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Simple Walkie Talkie Circuit

Last Updated on January 1, 2025 by Swagatam 172 Comments

In this article I have explained a simple walkie talkie circuit that can be easily built by any hobbyist and used for communicating between rooms or floors or simply for having some fun across neighbors and friends. The range of this system is around 30 meters.

Table of Contents
  • Circuit Operation
  • How Driver Transformer Works
  • Parts List
  • How to Wind the Antenna Coil
  • How to Wind the speaker coil
  • How to Set up the Circuit
  • What's the Range of this Walkie Talkie

A walkie-talkie, also commonly referred to as handheld transceiver is a small, portable hand-held two-way radio transceiver, which enables voice communication across a specified radial distance without using physical wire connections across the devices.

The initial research on walkie talkie concept during the 2nd world war era, has been variously credited to Donald L. Hings, Alfred J. Gross, and engineering experts at Motorola.

Walkie talkies were first supplied for infantry use, and soon it also became indispensable among field artillery and tank units.

Due to their outstanding wireless communication ability, these units quickly became popular among the masses and became a commercial product for the various manufacturers.

Circuit Operation

The figure shows a four stage transistorized circuit which behaves both like a transmitter and a receiver unit, making the design very economical and versatile.

An ordinary “4-pole double throw” switch serves the purpose well for transforming the unit either to a transmitter or a receiver while communicating with another identical transmitter/receiver set.

As can be seen in the diagram three transistors are directly coupled for making an audio amplifier stage set to operate at a significantly high gain.

The first transistor functions as a pre-amplifier which pulls the minute voice signals to some higher level and feeds to the next high gain Darlington stage which further amplifies the received audio frequencies and dumps it across the primary of a driver transformer.

How Driver Transformer Works

The driver transformer steps up the level of the signals such that it becomes clearly audible over the connected loudspeaker.

The speaker may be salvaged from an old small transistor radio or from a landline phone (earpice).

The speaker in the shown design is configured in an interesting manner. Depending upon the position of the walkie talkie switch, the speaker works like a sound reproducer when it’s in the receiver mode and like a super dynamic microphone when the switch is toggled in the transmitter mode.

While the speaker is being used as a sound reproducer or simply in the receiver mode, the first transistor acts like a signal receiver, picking up the audio across the 4k7 load resistor through the 0.47uF capacitor.

The signals then has to pass through a connected volume control stage to finally reach the three transistor amplifier stage discussed above.

However while the proposed walkie talkie circuit is flipped in the transmitter mode, the speaker gets rigged right at the input of the amplifier stage such that the spoken voice hits the speaker diaphragm and gets amplified by the same transistor stage.

This amplified voice signal is now applied in the form of supply voltage for the circuit in the transmitter mode. The switch also makes sure that the 27 MHz crystal gets connected with the first stage while the transistor gain is uplifted by eliminating the 390 ohm resistor and using a 59 ohm resistor at the emitter of the transistor.

In the transmitter mode the speaker transformer secondary now has no connection with the voltage step-up function rather simply acts like a series inductor for coupling the output of the audio amplifier with the supply rail and for sending the signal across the winding to the transmitter stage in the form of a fluctuating supply voltage.

As the above signal witnesses a rise and fall in response to the spoken voice, the gain of the first transistor stage is forced to change correspondingly which in turn results in a varying amplitude for the carrier waves transmitted by this stage over the attached antenna.

Thus the spoken voice now gets converted to an amplitude modulated (AM) RF 27MHz signal which may be picked by another identical unit placed in the vicinity for the same reason.

simple walkie talkie circuit

Parts List

All resistors are 1/4 watt 5% CFR

100 ohm - 1
220 ohm - 1
5.6K - 1
4.7K - 1
3.9K - 1
1M - 1
15K - 1
33K - 1
56 ohms - 1
390 ohms - 1
10 k preset - 1

Capacitors Electrolytic

33uF/25V
100uF/25V

Capacitors ceramic disc

0.47uF - 1
22nF -2
220pF- 1
4.7nF - 2
10nF - 2
82pF - 1
33pF - 1
15pF - 1
39nF - 1

Transistors

BC547 - 1
TIP122 - 1

Miscellaneous

Crystal 27MHz - 1

TPTT 3 pole triple throw switch - 1
Audio transformer - 1
small speaker 8 ohm 1 watt - 1
9V battery - 1
Inductor as I have explained below

How to Wind the Antenna Coil

The coil associated with T1 (BC547) collector is the antenna coil. It is constructed over a ready made variable inductor slug (see image below) having an approximate 3mm diameter and around 7 to 10mm height.

coil 1

The wire used is a 0.3 to 0.5mm super enameled copper.

Start with the primary 9 turns first, directly on this wind the secondary 2 turns.

The coil in series with the antenna is s simple air core coil made by winding 5 turns of 0.3mm with 5mm diameter.

