RAMSEYLPA-I PowerBoosterAmolifierparts List

SEMICONDUCTORS
J 1 MAV3RFamplifier
[Small,black,roundwitha,,3',on oneside]
(u1)
J 1 PNPtransistor[marked2213341(O1)
o 1 MRF581NPNpowertransistor[Small,black,roundandmarked
"581'l(O2)
D 1 RedLED(D1)

CAPACITORS
J 8 . 0 l u F d i s c c a p a c i t o r [ m a r koerd1.0031o r1 O n F(]C j , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ,
8, e)
J 1 10uFelectrolytic (C3)

INDUCTORS
D 1 vK200inductor[blackcorewiththreeturnsof wirefromendto end]
(11)
CI 1 5.6uHinductor[resembles
a resistormarkedgreen-blue-gold-
yellowl (L2)

RESISTORS
o 1 6.8ohmresistor[blue-greygotd]
(R2)
D 4 1Kohmresistor[brown-black-red](R1,5, 6, 7)
t| 1 150ohmresistor[brown-green-brown](R4)
D 1 7.5Kohmresistor[violet-green-red]
(R3)
tt 1 220ohmresistor[red-red-brown]
(R8)

MISCELLANEOUS
D 1 Powerjack(J1)
r 2 RCAjacks(J2,3)
D 1 PBswitch(S1)

REQUIRED,
NOTSUPPLIED
J Powersource,12VDC
o Enclosure,RamseyCLPAor equal
ct Transmitter(Youknow,thethingthatyouwantto amplifyt)
D Receiver(Youknow,the thingthatyouwantto useto hearwhatyou
amplify!)

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YourRamseyLPA-1PowerBoosterAmplifierhasbegn!es1g1g9l!o_g1ye1qu
greatamplification overa widerangeof frequencies.t Included
in thedesign
t of thecircuitis a feedbackloopconsistingof the partsR8 andC5. Youmust,
i decidewhetheror not to includethe feedback circuitinto your kit.

Accordingto thetablebelow,withthefeedbackcircuitin place,youmay

experience a lowergainat frequencies up to 500Mhz.However, youwillnote
steadyoverthisrange.The loopalsoprovides
thatthisgainis relatively
slightlyhighergainabove500Mhz.Pleaseconsidercarefullywhich
frequency youare usingandhowmuchgainyourequirefromthecircuit.
lnstallingthefeedbackcircuithasprovento add morecircuitstabilityand
immunityto spurioussignals.lf youareexperiencing withspurious
difficulty
signals,it is a goodideato installthefeedbackcircuit.

A goodruleof thumbis to completethe circuitincluding

thefeedbackcircuit.
lf youneedmoregainat lowerfrequencies, youarethenableto removethe
feedbackcomponents.

Amplifier qain vs. frequency

Frequency Gain(dB) Gain Gain(dB) Gain

(Mhz) w/o feedback do feedback w/ feedback d feedback

10 38.5 7079 26 398

50 37.3 5370 25.5 355

100 35.8 3801 25.3 339

200 30.2 1047 24.6 288

300 26.6 457 23.4 219

400 23.3 214 21.5 141

500 20.6 115 20.2 105

600 18.8 75..4 19.6 91.2

700 17.1 51.3 18.4 69.2

800 14.0 25.'l 15.5 35.5

900 9 7.94 10 10

1000 I 6.3 10 10

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