Thank you again for another Great video. Its so nice to see a review like this done so well. I get really sick and tired of KZfaqrs who use KZfaq vocabulary and do reviews of products that they don't have a clue about. Yours knowledge level is at the high end, and your explanations are excellent. Wow, I did not expect the filters to get hot like that. Those coils need to be replaced for starters. Do you suggest a lower power transmitter with a cleaner amplifier? Keep up the good work.
@jaysonmacapanas88143 жыл бұрын
I am using this for almost 2 years now. No problem so far. I'm glad it's not that bad. I am using it at 92.9Mhz.
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Amazing it worked so long. So this mosfet is probably stable at the higher wattage than it's rated.
@jaysonmacapanas88143 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man Most probably. It's running at 100% power capacity.
@jaysonmacapanas88143 жыл бұрын
By the way, you forgot to do the "Burn Test" 😂
@mattfarhat48203 жыл бұрын
What kind of range can you get with an outside antenna up about 30 feet running 30 watts?
@jaysonmacapanas88143 жыл бұрын
@@mattfarhat4820 I am using my own built circular antenna. Point to point, with a good receiver, it can go at 15kms. It can do more if antenna is installed higher and away from obstructions.
@zeproo3 жыл бұрын
I hope you could review the CyberMaxFM+ SE+ V3 15W STEREO DSP + RDS transmitter
@andrzejtomaszewski53572 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, you are smart, you know what you say.
@kenzingzong67043 жыл бұрын
14:14 minutes in you say "pump up the volume" hehe. We knew what you meant
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@raymondbruns32913 жыл бұрын
Can you measure the filter? Maybee 108Mhz is near the limit of the filter, this would explain why it's getting so hot and the power drop.
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Good point. I can try to check it, but I probably won't make another video for just that. My spectrum analyzer doesn't have a tracking gen output and I don't have a network analyzer. That's something I need to buy.
@najtrade2 жыл бұрын
I hope you could review the MAXPRO8015STR+ 15W SUPERBASS FM STEREO RDS EXCITER
@TheOne182633 жыл бұрын
I've been looking at mine and I can see on yours as well the silver (resistors? - No idea about the technical terminology) / silver bobs (lol) of which I see 4 on the board, each one says 16v.... Do You reckon it's a possibility that maybe instead of 13.8v maybe this transmitter can handle upto 16v input in order to actually put out the claimed 70w at the low end of the spectrum?
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
No. Maybe for a short time, but this transistor is already being used at double the power it's rated for.
@EastAngliaUK3 жыл бұрын
I have this but not used mine at all the 7w and 15w ones are plenty for me. don't seem much chance of signal between the 7 and the 15 to on my new Jpole aerial. the Jpole works better than the dipole I was 45db end of the road before now its 60db 2 roads away. still only go about 5 to 6 miles though. the land is flat hear.
@notvalidcharacters Жыл бұрын
The effective difference between 30 watts and 50 watts is probably going to be immeasurable. Let's not pretend it's a significant distance.
@richlan100 Жыл бұрын
Hi? 30-watt FM transmitter does not show error even when antenna is disconnected and only transmits 200 meters. Initially, it would show antenna error at lower frequencies (91MHz and below) but would work up to about 10 KM at 94.0MHz. Would could be the problem?
@TheSudiptheory3 ай бұрын
May be RF chip burnt.
@TheSudiptheory3 ай бұрын
May be RF amplifier chip burnt. My St 7c is also giving less power.
@richlan1003 ай бұрын
@@TheSudiptheory Thanks a lot.
@teslaflow9 ай бұрын
The power has dropped to around 10 watts even though it says 100%. Any idea why?
@JoneKone3 жыл бұрын
When will we get a module that will transmit the digital radio? :)
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
So you probably saw me on TI :) At some point I will get a LimeSDR mini and I will attempt to use it to send data at high speed on VHF low band. Nobody ever sends data fast at ~70 MHz, but this is an optimal band for coverage and more reliable than HF. I will use QAM64. I want to make it so you can send an ethernet connection directly through the radio and send at about 1MB/s. It may be possible with GNU radio to accomplish this. It would be excellent for sending fast internet to rural areas with a very large coverage and the TV band is empty now. Probably not legal in the US, but maybe elsewhere.
@madsnoop73 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man keep us posted ! Cool idea .
