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Audio booster amps for radios, Walkmans 
etc. 

Replacement amplifiers 

High sensitivity long distance listening 
amplifier for ‘Big Ear super sleuth’ snooping! 

Mini PA systems 

Telephone amplifiers 

Intercom systems 

Anywhere some quick audio amplification to 
speaker level is needed 

Keep several of these for: 

 The BN9 combines a high gain transistor pre-amp with the powerful LM-380 audio amplifier for over two 
watts of audio. Your choice of either a gain of 50 or 3000! Runs on 8 to 15 volts, drives any speaker from 
3 to 45 ohms with less than one percent distortion.                              

 
                                                                                                    

Kit No. BN9 

Summary of Contents for BN9

Page 1: ...fiers Intercom systems Anywhere some quick audio amplification to speaker level is needed Keep several of these for The BN9 combines a high gain transistor pre amp with the powerful LM 380 audio ampli...

Page 2: ...of applications While high gain may be used for projects such as super sleuthing low gain can be used for Walk man boosting and telephone boosting This kit is called the super sleuth due to the very...

Page 3: ...ectrolytic capacitors C3 C4 C6 1 100 F to 500 F electrolytic capacitor C5 1 220K ohm resistor red red yellow R1 1 10K ohm resistor brown black orange R2 1 NPN transistor 2N3904 Q1 1 LM380 audio amplif...

Page 4: ...on components As all good technicians and experimenters know parts must be mounted flush to the PC board Not only for mechanical strength and looks but also to prevent oscillation problems by long le...

Page 5: ...art can be soldered flush to the board with ease Don t worry about all the pins being tied together in the center these are grounding pins that also act as heat sinks to keep your amp from getting too...

Page 6: ...itor 10 Install C6 the 4 7 F or 10 F electrolytic capacitor 11 Install C5 the 100 F or 500 F electrolytic capacitor Whew what a challenge It looks as if we are done installing all the components inclu...

Page 7: ...greatest power Make sure the speaker wires are in the correct holes 3 If you are wiring up a jack for earphone or external plug in speaker the tip of the plug goes to the positive speaker connection a...

Page 8: ...amplifier stage This is done by removing or just plain not installing the preamp transistor and substituting a jumper made from a scrap component lead for R1 This allows you to still get the full 2 1...

Page 9: ...ulated power supply Also make sure your microphone casing is shielded as well These noise problems are most evident with high impedance microphones Problem All kinds of pops siren sounds or something...

Page 10: ...e voltage sags in response When the voltage sags it allows the power source to come back up again along with another audio peak Now the whole thing occurs over and over until you become annoyed enough...

Page 11: ...ke 5K to 100K potentiometer for volume control 10K resistor brown black orange 01uf Ceramic capacitor NOTE To make a full performance big ear listening system use a snow coaster or large plastic popco...

Page 12: ...ohm speakers Your choice of enclosures IN OUT Low gain BN 9 Remote Local 3 Mini public address amplifier Components required 8 Ohm PA speaker or horn speaker 5K to 100K Potentiometer Electret micropho...

Page 13: ...IN OUT HornSpeaker High Gain BN 9 4 Auxiliary amplifier for mini receivers Components required 8 Ohm speaker 5K to 100K Potentiometer 10 ohm resistor To Receiver IN OU T 10 Low gain B N 9...

Page 14: ...r earphone OTHER APPLICATIONS With a little ingenuity you can use the preceding setups to custom design your own system The BN9 being simple to assemble and operate is an ideal choice for circuit add...

Page 15: ...assured that the 1K ohm resistors are actually the missing 10 K parts Hum m m I guess the red band really does look orange Ramsey Electronics project kits are packed with pride in the USA If you belie...

Page 16: ...SS70A Speech Scrambler TT1 Telephone Recorder SP1 Speakerphone MD3 Microwave Motion Detector PH14 Peak Hold Meter TG1 DTMF Tone Grabber RAMSEY AMATEUR RADIO KITS DDF1 Doppler Direction Finder HR Seri...

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