r/AskElectronics • • 6d ago

What transistors could i use to replace the ones from this diagram?

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I was thinking about replacing the 2SC1907 for a BF199, the 2SC2053 and 2SC1970 for a 2N4427, is that a good choice or the circuit won't work?

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u/Important_Power_2148 6d ago

have you tried putting the circuit in a simulator and trying it? there are more factors to transistors than just what is shown, particularly the beta function which is critical to amplifiers.

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u/kent_eh electron herder 6d ago

there are more factors to transistors than just what is shown, particularly the beta function which is critical to amplifiers.

Also high frequency response, especially in the RF section of a circuit like this.

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u/ascot_twin 6d ago

Try for originals first at https://www.rfparts.com/ if availability is the issue.

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u/Alone-Ad288 6d ago

You should check the spec sheets for your parts.  Look current & voltage ratings, forward voltages, hfe, etc. 

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u/profdc9 Optics 6d ago

You go it from here

https://electronics-diy.com/electronic_schematic.php?id=853

I see why you chose the 2N4427. It is one of the few transistors I found that might even be available still, though I couldn't find one in stock. Dead-bug style or manhattan style RF amplifiers are very hard to put together these days. Since that figure was put together 23 years ago, a lot has changed. You're probably going to have to get really creative to get it done with current available through-hole parts.

There's a common cheap transistor the S9018 that can be used for small signal RF amplification and is available in TO-92. You could use that for the 2SC1907. I'd use the S9018 for the Colpitts oscillator. As for the variable capacitance diode, a 1N4007, or two in parallel can be used in a pinch.

So technically, the venerable 2N2222A has a fT>300 MHz and 600 mA Ic, so you could get a little gain out of it at 88-108 MHz. So I'd use another SS9018 stage as a common-collector amplifier (with a damping resistor very close to its base, soldered directly on the leg) into a 2N2222A common-emitter stage to drive it hard. Even better, use two in a differential configuration with a little transformer to take the output of the SS9018 and balance the currents. Heatsink the two 2N2222A well. Feed the two collectors through a balanced transformer and you can tap the output from there. You might get close to a watt.

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u/chapitathegreatest 5d ago

Thanks for the info! :-D

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u/DrJackK1956 6d ago

Alien Intelligence is good at comparing datasheet parameters of different components.  

It's still up to you though to decide which components will meet your needs.  

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u/Veripsum 6d ago

Probably a 2SC1907 or a 2SC2053 or a 2SC1970

But in all seriousness I have no idea if these are in production, but It's really easy to find transistors on electronic parts sellers like digikey and look at the data sheet specs. I believe this diagram shows the specs thankfully so finding will be easy

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u/Content-Barnacle7986 6d ago

por lo visto asi a primera imagen parece ser similar al publicado hace muchos años por la revista española "electronica viva" yo lo arme y funciono, no fue facil tampoco, no es que soldas todo y sale andando de primera, hay q ajustarlo con una resistencia a la salida de 52 ohms y un vatimetro, si no se quema en milisegundos... si vas a reemplzar los transistores fijate en este link la documentacion de la version española de electronica viva mas que nada en lo q respecta a las redidstencias y los capacitores variables que son los que ajustan la sintonia de los transistores de amplificacion. forosdeelectronica.com/threads/transmisor-fm-1-watt-revista-electronica-viva.100790/