Ok i am using one of the 150w amps (BW do them aswell i think) and just a standard PLL driver (500mw-1w)
I have boxed it all up and all is working fine but i get a hummmmm when i turn the radio up full when on the dead carrier.
I have used a 300w toroidal transformer and two 10000uF smoothing caps.
I know the placement of the boards in relation to the transformer is important and i took that into account when boxing it up but i still get the hum/buzzing.
I have tryied so many things now but no success although i twisted the transformer round a little and the humm seems to be a little quieter (why is that?)
Could it just be my cheap dummy load? or anything other than the transmitter.
As i turn the power up though the humm gets worse/louder.
This is so frustrating, i have spent hours trying to fix it.
I just hope someone can suggest something. Ive got a feeling it will be something simple (it must be right?)
Humm!
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Is your power supply stabilized? If not, you are adding a bit of AM 100Hz signal to your carrier, you can hear it
as humm.
Why not use a switching power supply?
as humm.
Why not use a switching power supply?
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I think ive done it!
A ground loop i belive (you may be able to verify)
Took me a while to find it but i fixed it by just connecting the negative of the rectifier straight to ground instead of having a ground wire going from the smoothing cap to the amp ground plane. So no ground wire to the smoothing caps now
Brilliant!!
I knew it would be something like that... one wire!
cheers again for your help and time Marko!
A ground loop i belive (you may be able to verify)
Took me a while to find it but i fixed it by just connecting the negative of the rectifier straight to ground instead of having a ground wire going from the smoothing cap to the amp ground plane. So no ground wire to the smoothing caps now
Brilliant!!
I knew it would be something like that... one wire!
cheers again for your help and time Marko!
It must be stabilized than, good.
Best regards,
Marko - PCS Electronics
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Just tested it properly. There is still some hum there but not as much.
However, when i power the exciter with my bench PSU and run the rest as normal there is no humm atall so the problem lies in the supply to the exciter i imagine?
I am just using a 7812 regulator decoupled with a 0.1uf and 47uf on the input and output of the regulator. Any other tips ?
cheers
However, when i power the exciter with my bench PSU and run the rest as normal there is no humm atall so the problem lies in the supply to the exciter i imagine?
I am just using a 7812 regulator decoupled with a 0.1uf and 47uf on the input and output of the regulator. Any other tips ?
cheers
One thing, it is best to place amp and exciter in separate boxes. This is why all major
big-power transmitters are always separated above, say 200-500W of power.
big-power transmitters are always separated above, say 200-500W of power.
Best regards,
Marko - PCS Electronics
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Yeh i would do if it was that kind of power.pcs wrote:One thing, it is best to place amp and exciter in separate boxes. This is why all major
big-power transmitters are always separated above, say 200-500W of power.
I know it cant be audio getting into the RF stage on the exciter. Its the power to the exciter even though i have it on a decoupled regulator.
strange
Post a photo!
Marko
Marko
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