The Anarchist FAQ
Revision 002, November 4, 1998

Hopefully this FAQ will answer your questions and provide help for the construction, operation and troubleshooting of The Anarchist transmitter. This FAQ is and will be a work in progress. Should you have questions, comments or additions to this document, E-Mail them to kirk@frn.net.

The Parts List for the Shortwave Transmitter:

• R1 - 33k, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R2 - 4.7k, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R3, R6 - 100, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R4 - 10, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R5 - 100, 1 watt, carbon
• C1, C2 - 10 to 100 pF trimmer
• C3 - 220 pF, disk ceramic, 50V
• C4, C5, C7 - .1 uF, disk ceramic, 50V
• C6 - .01 uF, disk ceramic, 50V
• C8 - 3300 uF, electrolytic, 25V
• C9 - .1 uF, disk ceramic, 250V
• C10 - Any high voltage variable capacitor having the range of 400-700 pF. Suggested types are Arco TC-4610 (260-900 pF) and Arco TC-310M
• X1 - Fundamental mode crystal. Usable range can be between 5 and 11 MHz
• T1 - Amidon T50-2 toroid. Primary is 26 turns of #28 wire closewound. Secondary is 2 turns of #28 wire wound OVER the primary windings.
• L1 - 2.5 uH or greater, 4A rating. Suggested Radio Shack 273-102A
• L2 - 13 mH or greater, .5 Ohm or less DC resistance. Suggested Radio Shack 270-030A or JW Miller 7123 or JW Miller 7122.
  One could also use the 8-16 Ohm secondary of an audio transformer, in a pinch.
• L3 - .7 uH, 7 turns of #16 wire on a 5/8" form.
• L4 - 1.4 uH, 11 turns of #16 wire on a 5/8" form.
• L5 - .8 uH
• Q1 - 2N2222
• Q2 - 2N2907
• Q3 - IRF-510 (Radio Shack 276-2072A) or IRF-511

The Parts List for the Mediumwave Transmitter:

• R1 - 33k, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R2 - 4.7k, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R3, R6 - 100, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R4 - 33, 1/2 watt, carbon
• R5 - 100, 1 watt, carbon
• C1 - 220 pF, disk ceramic, 50V
• C2 - .001 uF, disk ceramic, 50V
• C3 - 10 to 100 pF trimmer
• C4, C5 - .1 uF, disk ceramic, 50V
• C6 - 3300 uF, electrolytic, 25V
• C7 - .47 uF, disk ceramic, 250V
• C8 - Any high voltage variable capacitor having at least 4400 pF of capacitance. Suggested type would be Arco 315 with an additional 2000 pF disk ceramic 250V capacitor in parallel.
• X1 - Fundamental mode crystal. Suggested range would be 1700-1790 kHz. Unclear as to how low one can go with this current design.
• T1 - Amidon T50-2 toroid. Primary is 69 turns of #28 wire closewound. Secondary is 3 turns of #28 wire wound OVER the primary windings.
• L1 - 2.5 uH or greater, 4A rating. Suggested Radio Shack 273-102A
• L2 - 13 mH or greater, .5 Ohm or less DC resistance. Suggested Radio Shack 270-030A or JW Miller 7123 or JW Miller 7122.
  One could also use the 8-16 Ohm secondary of an audio transformer, in a pinch.
• L3 - 10 turns of #16 wire on a 1.25" form.
• L4 - 14 turns of #16 wire on a 1.25" form.
• Q1 - 2N2222
• Q2 - 2N2907
• Q3 - IRF-510 (Radio Shack 276-2072A) or IRF-511

Sources of Parts:

• Bytemark Corporation - Amidon Toroid Cores
• RF Parts - Arco Variable Capacitors
• Ocean State Electronics, P.O. Box 1458 Westerly, RI 02891 - 800-866-6626 - Amidon Toroid Cores and Arco Variable Capacitors
• Dan's Small Parts - Trimmer capacitors
• Amidon Associates - P.O. Box 25867 - Santa Ana, CA 92799. Voice (714) 850-4660 or Fax (714) 850-1163. Last year's catalogue lists the FT-50A-75 at 0.85 each. FT-50B-75 was unavailable at that time. The mu rating of the 77 material is similar though. If you want to go that route the FT-50B-77 are 0.95 each. I've been dealing with Amidon for years and I highly recommend them.
• Mouser Electronics - IRF510 and the inductors.
• DC Electronics, PO Box 3203, Scottsdale, AZ 85271- toroid cores and lots of other useful parts
• And finally, I ripped this one off, but it's a very complete list of parts vendors

Contibutors:

• Radio Anarchy
• HV Short of RFM
• John Love
• Kirk Trummel
• Fearless Fred of Radio Garbanzo