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firoz3321



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Post03 Oct 2008 10:56   need a Circuit for Finding out a hidden RF transmitter !

Hello to every one,

I need a Circuit for Finding out a hidden RF transmitter. Can some one sugges me any idea please ?
A RF Transmitter of a fixed Frequency will be hidden some where around, And I'am Supposed to find the transmitter. This is a project competition held here. Please Help.

Thank U
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fsmyth



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Post04 Oct 2008 1:28   need a Circuit for Finding out a hidden RF transmitter !

A spectrum analyzer would be nice. Smile
Lacking that, try one of:
http://hmin.tripod.com/als/andysm/pages/tstgear9.html#TST905
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bend wh0nx



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Post08 Oct 2008 17:08   Re: need a Circuit for Finding out a hidden RF transmitter !

nah,,,u'll need a rf direction finder,,,,i will just tell u the direction but not the exact position,,,
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House_Cat



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Post08 Oct 2008 20:28   Re: need a Circuit for Finding out a hidden RF transmitter !

firoz3321 wrote:
I need a Circuit for Finding out a hidden RF transmitter. Can some one sugges me any idea please ?
A RF Transmitter of a fixed Frequency will be hidden some where around, And I'am Supposed to find the transmitter.


Do you know the frequency and modulatioin type (CW, AM, FM...)? If so, all you need to do is build a receiver with a shielded loop directional antenna. Depending on the frequency, you might even be able to use a common portable entertainment receiver with an external directional antenna. If you add a signal strength indicator, any directional ambiguity would be eliminated by simply observing the signal strength as you move a few steps away or toward suspected signal direction.

Radio Amatures (Hams) call this sort of thing "Fox Hunting". You might get some ideas by doing a Google search for "Ham Fox Hunting". You could also look for "radio direction finder schematic".

A few schematics I found were:
http://members.tripod.com/~clearRX/RDFUNIT.HTM
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schemview.php?id=1922
http://www.mkdw.net/pub/radio/Books/N0GSG%20DSP%20Radio%20Direction%20Finder.pdf
http://www.sbara.org/downloads/TimeOfArivalDF.pdf
http://www.handi-finder.com/
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firoz3321



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Post09 Oct 2008 12:16   Re: need a Circuit for Finding out a hidden RF transmitter !

The specifications are:

* Transmitting frequency is 144MHz.
* Aerial radius of the antenna is 1km with a transmitting power of 0.5-1 W (approx)



and thank You for the responses.....
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