How to Wind the speaker coil

You may use a small audio transformer for the shown speaker transformer, or alternatively build it by winding around 70 turns for the primary (left side), and 500 turns at the secondary (speaker side).

The wire may be a 0.2mm super enameled copper wire wound over a 3 inch long iron screw.

How to Set up the Circuit

After you have built the above explained walkie talkie circuit it's time to check its response by powering it with a 9V PP3 battery.

Initially let the switch contacts be positioned for activating the transmitter stage.

For knowing whether the transmitter is generating the required 27MHz frequencies or not you will first need to make an RF sniffer circuit as explained HERE

Switch ON both the circuits, position the above RF detector circuit about 10 inches away from the walkie talkie antenna, and begin adjusting its variable inductor slug gently using an insulated screw driver which are typically used for adjusting FM radio GANG trimmers.

If every thing's done correctly you'll hopefully see the RF detector LED glowing brightly at some point of the adjustment process.

Seal and glue the variable inductor at this position, and you can assume your walkie talkie to be all set for having some great time with your friends.

However you would need to build another identical set for exchanging the conversations with the other guy, otherwise a single unit wouldn't have much of an importance.

What's the Range of this Walkie Talkie

The range of this 27 MHz walkie Talkie can be around 1 Km, provided the trimmers are correctly adjusted and the antenna is long enough for the wide radial transmission.

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Comments

  1. Adarsh says

    March 17, 2025 at 2:55 pm

    Hello

    why does the rf transformer have only two terminals even though circuit shoes 4?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 17, 2025 at 5:18 pm

      Hi, the image shows an example of the RF coil with an adjustable slug which you can use and modify it with the winding details as given in the article.

      Reply
      • adarsh says

        March 17, 2025 at 6:06 pm

        im unable to find the slug on any virtual platform as well as electronics shop sir, any advice?

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          March 18, 2025 at 7:47 am

          Then you can ignore the slug type inductor and use a fixed inductor and for tuning the frequency you can use a trimmer capacitor for the 15pF capacitor

          Reply
  2. Student says

    April 30, 2024 at 6:48 pm

    Hello I try to do same circuit but for 9 turn to 2 turn thing will be variable transformer or variable inductor I couldn’t understand or did you just use the plastic piece to connect the primary and secondary wiring? Because when I look internet about it variable inductor just have 2 pins.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 30, 2024 at 7:34 pm

      On the plastic former, wind the 9 turns first, then wind the 2 turns over the 9 turns.
      To enable firm fixing on the PCB, you can solder the two pins of the plastic former. These two pins can be connected to the 9 turn winding wires.

      Reply
      • Student says

        April 30, 2024 at 8:13 pm

        Then what about 2 turn wire because on diagram you use 4 pins instead of 2 pin
        Or basically I just gonna do normal transformer with 9 turn primer and 2 turn seconder wiring.
        I am sorry if I don’t get it

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          May 1, 2024 at 8:49 am

          The two leads of the plastic former is only to provide a firm support to the transformer by soldering the two leads on PCB. So that it allows a comfortable adjustment of the slug. You can keep these two leads blank without any wire connections. Solder the two leads on a blank pads of the PCB. Now you can solder the 9 turn, 2 turns separately on the relevant points of the circuit.

          Reply
  3. Gman says

    March 1, 2023 at 3:07 pm

    How to make the variable transformer, I’m having trouble understanding on how to make it with the variable inductor coil slug

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 1, 2023 at 4:43 pm

      You can purchase it online:

      https://www.google.com/search?q=buy%20variable%20coil%20slug%20screw%20type&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CQ15bFxpX3nPYagcvGgxWOFDsgIQCgIIABAAKAE6BAgBEAFAAcACAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQuIIBahcKEwi4gqXOzLr9AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCA&biw=1583&bih=757

      Reply
  4. David Smith says

    October 19, 2022 at 6:48 am

    Just let know I found the Audio Transformer it is 1K x 8 ohm.
    Hard to find to day. Today I can find 1.3K x 8ohm.

    The biggest limit to range is the antenna.
    The walkie talkie used about 36″ or 1 meter. I did find on high smog from 6 to 7 also also limit the range. After 9 pm and no smog day with give best range and using a longer antenna gave max range.

    Dave

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 19, 2022 at 10:00 am

      Thanks for the update! Glad you found the important parts. Hope you are able to assemble them correctly and get the intended results.

      Reply
  5. David Smith says

    October 9, 2022 at 7:00 am

    Check on parts on hand.
    The equivalent for the Transistors BC547 and BC338 is a 2N2222. Do you know if 2N2222 will work for both BC547 and BC338?

    Are there any photos of past on builds of the walkie talkie?

    Thank you

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 9, 2022 at 8:51 am

      Yes 2N2222 will work.
      I don’t have any photos but the above circuit is a tested one.

