I obtained my ham radio license more than twenty years ago and I have never build my own radio transmitter. Until now. I will use discrete components and every building block gets its own episode. This fourth episode is about the the voltage controlled oscillator or VCO.

Designing the PLL: https://odysee.com/@MeesElectronics:8/Building-a-transmitter-part-1-the-PLL:2

Designing the programmable divider: https://odysee.com/@MeesElectronics:8/Building-a-transmitter-part-2--the-frequency-divider:4

Designing the the mixer and reference oscillator: https://odysee.com/@MeesElectronics:8/Building-a-transmitter-part-3-the-mixer-and-reference-oscillator:c

More information and all the design files: https://www.meezenest.nl/mees

Mees is pronounced: maze

My Dutch channel: @MeesElektronica

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