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Inthisinstructableiwillshowyouhowyoucanmakethesimplestspybugever!
IwaslookingforaprojecttomakeforfunwhenifoundthisFMtransmitter
(http://www.sentex.ca/~mec1995/circ/fmt2.htm),quicklyigotcurious,itisa
simpleFMtransmitterbutcanitbecomeevenmoresimpler?Theanswerisyes!
Ireplacedthevariablecapacitorwithafixedone,recalculatedthetankcircuit
(LCcircuit)tobeabletotuneitonlybythecoilinsteadofthevariablecapacitor.
PS:thiscircuitdesignisunstable,theresonantfrequencydriftsoffifyouget
yourhandsclosetotheantennaorthecircuit,thelengthoftheantennaaffects
theresonantfrequency,butitstillafunprojecttomake.

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Tools:
Solderingironandsolder
Cuttingpliers
Aruler
6mmdrillbit
Hotgluegun
Samesandpaper
Components:
R1:4.7kresistor
R2:330ohmsresistor
C1:1nFceramiccapacitor
C2:10pfceramiccapacitor
C3:15pFceramiccapacitor
Q:BC548or2N3094
L:212nH(seenextstep)
Mic:Electretmic
Bat:3vbatteryanditsholder
Ant:Ideallyapieceofwire,1/4or1/2ofthewavelengthofthefrequency,I
justusedaspringthatistretched
Almostallthecomponentsiusedinthisprojectisalvagedthemfromanold
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Step2:Makingthecoil

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Icalculatedthecoiltobe212nHsotheresonantfrequencyshouldbearound
89Mhzwithouttheantenna.
Thecoilisveryeasytomakejustfollowthissteps:
1.Cut19cmof22AWGwire
2.Stripabout1cmofeachendofthewirewithsandpaper(onlyifyou'reusing
enameledwire)
3.Graba6mmdrillbit&wind8turnsarounditsshaft
4.Stretchthatcoiluntilit's8mmlong
5.Tinbothendsyoustrippedbefore

Step3:Soldring

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Ididn'tmadeacircuitboardforthiscircuit,itwillonlycomplicateit.
Thebatteryholdersupportseverything,thecoilandthetransistorsupportsthe
rest,thepicturesexplainshowthecomponentaresolderedtogether,buthere
arethesteps:
1.Solderoneofthecoil'slegtothepositivepinofthebatteryholder
2.BendtheCollector&theEmitterpinsofthetransistorat90towardsthe
outside
3.SoldertheCollectortotheremaininglegofthecoil
4.SoldertheResistorR2:330betweenthenegativepinofthebatteryholder
andtheEmitter
5.Trimtheunnecessarywires,asinthepicture
6.SolderC3:15pFinparallelwiththecoilL
7.SolderC2:10pFbetweentheCollector&theEmitter
8.GrabyourelectretmiccapsuleandsolderC1:1nFinparallelwithit
9.BendonelegoftheresistorR1:4.7kandsolderittothepositiveterminalof
themic,thentrimit
10.SoldertheremaininglegoftheresistorR1:4.7ktothepositivepinofthe
batteryholder
11.BendandmakethemicclosetotheBaselegofthetransistorthensolderit
tothepositiveterminalofthemic
12.AdjustandcuttheremaininglegoftheresistorR2:330thensolderittothe
negativeterminalofthemic
13.GrabyourantennaandsolderitbetweentheCollectorandthecoilL
Nowyourspybugshouldbereadyforthenextstep.

Step4:Tuning&hotgluing

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Thespybugisalmostfinished,allwhat'slefttodoistotuneitandholdevery
thingwithhotglueespeciallythecoil.
1.GetanFMradio,ananalogueoneisbetterthanadigitalinthisstep
2.PutyourFMspybugclosetotheradioortoitsantenna(don'ttouchthe
circuitortheantenna)
3.Slowlyturnthetuningknoboftheradiountilyouhearasquealing,it'sthe
feedbacksoundlikeinthevideo
Nowyouknowthefrequencyyourspybugtransmitson,ifyouwanttochangeit
youeither
IncreaseitbystretchingthecoilL
DecreaseitbycompressingthecoilL
Toholdeverythingtightly,startbyinjectingenoughglueintothecoiland
betweenallthecomponentsthenslowlyaddglueuntilyoucoverallthe
components.
Congrats!!youjustfinishedmakingaspybug,havefun!:D
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