      Reply
  6. David Smith says

    October 8, 2022 at 5:22 am

    Do you now hhe power out put?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 8, 2022 at 9:27 am

      The power output is around 80 mW

      Reply
  7. David Smith says

    October 2, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    A 3P2P Switch can be use
    If look schematic on left hand side the crystal do not need to be switched to ground this happens when switch to receiver side. https://www.jameco.com/z/01-690DB-RH-Jameco-Valuepro-3PDT-Pushbutton-Foot-Switch-ON-ON_2181415.html
    Can be found on other sites like Amazon and other electronic suppliers

    I had this walky talky new back it great.
    The down side was the Antenna was to short. If used a 34 feet of wire you could transmit around 5 miles and receive over 15 miles.

    If you in mountains use [b]Channel 4 it used by 4×4 clubs. 27.005Mhz or just 27[/b]
    It hard to find today any listening to emergency channel 9. I did for 20 years and did here anyone except for someone using the wrong channel.

    I would use a voltage regular for 9 volts.
    The 9 volt battery did not last long and receiver need adjustment.
    Today I planned to 12 volts and a regular to 9 volts

    Hope this helps
    Dave

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 2, 2022 at 7:18 pm

      I don’t think a 3P2P switch would work, since all the T and the R sides of the switches need to be switched simultaneously. A 4 pole 4 throw switch will be required for this.

      Reply
      • David Smith says

        October 4, 2022 at 6:40 pm

        It moving the the resistor R390 and Capacitor 10nf.
        Then switch is moved bottom of crystal group. The receiver side is switched to ground.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          October 4, 2022 at 6:51 pm

          According the switch symbols in the diagram, the R indicates that the switch needs to switched towards R otherwise the circuit will not not operate in the receiver mode.

          Reply
          • David Smith says

            October 5, 2022 at 6:30 am

            After drawing a schematic out it did work SORRY.

            I am using DPDT Relay. I found the push button switch. It is a large and costly switch.

            I am hand wiring both Audio transformer and Inductor coil buying off shelf was too costly.

            I have all parts for antenna coil and antenna.

            I did not find the 330R on the the schematic I think it is the 390R?
            {connected to the first stage and the gain of the transistor is increased by removing the 330R and only using a 56R }

            Reply
            • Swagatam says

              October 5, 2022 at 9:08 am

              Hand winding might not work, you must buy the transformer ready made

              Reply
              • David Smith says

                October 5, 2022 at 10:03 am

                Where is best place to but the audio transformer?
                I did not find the 330R on the the schematic I think it is the 390R?

                Thank you

                Reply
                • Swagatam says

                  October 5, 2022 at 10:12 am

                  You will have to search for the audio transformer online.
                  There’s no 330R in the schematic or the article…there’s only 390R or 390 Ohms

                  Reply
                  • David Smith says

                    October 5, 2022 at 4:25 pm

                    Thank you

                    This is what I found on internet on the
                    Audio transformer.

                    {How to Wind the speaker coil
                    You may use a small audio transformer for the shown speaker transformer, or alternatively build it by winding around 70 turns for the primary (left side), and 500 turns at the secondary (speaker side).}

                    This walky talky was manufactured in the 1960’s sold by Wards
                    I have found all other parts on internet and push button by using a low cost relay.

                    Reply
                    • Swagatam says

                      October 5, 2022 at 6:33 pm

                      I think before trying this complicated part, you can first build the crystal controlled transmitter section and check whether you can build it successfully or not. Once the transmitter section is confirmed then you can experiment with the audio transformer.

                    • David Smith says

                      October 5, 2022 at 7:17 pm

                      I do agree with you.
                      But this walky talky uses the audio transformer as part of transmitter as choke.
                      I was even think using just choke for just the transmitter witch make it simpler.

                    • Swagatam says

                      October 6, 2022 at 9:50 am

                      Yes, you can try a simple choke and see how it works.

  8. Jimmy says

    September 13, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    I’m new in this, I have difficulty in understanding the three circle and a black line in connecting Crystal,transformer,etc. I can see four times in the schematic, I cannot understand the connection,please help me understand how to connect it, your help will be very much appreciated.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 13, 2022 at 8:23 pm

      Those are switch symbols, which indicates that all those 4 switches must be operated together, so that all the “T” positions are selected together, or all the “R” positions are selected together while the switch is operated. It can be something like this:

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      Reply
      • Jimmy says

        September 14, 2022 at 12:23 am

        I assure you will surely achieve your goal in life for being so kind to me, thanks a million.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          September 14, 2022 at 9:56 am

          You are most welcome!!

          Reply
  9. Md. Anisur Rahman says

    December 21, 2020 at 7:25 pm

    I need a drone jammer circuit diagram for (2.4-2.5) GHz range 10km and mobile jammer circuit diagram for 1800 MHz and 2100MHz.
    Please Help me……….