@soulnull3 жыл бұрын
I've done IBOC NRSC5 using a HackRF one. Both AM and FM. SDRs are a blast.
@gnormhurst Жыл бұрын
Nice tests. Some are saying that the settings (e.g. frequency) is not remembered after power fail? Is that true?
@SultanAbushakimov2 жыл бұрын
На какое расстояние передает сигнал????
@bruceeckersley9572 жыл бұрын
I just bought one of these and it continuously shuts itself down and re-boots in rapid succession (every few seconds). This happens regardless of power setting and audio volume. Antenna swr is 1.0 and works fine with a couple of older, yellow 30 watt units that I have. Still waiting for Ali Express to answer me about it. Any ideas?....Awesome video by the way.
@spectra-man2 жыл бұрын
I know it's been a long time. I don't do much radio stuff currently, but I may begin again sometime. To try to answer the question: You said SWR is okay, is that measured on the TX or another meter? Cause maybe the TX is giving wrong readings. The other possibility is that it's outputting spurs that are far off the antenna resonant frequency. Either way, you must have just gotten unlucky.
@TheOne182632 жыл бұрын
For me it was a case of changing the power supply - went from the brick laptop type supply to one of those alluminium ones with the little screw on it to adjust power. That fixed it and has been ok for a year until recently when my power jack started to burn for unknown reasons so I had to take that off and just soldered the power cable directly to the board from the power supply.
@bruceeckersley9572 жыл бұрын
@@TheOne18263 Yes, I just bought one of those power supplies also. I'll be testing it in the next few days.
@TheOne182632 жыл бұрын
@@bruceeckersley957 Good luck! It's a pretty decent bit of kit I love mine! I have it pumping some days in the week and all Fridays on full power. Get the processing right and compression and it can give good volume and amazing sound quality much better than community stations here in the UK and I have RDS blasting out as well. It does run very hot though but that's probably all the electro, house and trance I have booming out of it 👅😂😂
@spectra-man2 жыл бұрын
@@bruceeckersley957 Try to get a meanwell or if you need cheap, a velika from aliexpress: velika.aliexpress.com/store/2655036 On the other hand, the no name chinese supplies are not reliable. And at the wattage you require, a more official one won't cost much.
@MiiMaker3 жыл бұрын
What is the USB port for? RDS?
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
I'm 90% sure it's for USB flash memory with music stored on it. It's not for transmitter control or RDS.
@MiiMaker3 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man nooo! I feel like something is missing when operating a pirate station without an RDS. It would be great if the transmitter had shuffle mode for music stored in the USB. You could drop the transmitting site anywhere.
@teslaflow9 ай бұрын
Also, what type is the antenna connector?
@necmituran78303 жыл бұрын
I have the same, but whatever I did, I could not stard it, it always shows SWR eror and a 100- watt dipole antenna
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Did you tune the dipole? Maybe I have to make a video on antenna tuning? But I don't want to be too basic. You need an MFJ or other antenna/SWR analyzer.
@julianosemeao544 Жыл бұрын
hello good afternoon I have a transmitter like this that failed when I turn it on it appears a black bar on the display screen I believe that the pic or processor programming may be corrupt would you have the file so that I can recover it thanks in advance for any help
@spectra-man Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I do not, but how are you so sure that the microprocessor is broken. Maybe it's the screen? I've had these type of screens go bad sometimes. Did something happen to the transmitter that would have caused this? Too much voltage? Cause there's a chance other things might be damaged too and you may never find each thing that is broken. In that case, you just have to buy a new one.
@spectra-man Жыл бұрын
.... Oh, yeah. I forgot to ask if it still transmits despite the screen not working? Cause if yes, then it's not the pic chip.
@gheorghenae58332 жыл бұрын
how to spit 70 w a mosfet that in the table is 35w?
@Ittybittythetwofacedkitty2 жыл бұрын
Is there a mic input on the board? Or does it just put out a carrier wave
@spectra-man2 жыл бұрын
There is a line input, not mic input. So to use with a mic, you should have a mixer and use with the line input. This is a more proper way anyway. TX's that have a pink mic jack are crappy anyway.
@harryvalortiz69353 жыл бұрын
Sir how about the audio quality? Is it really good loud sound?
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
It's pretty good, better than BH chip. With an audio processor, it will sound like a professional station. Without one, it'll be a bit quieter. But be careful about trying to make it as loud as possible cause you might overmodulate past 75kHz.
