How to build a micro transmitter
by

Tetsuo Kogawa



Why was this site established?
Because transmission technology is esotericized and I believe that it provides exciting possibilities to art.

A Visual History of Making transmitters: (1) How to   (2) What are they by Tetsuo Kogawa

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• Diagrams
  • The simplest FM radio transmitter (for artistic or experimantal use) .
    
    • Components (transistor, registers, capacitors, coil, trimcap, and so on).
    • Basic tools (soldering iron, tweezers, wire cutter, and epoxy[hard glue]).
    • How to build?
    • FAQ for the "simplest" transmitter
    
    
  • The simplest TV transmitter (for artistic or experimantal use) with a theoretical introduction (why simple and why transmitter?)
    
    
  • The simple but practical TV transmitters with sound (you need some technical skils and proper tools)
    
    
  • The 1-3 watt FM transmitter (You need a power meter and a frequency counter: otherwise don't try to build this model.)
    • Schematics: (1)PDF (2)JPG (3)Symbolic (4)VRML (needs VRML-Player)
    • Components: list  pictures and tips  
    • FAQ (How to build and tune up)
  
  
• Tools
  • Basic
  • Power meter
  • Frequency Counter (recommended)
  
  
• How to build
  • Step by step pictorial manual   Movies  
  
  
• Antenna and How to operate
  • How to make a simple, inexpensive and effective Antenna?: (1) HTML+JPG   (2)PDF
  • How to stabilize the supplied power?
  
  
• Histories
  • The earlier "private" workshop to build a transmitter, June 3, 1990 Video [MP4, 41.3MB]
  • The first "public" workshop to build a transmitter, April 28, 1991 Video [MP4]
  • The first Workshop in the U.S. at Paper Tiger Television, November 4, 1991 Video [YouTube]
  • Other Transmitter Workshops: see the "Streaming Media Archives" --> here
    
    
    Polymorphous Space (home)   Contact to Tetsuo Kogawa(polym@translocal.jp).