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 22, 2020 at 7:40 am

      sorry I don’t have this circuit at this moment…

      Reply
  10. Bence says

    December 9, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    Some images are missing from this article making it almost impossible to understand. Please reupload the images if you can. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 9, 2020 at 8:38 pm

      I have compressed the image and uploaded it again, please check it now…

      Reply
  11. Swagata Acharjee says

    December 16, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    Sir, can you tell the value of the inductance then it would be very easy to make the inductor.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 17, 2019 at 10:53 am

      Swagata, sorry I do not have the inductance value at this moment, however, if the the indicated number of turns and dimension are implemented correctly it will produce the correct required inductance

      Reply
      • Swagata Acharjee says

        December 18, 2019 at 10:06 am

        ok thank you sir

        Reply
  12. Byron carter says

    December 14, 2019 at 4:45 am

    dear swagatam can i use three 3v button cells to get the 9v required for the circuit . i’m making this circuit to put into a star trek original series communicator and this communicator only has 2 tripple a compartment holder built into it . plus can i also use a bought inductor coil for t1 .or is that what the inductor slug is for. plus can i use aluminum foil to wrap around that said communicators antenna grid, or is aluminum foil a bad metal to use, for an antenna. the antenna grid with that communicator i bought is made of plastic.thanks for any help. cordially, Byronc3.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 14, 2019 at 5:01 pm

      Dear Byron, yes you can use 3 buttons in series to get 9V for the circuit. However the antenna coil must be wound exactly with the same dimension as given in the text. The slug with a iron screw is recommended since the iron screw can be used for tuning the coil precisely. Aluminum foil is actually not necessary anywhere for this design.

      Reply
  13. gwapa says

    July 28, 2018 at 9:19 pm

    hey sir what simulation software did you use?

    Reply
  14. Karthik says

    July 10, 2018 at 10:46 am

    Sir please make a list of all parts I should collect …this is small request ….!! And I didn’t have old telephone speaker so..what I should use in place of it

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      July 10, 2018 at 7:38 pm

      Hello Karthik, I did not test the design myself so I cannot say anything with assurance, but I’ll try to update the parts list soon.

      Reply
      • Karthik says

        July 11, 2018 at 1:22 pm

        Thanks for reply…..
        And please make it soon and give me a idea plzz.

        Reply
      • sarath says

        July 19, 2019 at 7:26 pm

        Hi Swag, is there any way we can order this complete parts kit.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          July 20, 2019 at 8:06 am

          I am sorry Sarath, I don not sell parts, but it may be possible through other online stores. Another good idea would be to purchase a wireless electronic bell and then modify it into a walkie talkie.

          Reply
  15. Solomon says

    July 5, 2018 at 11:54 am

    Hello Sir, This Is A Nice And Interesting Circuit, But Is It Tested And Worked

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      July 5, 2018 at 1:34 pm

      Thanks solomon, yes it is a tested design, however being a complex RF circuit it is recommended only for those who have thorough knowledge of RF theory and have worked with practical RF designs.

      Reply
  16. Chloe Lemaire says

    June 17, 2018 at 7:09 pm

    How can I modify this circuit to be wired instead of wireless? Also can it be possible to create a Master Slave circuit consisting of 3 slaves?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      June 17, 2018 at 7:56 pm

      The concept explained on the top section of this article: https://www.homemade-circuits.com/spy-bug-circuits/ discusses a wired system, you could refer the first concept and build the basic design from the given information

      Reply
      • Chloe Lemaire says

        June 17, 2018 at 9:33 pm

        So I simply remove the circuit after the Transmitter-Receiver Switch and replace it with a wire? Thanks~

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          June 18, 2018 at 4:05 pm

          actually I was referring to the following article:

          https://www.homemade-circuits.com/spy-bug-circuits/

          you can use the first circuit, and connect its output with any audio amplifier placed at the receiving end

          Reply
          • Chloe Lemaire says

            June 18, 2018 at 8:45 pm

            Lastly, would it be okay if I change the Driver Transformer into a amplifier for the mic/speaker? Since I really like the way speaker converts into a mic.

            ~BTW, thanks for the link you provided since it helps me a lot considering it only consist of discrete parts.

            Reply
            • Swagatam says

              June 19, 2018 at 11:04 am

              For the above walkie talkie design, I won’t recommend any changes, it has to be exactly as indicated.
              I am glad the linked concept helped you, keep up the good work.

              Reply
  17. bambang prayogi says

    March 12, 2018 at 2:57 pm

    Is that toy walkie talkie circuit?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 12, 2018 at 6:07 pm

      Yes it is a toy, with relatively smaller range!

      Reply
  18. Coleen says

    September 27, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    Hi Sr.! Could you post a video in testing this circuit??