@bioskahabinivous99063 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man is it louder than the 7W QN8066 one? Does it have a MPX output?
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
@@bioskahabinivous9906 Should be the same. I did not find it to be quiet though.
@EvanildoAlmeidatecnologia2 жыл бұрын
I love the movie espectroman!
@roberttriner62423 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I simply LOVE what you're doing with your channel!!!! 1million % However, your "scientific" method is severely flawed in many ways. Thankfully, everything you need to learn regarding RF Engineering can be easily found for free across many sources on the WWW. Please know that my comment comes with the most sincerest of thanks for your tenacity & unwaivering efforts. (That comes from a classically trained RF engineer whom was caught doing "the naughty" early on in his career & almost served considerable time for it.) Thought: have you tried texting spectral emissions of these devices whilst under considerable level of modulation (and wide modulated bandwidth like SCA etc.)?? Or whilst trying to reproduce material well below 30hz? Or above 70khz proper?? I'm sure it'd be interesting to see the behavior of these "cram everything into a single die" chips. ANYWAY, CHEERS!
@kenzingzong67043 жыл бұрын
This is a great comment and I doubt the OP will have issue. I wondered about the same with my devices I designed. It really does help to inject audio and see how the test transmitter carries the information over. Lots of flaws can be detected easily with AM using basic tools like oscilloscopes and such, but FM is still a different ballpark. There is always the chance that odd bits of audio cause deviation artifacts because of odd artifacts in PCB design or even RF output components and filteriing. I'm not even sure how to test some of this stuff. I just know that FM carries with it its own beast of gremlins to diagnose before something hits design phase, even if that means a home radio station. Now aside from that, I really want all people to build a simple FM bug for fun. Maybe some of them will bite and realize what it can do if they have the right stuff ;) Pirate radio is fun, don't let them dictate what you can and can not do if you know more then them. We are free. Free Radio.
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I have tested the spectrum while modulating, but I didn't make a video on it because of music copyright and I need a high quality FM receiver to use with 3.5mm connector to record from; I want people to hear what they are seeing in the analyzer. The best one I have is an old AM stereo walkman. Please recommend to me a super HiFi FM receiver that's not crazy expensive. They all seem to use all in one chips these days. In terms of the spectrum while modulating: It's not ideal on this transmitter, but not too bad. Generally, it stays under 75khz, but occasionally I see peaks up to 85 - 95khz. When using an audio processor, this is improved though. If you set it low enough that it never exceeds 75, then it's a little bit more quiet than other stations, but I can get it to be the same if it pops up to 85 every now and again. I'm currently working on another video where I demonstrate a cheap high quality optimod. I will test it with this transmitter and then later test it with a real pro transmitter. It's nice to have it good, just for the sake of goodness LOL, but I've come to find that the spectral requirements for transmitters are way too strict. -45dBc doesn't have much real world effect. The noise is 32 thousand times lower meaning it's only 2mW at the worst.
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
@@kenzingzong6704 It's interesting how even a small homemade FM bug will have less noise than one of these TX chips. I know why though. What I don't understand is why the Chinese don't use an integrated VCO chip. Yeah, it wouldn't have stereo, but would otherwise be way more pure. I don't even think it would really cost more. Yes, more components, but the descrete components are very cheap, so overall, I'm not sure they are actually saving money by using these chips. Not one cheaper Chinese transmitter has a real VCO or even an IC module that's a VCO. It's a shame, but it does keep people like PCS in business.
@appleli79362 жыл бұрын
Very great vedio
@manuelrodriguezgonzalez84337 ай бұрын
Hola,te escribo desde madrid y mi pregunta es que este trasmisor no funciona con el sistema RDS cual puede ser el problema espero respuesta gracias
@ikehsamuelifeanyi4925 Жыл бұрын
Great video If you include schematics of the module, That could be helpful
@kylefinchum30382 жыл бұрын
I have this exact same transmitter. What type of adapter do I need to make this work with my antenna.?
@bruceeckersley9572 жыл бұрын
Ooops, I forgot to tell you my frequency it is 88mhz.
@user-ss5gz8id1k10 ай бұрын
hi! what link aliexpess?
@JAMRADIONYC2 жыл бұрын
Would you go with this one or the 30watt? They are similarly priced on alliexpress. I appreciate all you info brother.
