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Resistors:

 

 
Caution: Several of the values have very similar color codes and differ only by the zero 
multiplier color. It is also easy to mix up the 51 and 1 Meg resistors as 51 is 
green/black/brown/gold and 1 meg is brown/black/green/gold.   
 
L4 is a RF choke. It looks like a resistor, but is a bit fatter. With an ohm meter, it will 

read 0 ohms.  

 

    

[ ] R1  - 51    

         GRN/BRN/BLK/GLD 

[ ] R2, 3, 12, 16, 17 – 10K  BRN/BLK/ORG/GLD 
[ ] R4, R9, R18, R21  - 1K  BRN/BLK/RED/GLD 
[ ] R5  - 4.7K  

         YEL/VOL/RED/GLD 

[ ] R6, R8 -  100K            BRN/BLK/YEL/GLD 
[ ] R7  - 1 Meg  

         BRN/BLK/GRN/GLD 

[ ] R10, R19 - 470            YEL/VOL/BRN/GLD 
[ ] R11, R20 -  5.6             GRN/BLU/GLD/GLD 
[ ] R13 – 470K 

         YEL/VOL/YEL/GLD 

[ ] R14 – 47K  

         YEL/VOL/ORG/GLD 

[ ] R15 – 680K  

         BLU/GRY/YEL/GLD 

 
[ ] L4 – 10 uH    

        BRN/BLK/BLK/GLD or   

 

   BRN/BLK/BLK/SIL 

 

[ ] D1 – 1N5817                Black plastic body 
[ ] D2, D3 – 1N4148          Small Glass body 
[ ] D5 – 1N4756A ZENER   Larger Glass body 
Match the diode stripe on the component with 
the silkscreen

 

 

Capacitors: 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 

[ ] C1, C2, C10, C13, C16 – 103 Orange 
highlight 
[ ] C4,5,6,8,9,12,14,15,18,19,20,22 – 104 – 
Yellow highlight 12 places  
 
[ ] C11, C17, C21 – 1 uF – 

long lead is plus.

 

These caps need to be laid down flat to the 
board.  
 
[ ] C3, C7- 100 uF – 

long lead is plus.

 

 

Note:  When  reading  capacitor  values,  do 
not  confuse  the  manufacturing  codes  with 
the component value. If it looks strange it 
may  be  a manufacturing code,  look  on the 
other  side  of  the  component.  Also,  the 
value may be followed by a tolerance code 
- M,K, or J.

 

Summary of Contents for Digital DSB II Transceiver Kit

Page 1: ...ts List Location Quantity value Type C1 C2 C10 C13 C16 5 10 nF 103 X7R MMLC C3 C7 2 100 uF electrolytic 16V Long lead plus C4 C5 C6 C8 C9 C12 C14 C15 C18 C19 C20 C22 12 100 nF 104 X7R MMLC C11 C17 C21...

Page 2: ...MEG BRN BLK GRN GLD U1 1 SA602 or SA612A SO8 MIXER OSC U2 1 LM358 DIP8 DUAL OPAMP U3 1 LM7809 TO 220 9V 1A REG V1 V2 2 2K 6mm Trimmer resistor T1 T2 2 FT37 43 FERITE CORE BLACK DIP SOCKET 1 8 PIN DIP...

Page 3: ...2 uH RED RED GLD GLD or RED RED GLD SIL 4 T37 2 RED CORES 2 T37 6 YELLOW CORES crystals 1 7 074 MHz HC 49 US 1 10 136 MHz HC 49 US 1 14 074 MHz HC 49 US Miscellaneous 3 Band module boards 12 1 26 magn...

Page 4: ...ite smd soldering method or we have found the process below to be quite satisfactory Solder U1 the SA602 612 smd component first by wiping a thin layer of flux on the board position the chip carefully...

Page 5: ...1 R20 5 6 GRN BLU GLD GLD R13 470K YEL VOL YEL GLD R14 47K YEL VOL ORG GLD R15 680K BLU GRY YEL GLD L4 10 uH BRN BLK BLK GLD or BRN BLK BLK SIL D1 1N5817 Black plastic body D2 D3 1N4148 Small Glass bo...

Page 6: ...t of the board Make U shaped pieces of resistor lead clippings to hold the body of the BS170 s to the board using the small holes on either side of the package D4 CLEAR LENS RED LED the short lead goe...

Page 7: ...three band modules and detailed the values for 20 30 40m Additional bare band module pcb s are available for operation on other bands At the end of this document we have modeled additional band compo...

Page 8: ...L2 20 turns on T37 2 RED core make sure turns are snug to the core and more or less evenly spaced around the core Loose winding does not work well L3 18 turns on T37 2 RED core X1 7 074 MHz crystal I...

Page 9: ...top of the board centered on the silkscreen outline Secure each toroid to the pcb using two of the supplied plastic zip ties as shown below Be sure to tin the wire ends before installing The transceiv...

Page 10: ...card output level until the board switches into Transmit RED LED goes on you can continue to increase the output level a little bit to ensure reliable triggering of the VOX circuit If you have a watt...

Page 11: ...card to the mixer input This allows you to set the audio output from the sound card to a reasonable level and not overdrive the mixer The other half of the LM358 U2a is used as a VOX circuit The peak...

Page 12: ...nd your meter Only be concerned if the voltages are significantly different than those shown Almost all of the construction issues with the DSB transceiver have been traced to the faulty installation...

Page 13: ...Drain G Gate S Source E Emitter B Base C Collector I Input G Ground O Output Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 U1 1 42 1 42 0 7 15 7 15 8 3 7 5 8 35 U2 Rx 0 0 0 0 4 5 4 5 4 5 9 Rx D C G B S E Tx D C G B S E Q1 0V...

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