ???, I don't really know I'm just guessing here ;D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 North America TV channels frequencies channel 2 to 6CH limits MHz2 54-603 60-664 66-725 76-826 82-88I got this from a calculator I found on the net, hopefully it is accurate.It looks as though there is only about one channel difference to Australia's channels, so I could align the transmitter to channels between 1 and 5,all of which are free except for Channel 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Hi Dazza,It looks like Australia's TV channels 3, 4 and 5 are in the FM broadcast band. That's dumb! ???Don't the picture carriers make a big noise from an analog-tuned FM radio that tune through them? BUZZZZ!The Poptronix project should give details about the sound IF transformer, its mfr and part no. or the mfr name and model of the TV set it comes from.I've never measured one, but maybe all TV sound IF transformers simply have a primary to secondary ratio of one. Then any of them would work fine in your project. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alun Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Not if their inductance and parasitic capacitance are critical.You can also buy ready made low power TV transmitters - you know the ones used in your VCR to connect it to the TV's RF input.You could just connect an amplifier on the end to boost the signal and if you know the frequency you could go for a class C ampllifier to boost the power even more and increase the eficency too. I'v also managed to transmit the picture from my old master system games console accross my bedroom (about 3 meters) by inserting a 150mm piece of wire in the back of the RF jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi audioguru, Alun,Yes that does sound dumb audioguru, but I haven't noticed any interference ???, but what can you expect from people that walk upside down ;D. Yes the project does give some information about the transformer, including its part number and manufacturer, but I can't find any info about it anywhere on the net ???. I attached the entire project and details PDF, with my first post ;).Alun, Thanks for the suggestion, alternative method :). When I was very young I had one of those very basic tennis computer games that you played on your TV, I didn't even have to connect it to the TV, it would work from some distance away 8).Ok, I think I'll just put this thing together, and then report back with an almost working unit ;D.Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it :) :) :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi Sasi,Can you offer me any more info for this component"IFT ?", did you make this project?Thanks for your reply :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi,Can anyone tell me if those are inductors in the pic posted above, the "blue things" I'm pretty certain that they are ;D.They have coloured dots on them, can anyone tell me how to workout their value? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi Dazza,The blue things are probably inductors and should have an "L" number beside them. Their two dots probably indicate their value in uH. The problem is which way is up (or down) so that it might be brown and green which would be 15, or 51. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi, audioguru, Sasi,Yes there is an "L" printed on the PCB, and if I would have taken a closer look, I would of scene that there was a very small inductor symbol ::). There are three dots one large 1 on the side and 2 on top, for example large dot Brown, two small dots on top black then Brown.Sasi, how well did your TV transmitter perform? Good quality picture, how good was its range when using a telescopic whip Arial :).I'm going away for a couple of days over Easter, so I should have this project completed by the end of next week.Have a good Easter everyone, and drive safely if you are going away for the Easter break ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Hi :),I'm having a problem deciding which capacitor to use for C7 & C9, it says that it is a 2.2 pF in the parts list, but in the schematics it is a 22pF ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Hi Dazza,2.2pF is just about nothing. I use about 22pF in my FM transmitter that operates at the same frequency. Here you have C7 and C9 in series across the coil making 11pF which is about right. 1.1pF across the coil would be half of nothing? ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Thanks audioguru :),Actually I did go ahead and solder in two 22pF, not because I thought it was the right capacitor, it was because the coin I flipped came up heads ;D.There is one final thing I am unsure of :-[, L1 0.15uH miniature inductor? I don't have a listing for it, any idea on how to wind it myself :-\ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Hi Dazza,For my FM transmitter I made simple coils and used 5pF to 35pF variable trimcaps to tune from about 85Mhz to about 110MHz. You might need more range which is had with a variable inductor like in the project. My trimcaps are very difficult to tune to any certain frequency but an inductor will be multi-turn for better resolution. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 So far so good, project completed and I can see a very bad quality picture on my little portable TV, with no sound and no colour, Channel 5 seems to work best.Q4, is getting hot I can hold my fingers on it for about two seconds, should it be getting this hot ??? Maybe this is a sign that some think isn't right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted April 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Hi,I thought I might post an update, on my progress with this project.Well I'm very glad I've taken on this project, it's been a very good learning experience 8). Even though I still can't get the bl__dy thing to work properly >:( ;D.The picture quality it transmits is now pretty good, and I'm confident I can improve its picture quality and range 8), but the big problem I'm having is getting the sound to come through. I'm determined to do my best to get this thing working without asking for any more help, so I'm going to keep at it until I get it to work ;), or until I run out of patience and accidentally stand on it a few times or have to ask for help ;D ;D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elby_lk Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 hai everybody..i'm indonesian.i need some help to make a tv TX.but i dont have a schematic this one.i need like a tv Tx with PLL design and i thinks this more stable than not use PLL.thanks :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahrukh Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Hi,Dazza,I am new here.Wanted to know whether that circuit worked or not.Just planning to make something like that.Thought it might be a good project. Tell me what happened about that.Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Hi, shahrukh :)Sorry for the late reply, the TV transmitter is still an unfinished project, I couldn't get the right RF transformer (T1) so I could not get the sound to come through :(.I did manage to get it to transmit a very good quality colour picture over a short distance, however I was transmitting to a very old portable TV, and when transmitting to a more modern TV the image was not very good.Regards Dazza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahrukh Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 It's ok Dazza.I thought that RF transformer is not a problem.As,Mr. Audioguru said that any IF transformer from a TV would work.Can u tell me what specifications are required for it.You said the image wasn't good.So,what do u think so about that.Is the circuit wrong somewhere or ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 I think the circuit is too simple for a good picture. A real TV transmitter uses a complex wideband video amp and RF tuning that is wide and flat for one sideband. The sound in this project spec's a 4.5MHz transformer used in United States TVs. Other parts of the world use a 5.5MHz transformer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedeal Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 hi, the project is so good,i like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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