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 27, 2017 at 1:47 pm

      Hi Coleen, sorry that won’t be possible presently…

      Reply
      • coleen says

        September 29, 2017 at 3:03 pm

        okay Sr., I understand… I just have another question, Did you try this walkie-talkie circuit by yourself Sir?

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          September 29, 2017 at 4:54 pm

          I found the schematic inside a readymade walkie talkie package, which was purchased by one of my friends and the model was tested to be perfectly working.

          Reply
        • coleen says

          October 23, 2017 at 7:15 pm

          Thank you sir 🙂

          Reply
          • Swagatam says

            October 23, 2017 at 7:42 pm

            you are welcome!

            Reply
  19. olupot says

    August 21, 2017 at 10:09 pm

    i will be waiting sir i apperciate your efforts

    Reply
  20. olupot says

    August 21, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    hi sir this circuit looks interesting for its alot of fun but i would want one which transrecieves for both audio and video if possible. that can transmitte and recieve both audio and video from another room thanks

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      August 21, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      thanks olupot, presently I do not have the requested circuit so can’t say much about its details, if possible I may try to find one and publish here

      Reply
  21. Chris Wang says

    May 15, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    also what is your reasoning on why a breadboard will not work? what if we do not try to create a case for it?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      May 16, 2017 at 2:42 am

      RF circuits must be tightly built with minimum wiring otherwise it would fail to oscillate and stop working, that's why breadboard cannot be used.
      stripboard is OK but the soldering and the connections must be done extremely efficiently.

      Reply
  22. Chris Wang says

    May 13, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    Hello, have you built and tested this circuit? If so, how well does this work?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      May 14, 2017 at 2:17 pm

      Hello, This circuit was drawn by referring to a commercial unit's PCB, so it is a tested design.

      Reply
    • Chris Wang says

      May 14, 2017 at 6:49 pm

      Would you say it is feasible to create this circuit on a breadboard and fit inside a custom 3D printed case? Or would creating one's own PCB be more convenient?

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      May 15, 2017 at 4:56 am

      breadboard will not do…it will need to be built over a neatly designed PCB, and tweaked accurately by an expert having a sound experience with RF circuits

      Reply
    • Chris Wang says

      May 15, 2017 at 12:15 pm

      what is your opinion on using a stripboard instead?

      Reply
  23. Jacob Mathew says

    December 24, 2016 at 7:57 am

    also sir, can you please point out where the inductor slug and audio transformer is on the circuit…

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 24, 2016 at 1:06 pm

      inductor with slug is on the left side with BC547 transistor….audio trafo is at the right side

      build it only if you are reasonably expert and have previous experience with practical Rf transmitter circuits, otherwise you might fail in getting the results and end up wasting money and time

      Reply
  24. Jacob Mathew says

    December 24, 2016 at 7:52 am

    sir and if its it not too much to ask, can you upload all the parts list ?? especially the technical names of the transformers and antennae ??

    Reply
  25. Jacob Mathew says

    December 24, 2016 at 7:28 am

    sir, may i know what is 39n ?? there is no 39 nF capacitor that i can find… and how to do this project with a standard double throw switch ??

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 24, 2016 at 1:02 pm

      you can use 33nF instead of two 18nF in parallel.

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 24, 2016 at 1:07 pm

      it is at the base of T1…click the diagram to enlarge.

      Reply
  26. Christian Favour says

    November 13, 2016 at 7:46 am

    Sir Pls I Have A Project Work Of Building A Walkie Talkie Of Range 500meter,how Can I Reduce A 2km Walkie Talkie To 500meter Range.Thanks

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 13, 2016 at 1:38 pm

      Christian, you can do it by changing the antenna with a mismatched antenna, or simply reduce the dimension of the antenna.

      the other technique is to reduce the supply voltage, or the supply current

      Reply
  27. Prajwalchandra r says

    November 5, 2016 at 3:51 pm

    Sir can you help me to design with carrier wave of 455khz

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 6, 2016 at 2:54 pm

      you will have to modify the antenna coil and the associated capacitor along with the crystal suitably…

      Reply
  28. Esraa Shahin says

    September 19, 2016 at 4:29 am

    its really a well design , but I want to ask you what's the type of antenna did you use here ? and if you know an easy program to simulate it, please ?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 19, 2016 at 11:14 am

      thank you, a 6 inches wire will be enough to work like an antenna…

      Reply
  29. Akash Hulke says

    September 5, 2016 at 1:17 pm

    ok,I will make one more try for that coil, if I find any difficulty, i will ask you.
    One little question,
    Are the values of components fix or can be change little, like I didn't get 15pF capacitor, they gave me 18pF, is this ok?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 5, 2016 at 3:34 pm

      slight changes will do which will need to be later on compensated by adjusting the coil dimensions

      Reply
  30. Akash Hulke says

    September 5, 2016 at 10:16 am

    Nobody is able to help me in that thing,even my teachers

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 5, 2016 at 12:12 pm

      the design can be modified differently so that it works with a single coil but that will require an expertise and a thorough knwoledge regarding RF transmitter circuits….

      anther option would be to buy a ready-made walkie-talkie and then duplicate it by procuring the exact same parts.