@spectra-man2 жыл бұрын
I said in the video: If you use above like 103 - 108 MHz, then get the 30W. If you use less than 103, 104, then buy the 60W.
@motosk8er23 жыл бұрын
Great video, this may be a weird question but.... are you "the son of the main presenter"? Just stumbled across this video and your voice sounds very familiar lol.
@772REALEST3 жыл бұрын
How much this one cost? and do this FM transmitter came from Ebay...
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
It's less than $100. It comes from aliexpress only, not ebay: www.aliexpress.com/item/4000055611009.html
@MiiMaker3 жыл бұрын
does it have hamonics? I have a Chinese car transmitter and it has harmonics!
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Did you see the spectrum? No it doesn't.
@MiiMaker3 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man it has some spurs and second carrier though
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
@@MiiMaker No, it doesn't. Are you talking about this transmitter or your own transmitter?
@MiiMaker3 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man my transmitter. The one that look like this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h6ilm5Sgrs_bpmQ.html There are more than two carriers :(
@zeljkoadzic16923 жыл бұрын
finally fm
@mohammadalfauomey34433 жыл бұрын
Nice What is the RF power transistor you used ? What is the INPUT power ? Is the schematic diagram available ? Thanks
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Transistor is talked about in the video RD35HUP2. Did you not see it? No schematic. This is a pre-built Chinese.
@mohammadalfauomey34433 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man Thanks Sorry, I couldn't read it . What about the input power ?
@ivanpoddubnyy34213 жыл бұрын
What chip transmitter? BH1414?
@bioskahabinivous99063 жыл бұрын
QN8066
@luisenriqueortegagonzalez14088 ай бұрын
Use este transmisor por espacio de dos años 18 horas continuas en 99.9 mhz y rendia 80 watts sin mucho calentamiento. Bloquea la señal de emisoras adyacentes hasta una distancia de 60 metros a partir del punto donde se encuentra la antena. Hay un poco de ruido en el sonido cuando transmite con audio de estudio, pero si se usa la usb el sonido es mas limpio. Cambie ventilador pq se daño por el trabajo continuo y el polvo que absorbe. Lo demas todo bien. Su alcance aprox 10 km. Saludos.
@pacavaca8511 ай бұрын
Где купить ?
@teslaflow9 ай бұрын
What power supply would you recommend for this transmitter?
@TheOne182633 жыл бұрын
Does this transmitter wipe out all other stations the same way the 30 watter did?
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the delay. Well, within 30-50 feet it might, but that's mostly because the receiver is being overloaded. Did you test how far the 30W covered them up?
@TheOne182633 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man Thank you for getting back to me ☺ I had the old 30 watter and it would wipe out pretty much the whole Road i used to live on which was a cul desac / close and just a little beyond. Meaning all 12 neighbours and the ones from neighbouring roads could not get fm signal
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
@@TheOne18263 It was probably the KT0803L model. Was it the one that looked like the earlier model in my other video? The one with the green screen instead of the square screen on the yellow PCB.
@TheOne182633 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man Yes yes that's the one. The one with the green screen.
@user-wk6gr1cs3o Жыл бұрын
transistor type
@bruceeckersley9572 жыл бұрын
Progress.....I just tried a heavier duty power supply.....problem solved.
@mattdalby12103 жыл бұрын
what do you think about running 30 watts from a dipole in a garden? is it ok for health being say 10 metres from it?
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
RF energy at these frequencies is just light waves. It's no more harmful than the sun. Microwave and above is questionable, however. But of course, don't stand closer than a couple feet and don't touch it.
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
See this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rK-qddap173DmmQ.html
@GT-R_342 жыл бұрын
Какой чип стоит в этом передатчике?
@slender13572 жыл бұрын
Hi, have you got the schematic of this TX? I have a similar transistor (rd70hvf1) But i can't find a schematic on internet. Thanks
@spectra-man2 жыл бұрын
No schematic. There is a schematic for the RD70 from free radio berkeley (rf emporium). Just email Stefan Dunifer (SP?). Keep in mind the RD70 is not a very good transistor though. It requires at least 10W of drive to make about 65W. That's why they used this more rare transistor on this design cause they only need to push a couple watts for max power.
@slender13572 жыл бұрын
@@spectra-man okay thanks
@kennethschultz64653 жыл бұрын
At 50% power you shuld Put 2+2 together maybe you Leads doe's not cut it
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Yes, might be correct, but I can't find a barrel connector of this size with thicker wires. I should just solder some wires on. I don't know why they picked this type of connector for so much power. The jack itself gets pretty warm.
