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What is the purpose of the choke inductor coil in this qrp radio transmitter?

After building and testing these circuits, I want to understand the purpose of the choke coil in these qrp trans(ceiver)mitter circuits. https://www.qsl.net/py2ohh/trx/curumim/curumim.htm I ...
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Is it possible to use RF signal wires to let a model car center itself on it using phase differences?

I'm looking for a way to let a model car (1/24 to 1/18) know how centered it is on a road. I thought about using a buried wire in the middle of each lane of the road. Would it be possible to detect ...
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RFM69HCW Digital IO connection setup

I'm working to setup an RFM69HCW transceiver with an ARM microcontroller. I've read over the datasheet for the RFM69HCW and I see that DIO0 is the interrupt signal, so I've broken that one out, but ...
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AX5043 RF XCVR, problem making the automatic frequency control work in GMSK

I am working with the AX5043 RF transceiver from OnSemi. I am using GMSK, and I am unable to make the automatic frequency control (AFC) work properly. I am using a bitrate of 2400 bps. To be sure to ...
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433 MHz Transceiver - understanding OOK demodulator parameter 'OokFixedThreshold'

I would appreciate some help to understand a parameter for this device https://www.semtech.com/products/wireless-rf/fsk-transceivers/sx1231h. I'm far from an expert at RF matters and this question has ...
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Fastest working Wireless communication method between two devices

I attempted to ask this question on the network engineering forum but the mods there think superuser.com is a better place for it, but when I posted there, they think here is the best place for this ...
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Building a (toy) Ghost Detector

I'd like to build a ghost detector. I'm only just beginning the design stage, and thought I'd reach out for some suggestions. Receiver: I'm planning to end up with a handheld device with an analog ...
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Identify Symbols on Circuit Diagrams for VHF Radio Build

I found these circuit diagrams for VHF transceiver online, and am having trouble recognizing a number of the symbols. Would you please help me identify the boxed symbols? Here's what I've got so far: ...
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RFM69W transceiver - Poor range

I'm having some difficulties with the RFM69W radio transceiver using Arduino Unos with the recommended RadioHead library. I have 2 Unos - each with one RFM69W - successfully sending and receiving ...
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Can an RF module be used for ZigBee?

I am very new to wireless communication protocols so please excuse me if this is a silly question. I am using a PIC to communicate between two Zigbee modules. However I also own a 2.4GHz RF ...
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How to listen to radio communications from a transmitter?

I have two devices communicating at a frequency which I don't know. I want to listen to that communication so that I can replicate one of the devices and fool the other. Basically I want to reverse ...
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Shared antenna on multiple 2.4Ghz receivers

I want to use several 2.4 Ghz transcievers (not sure which IC yet, either Atmel AT86RF*** or TI CC) in order to build a simultaneous multi-channel sniffer. The transciever output is differential. I am ...
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