      Reply
  31. Akash Hulke says

    September 5, 2016 at 10:14 am

    Sir, can you please tell me exactly, what should I do?, this is the only thing now, stopping me in this project.

    Reply
  32. Akash Hulke says

    September 5, 2016 at 6:00 am

    Sir, there is only one winding over bobbin, where is the secondary winding?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 5, 2016 at 7:05 am

      the picture is only for example purpose it's not the actual image of the coil….the second smaller winding can be wound over the first larger winding

      Reply
  33. Akash Hulke says

    September 4, 2016 at 2:54 pm

    Sir, can you show me any picture of that winding on screw, at least a drawing or anything, so I can I can get idea of it or please describe it a little more.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 5, 2016 at 2:56 am

      Akash, please see the second diagram from top, the coil can be seen wound over a plastic bobbin consisting of a central iron screw, this iron screw can moved up/down using a screw driver

      Reply
  34. Akash Hulke says

    September 4, 2016 at 11:45 am

    So,I need to wound 9turns on one end of screw and 2turns on other end. Am I right?
    But sir, can I use the wire, which is use in Motor windings?

    Sir, we are giving 9V dc supply to the circuit and know that transformers only work on AC, so how audio transformer in the given circuit works.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 4, 2016 at 2:22 pm

      No, the screw needs to be movable across the coil length so that it can be moved and adjusted up/down with a screw driver….

      Motor winding wire will not work,,,,it has to be thicker, around 22SWG

      The audio transformer is working with an oscillating DC signal, not with a stable DC.

      Reply
  35. Akash Hulke says

    September 3, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Sir, walkie talkie is my engineering project, I will study circuit provided in the link. But my question is,
    Can I use IFT in place of that 9turns-2turns transformer.
    I tried it and didn't get anything on sniffer circuit.
    Can you please tell me how to troubleshoot the circuit I made.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 4, 2016 at 3:48 am

      IFT will not work, the core needs to be iron screw type, and the number of turns and diameter must be exactly as mentioned in the diagram.

      Reply
  36. Akash Hulke says

    September 2, 2016 at 11:43 am

    Sir,I didn't get 9turns- 2 turns transformer, which is associated with collector of first transistor.
    What to do now?, it isn't available in market near me.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 3, 2016 at 3:05 am

      Akash, the transmitter coils will need to be built at home…..

      if you are not familiar with RF transmitter circuit then you should not try this circuit. you should first practice with smaller circuits as I have explained below

      https://www.homemade-circuits.com/2014/08/spy-bug-circuits.html

      Reply
  37. Swagatam says

    August 29, 2016 at 4:55 am

    if you are not familiar with RF transmitter circuit then you should not try this circuit. you should first practice with smaller circuits as I have explained below

    https://www.homemade-circuits.com/2014/08/spy-bug-circuits.html

    Reply
  38. Swagatam says

    August 29, 2016 at 4:50 am

    For the antenna coil details please refer to the section
    "How to Wind the Antenna Coil"

    the speaker transformer is called "audio output transformer", the wattage is not important, It was popularly used in old AM transistor radios near the speaker.

    Reply
  39. Akash Hulke says

    August 28, 2016 at 2:51 pm

    also sir, if I use 24Mz crystal, then do we need to do changes in sniffer circuit. If yes then which?

    Reply
  40. Akash Hulke says

    August 28, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    Thank you sir, but what is rating of transformer use near speaker in circuit. And the transformer near antenna 9turns-2turns what is this exactly, what do I need to do exactly here.

    Reply
  41. Swagatam says

    August 28, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    You can try a 24MHz, it could just work.

    the transformer could be as shown below:

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    rest you can search and learn from the internet.

    Reply
  42. Demetrio Olarte says

    August 18, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    Sir, what color of the audio transformer should be used?

    Reply
  43. NIRANT RAUT says

    August 13, 2016 at 7:29 am

    hi sir.. I want to know some things about fm trasmitter

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      August 14, 2016 at 3:04 am

      If you have any specific question about it, you can ask… I'll try to answer

      Reply
  44. NIRANT RAUT says

    August 13, 2016 at 7:27 am

    i want to make simple walky talky circuit for my project at collge. can u plz help me out for it

    Reply
  45. Demetrio Olarte says

    August 5, 2016 at 5:03 am

    how does the speaker acts as a microphone?