@graziannycarvalho80912 жыл бұрын
hello friend , do you have facebook , which ci dsp do you use ...
@zeljkoadzic16923 жыл бұрын
Copper bar is because exist 2 types of the same mosfet
@szentagostonka2 жыл бұрын
If I use this one for illegal radio station can they find me?
@spectra-man2 жыл бұрын
I don't condone the use of these transmitters for illegal purposes. FM is always easy to find, but it also depends on city vs rural location. This transmitter is not particularly bad though especially if there is not a station +-100 kHz. AM is always the safest.
@772REALEST3 жыл бұрын
If I put this FM transmitter on 96.5MHz what's the power will be and how far the signal travel??
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the big delay. This is not my daily account. It's probably going to be ~55 watts. It could go up to 15 miles on flat ground with no buildings, but in a city or in the mountains, it's going to be less. No way to say how much less cause it depends on antenna height and location.
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
But anyway bro, there's one way to find out exactly. Create a free account at Nautel RF Toolkit. Once you make the account, then you can use the radio coverage tool. In there, you put how many watts, the type and height of antenna and then it will give you a google maps with the coverage pattern. If you can't figure it out, you can tell me what city ur in, antenna, height and I can send you an image with the coverage.
@andrzejtomaszewski53572 жыл бұрын
CAN THE RD70HVF1 BE USED?
@saikalyanmishra213 жыл бұрын
Link to buy
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
www.aliexpress.com/item/4000055611009.html If that link doesn't work in your country, then just type "70W fm transmitter" or "50W" into aliexpress.
@pinagpalangmusika7822 жыл бұрын
How to buy
@spectra-man2 жыл бұрын
Search Aliexpress.
@user-jk4iw5nz3c Жыл бұрын
καλησπέρα Είμαι λίγο άσχετος Σε αυτά αλλά κανένας όμως από όσα βίντεο έχω δει δεν έχει δείξει που πάει η διαμόρφωση η μουσική δηλαδή και πού πάει το μικρόφωνο???
@fmbroadcast3 жыл бұрын
Heyy ;)
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Hey radiomaster. BTW, this guy makes the best transmitter in the world - better than PCS, but more expensive, as expected.
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
I know my channel is small, but I can review something if you want. I have association with a big 500K channel also, but not sure about doing a video there.
@fmbroadcast3 жыл бұрын
Hey may be one day you can review a Radio Master 😜👌
@harryortiz1236 Жыл бұрын
Does this transmitter use a BH1414K IC?
@spectra-man Жыл бұрын
No, QN8066. Didn't I say it in the vid? If not, that was a dumb oversight by me cause I always knew this.
@harryortiz1236 Жыл бұрын
Which one is a good sound? Using BH1414K IC or this QN8086 IC?
@kennethschultz64653 жыл бұрын
Only mormons Pull 10A truh Crokodile leads.. it's not rated to that Not even 2.5A.. And UHF is 3000MHz so It's not unusual you get way way more power On low band then on top band ..
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late response, it's not my main account. I am NOT using crokodile clips to power this. It looks like I am because I have some hooked up for something else. Please watch and you will see the two thicker black wires coming down from under the clips on the power supply. It's directly wired to power supply. I do agree however, that even this is maybe not good enough cause it's using the standard barrel connector on the transmitter which isn't meant to handle this much, but that's what the Chinese put in there, so I used it cause I thought that's how most people would use it.
Might be a good idea, but will need to supply 26 + 12V and separate the voltage. I really like the AFT05MP075N. It's the best 12V mosfet, but it won't fit in this amplifier. Somebody should make a new design with that one. 65:1 SWR tolerance.
@JUGJEEWAN3 жыл бұрын
Please donate me this transmitter
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
1 free transmitter coming right up :)
@rocksteeldigitalworld67683 жыл бұрын
please sir any donations here in Philippines for educational purposes in my province
@dilshodbekaxmedov84373 жыл бұрын
Првет
@spectra-man3 жыл бұрын
последњи
@dilshodbekaxmedov84373 жыл бұрын
Заказ фм передачи можна
@user-qg5fy9dx8e Жыл бұрын
выбрось это дерьмо. сейчас это не катируется. хотя бы от 350 вт до 1000вт