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144 MH preamplifier with BF981

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Uploaded Ap il 19' h 2000 De ign of a p eamplifie fo 144 MH i h 1 dB NF and 23 dB gain ing BF981.

The fini hed amplifie . Background Thi amplifie i ing a lo co ilicon MOSFET (BF981 f om Philip ) o gi e mo e han 20 dB gain i h a o nd 1 dB noi e fig e on 2 me e . Yo can b ild mo e ad anced lo noi e amplifie ing GaA FET' , b he d al ga e MOSFET i no bad pe fo me - he diffe ence in noi e fig e ma no e en ho p on e e ial pa h. Be ide i ' a lo mo e fo gi ing in e m of acciden al de c ion - and i ' cheape ! Mechanical design The amplifie i b ild on a do ble ided boa d mea ing 25 50 mm. The ppe ide f nc ion a a g o nd plane and he ace a e on he lo e ide. The boa d can ei he be b ild in o he adio o mo n ed in a mall me al bo i h BNC connec o .

The amplifie i b ild on a mall PCB. Electrical design The diag am i ho n belo . The inp ci c i i a e ie an fo ma ion, he o p ci c i a "no mal" pa allel ci c i i h a capaci i e o p ap. A hi amplife ha high gain, he e i p o i ion fo a pi-a en a o on he o p . Bia ing of he an i o i done i h a o ce e i o / ol age di ide and i h ol age di ide on bo h ga e1 and ga e2. Thi ci c i igh l con ol he DC pa ame e of he an i o . 2oe.dk/radio/bf981/981.html

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gate2. This circuit tightly controls the DC parameters of the transistor.

L2, L3: 5.25 turn 0.25 mm cu-wire on Neosid form K3312, F100 slug. Ci c i de ail The input circuit is a bit unusual as it uses a series inductor L2 to step the 50 ohm generator impedance up to 1600 ohm, which is the optimum gate impedance for noise matching. L2 resonates with C4 in parallel with the gate1 input capacitance. This minimises the loaded Q of the input circuit - important to keep insertion loss down - and the correct impedance (noise) match is fixed by design. The output circuit is a parallel circuit with with L3, C6 and C8. The capacitive tap C6/C8 sets the drain impedance to 2 kohm. This also determines the gain.

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Componen la o . T ne p When po e ing p fo he fi ime, a b checking he DC c and L3 fo ma im m ignal. Fo be noi e ma ch e a eak nmod la ed ignal and a ecei pp e ion. B ing a ignal a he noi e h e hold, he FM (o PM) de ec o he C/N, o o can ne fo op im m noi efig e b ea ! An e n llified b he limi e in he FM ecei e . A en a or The can be a lo ed o o pecific need - hich ho ld be "no mo e han eno gh" - b ha ing an a en a o a he o p of he amplifie . The follo ing able ho e i o al e fo diffe en a en a ion. en con mp ion of ab . 20 mA. Then adj L2

e in FM mode. Then ne onl L2 fo be noi e in he ecei e ill "amplif " an imp o emen of l ing a ia ion of he p eamplifie gain ill be

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I ha e b ild and mea ed man of he e amplifie , and he ha e almo iden ical pe fo mance. The pical e l i h a 3-dB o p a en a o i ho n he e:

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Noise figure and gain from 130 to 160 MH . NF is 1.3 dB and gain 20 dB on 145 MH . PCB' and componen When I have the PCB la out converted to a proper file format, I'm going to post it here - until then the best I can offer, is a scan of the original artwork. Ask me. At the moment I'm unable to help with etched PCB's, however I still have the special Neosid coil forms and cans.

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