    Reply
  46. Swagatam says

    July 26, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    walkie taikie is a difficult project you must first know all the basics of RF transmitter receiver concepts

    Reply
  47. Unknown says

    March 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm

    Thank you sir for this circuit but I have a question if you may
    It's about the Antenna Coil ( 0.3 to 0.5mm super enameled copper with primary 9 turns and secondary 2 turns )
    what core should I use to wound over ?

    Also the coil in series with the antenna ( 5 turns of 0.3mm with 5mm diameter )
    what core should I use to wound over also ?
    Please explain 🙂 thanks

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 24, 2016 at 5:09 am

      for the antenna coil use an iron screw as the core which can be moved up down as shown in the second diagram.

      for the antenna series coil no core is required

      Reply
  48. paul oo says

    February 17, 2016 at 4:24 am

    Do you have EagleCAD or PCB pictures/files to view? I'm curious about the form factor as well (SolidWorks files?)

    Reply
  49. Narendra Singh says

    February 6, 2016 at 6:14 pm

    Sir, i wanna to get its equipments… Becoz it is so much good for me… So plz sir, tell me briefly about its equipments… Thanks sir

    Reply
  50. Alex Malik says

    December 11, 2015 at 6:32 pm

    Can you please explain how to wind speaker (if you're doing it on your own) show me some pics… it will be more helpful

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 12, 2015 at 4:52 am

      sorry, I have never wound a speaker, so have no idea about it.

      Reply
  51. Shameeh S says

    October 30, 2015 at 10:52 am

    sir what is the no.of turns for the second transformer ??

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 30, 2015 at 2:06 pm

      It could be around 10:1000 turns, better to go for a readymade audio transformer

      Reply
  52. Yael Corona says

    October 24, 2015 at 10:17 pm

    Hi Swagatam!!

    Thanks for the design, I only have a question, is this circuit transmitting in FM?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 25, 2015 at 9:35 am

      Hi Yael, yes it's an FM transmitter/receiver circuit

      Reply
    • Yael Corona says

      October 25, 2015 at 3:54 pm

      Hey man thanks for reply and congrats your blog is great..

      😀

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 26, 2015 at 3:10 am

      you are welcome yael!

      Reply
  53. joao says

    September 24, 2015 at 10:06 pm

    hello , I will try to do this project , but I have some doubts .

    1 – the variable inductor , I can do it ? I could not find a piece to make it. I have a part for variable inductor but with 6mm diameter , can I use this piece to make it ? The number of turns on it will be the same ?

    2 – to the speaker of the transformer, I plan to use a screw with 3 inches. But how should I do? I do the 500 secondary turns of the screw and then put a tape to isolate and make the 70 laps of the primary ?

    thank you

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 25, 2015 at 11:03 am

      1) 6mm will do. and the same coil specs can be used with this diameter too.

      2) you'll have to use an audio transformer for the speaker coil….a homemade screw wound coil might not work

      Reply
  54. joao says

    September 23, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    Hello , you already implemented this circuit do that this way , and it worked ?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 24, 2015 at 3:03 am

      I have not yet tested it….

      Reply
  55. Carlos Origenes says

    April 28, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    thanks for the reply sir! 🙂
    would it be possible to add indicator LEDs to the circuit for on/off and transmitter mode without affecting the voltages and currents that much?
    I am still unable to find a variable inductor slug 🙁 would it be possible to make one using an iron nail or bolt? Do I still need to insulate the core with plastic?
    Thank you so much

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 29, 2015 at 5:05 am

      Carlos, I can't see any spot in the existing design where an LED could be accommodated without disturbing the circuit's performance, the only way could be to upgrade the changeover switch with an additional pair of contacts, so that this contact can be used for integrating a couple of LEDs for the required indications.

      Reply
    • Carlos Origenes says

      April 29, 2015 at 6:49 am

      Oh. If that's the case then I won't bother adding the LEDs. I have quite a big problem 🙁 I can't find a BC338 transistor, so far. The stores I've visited only have BC337. Would it be okay to substitue the BC337 to the BC338?

      I've checked their datasheets but I still can't decide

      Sorry for asking so many questions 🙁 I am planning on making this project for our prototyping class. Our professor asked us to search for a circuit online to build and this really caught my attention. Sorry for the trouble

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 29, 2015 at 12:46 pm

      BC337 can be replaced with BC338, but please note that this circuit requires some good knowledge and skillful hands for the setting up procedure, and this is not for the newcomers, and everything is too critical in the design, even a smallest of faults will stop the circuit from working….try it only if you have built similar circuit in the past and have good experience with RF circuits.

      Reply
  56. Carlos Origenes says

    April 24, 2015 at 1:10 pm

    Hello! what should be the wattage rating of the 8ohm speaker? Would a regular 10k potentiometer be a viable substitute for the 10k preset? Thanks

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 25, 2015 at 11:36 am

      Hi, the speaker can be any ordinary 8 ohm small speaker, wattage can be of any value.

      yes a pot can be effectively used in place of the shown preset.

      Reply
  57. Pabolu Subbu Venkata Sukesh 13BEC1107 says

    April 17, 2015 at 4:09 am

    how does RF sniffer circuit can be used for this project?
    we are not able to find inductor slug in outside stores

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 17, 2015 at 2:20 pm

      without a slug inductor it would difficult to set the frequency of the unit…..RF sniffers are used for identifying an RF presence……..it won't tell you about the frequency value

      Reply
  58. Pabolu Subbu Venkata Sukesh 13BEC1107 says

    April 14, 2015 at 4:58 am

    what is slug inductor?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 14, 2015 at 6:16 am

      please see the second image, it's a coil wound over a plastic former with a threaded screw system at the center for facilitating the screw in and out of the core using a screw driver.

      Reply
  59. Phalguna Pandu says

    April 1, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    Sir,we are unable to get inductor slug ,so please tell how to wind the antenna coil and more over what do you mean by air Cole coil?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 2, 2015 at 6:16 am

      Phalguna, the slug type inductor will allow you to adjust and set the frequency easily with a screwdriver, without this it would be extremely difficult and confusing to set the circuit so it's recommended to use a slug type coil only.

      air core coil means, a coil built without the need of any core or with an empty core.

      Reply
  60. Phalguna Pandu says

    February 15, 2015 at 8:46 am

    Sir,can u name the antenna

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      February 16, 2015 at 7:28 am

      the antenna can be just a meter long wire or if possible a telescopic type of antenna.

      Reply
  61. afnan ahmed says

    February 10, 2015 at 5:00 am

    sir what is the diameter of 3 inch long screw

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      February 10, 2015 at 2:30 pm

      a 5mm thick core will do

      Reply
  62. afnan ahmed says

    February 10, 2015 at 4:31 am

    sir plz tell me about the power of transformer

    Reply
  63. Neeraj B A says

    February 8, 2015 at 7:50 am

    Sir what all modification is to be done in this circuit to increase the range approximately up to 500m

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      February 8, 2015 at 4:19 pm

      Neeraj, it would be difficult to accommodate more power in this basic design, more complex stages might be required for implementing this.

      Reply
  64. Mark Aala says

    October 17, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    Hi. I do have a question again. Sorry for having lots of questions. Just due to curiosity.

    Which in the circuit acts as the microphone? Because looking in the circuit, there is no such a microphone component. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 18, 2014 at 4:49 am

      Hi, when the switch is flipped towards Tx the speaker is transformed into a mic, i think i have mentioned this in the article itself

      Reply
  65. Mark Aala says

    October 15, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    Hi. Im very happy with this circuit. Thank you. I do have a question. What is the type or specifications of the transformers used? Please let me know. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 16, 2014 at 5:51 am

      Hi thanks, the winding data for the transformers are explained in the article, please refer to it.

      Reply
    • Mark Aala says

      October 16, 2014 at 6:06 am

      I do get it now. Thanks a lot bro

      Reply
    • Mark Aala says

      October 16, 2014 at 6:24 am

      Hi. Its me again. Just for clarification, a walkie talkie is a half-duplex wireless intercom right? Thanks.

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 16, 2014 at 12:03 pm

      yes that's right

      Reply
  66. Jeremiah Ballos says

    July 21, 2014 at 6:29 am

    sir what is the setting frequency for this walkie talkie? can it 88MHz to 108MHz? sorry for my bad english..

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      July 21, 2014 at 1:24 pm

      jeremiah, it's actually a 27MHz system

      Reply
    • Swagatam says

      July 21, 2014 at 1:24 pm

      …88 to 108 MHz will require a lot of tweaking…not recommended.

      Reply
    • Unknown says

      December 3, 2016 at 6:25 pm

      Sir.. My brother gave me a task to do walkitalki…. Can you please help me sir.. How to do it??

      Reply
  67. Pritesh kumar says

    June 18, 2014 at 7:56 am

    sir what is 27MHs crystal.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      June 19, 2014 at 3:55 am

      please Google it online you will get a lot of info regarding its function and appearance.

      Reply
  68. Pritesh kumar says

    June 18, 2014 at 7:35 am

    SIR, How to i change its range please describe.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      June 19, 2014 at 3:54 am

      increase the antenna length, it will help to improve the range

      Reply
  69. Pritesh kumar says

    June 18, 2014 at 7:32 am

    Sir, I am very happy to seeing this circuit.But sir i want to control reciever and transmeter only one switch.please describe about this.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      June 19, 2014 at 3:54 am

      Pritesh, the four switches which are shown in the diagram are the parts of a single 4PDT switch, meaning you will have only one switch to toggle which will enable all the four contacts to move together inside the switch….

      Reply
      • paul oo says

        February 17, 2016 at 4:22 am

        Thank God.

        Reply
  70. ABDUL AZEEZ says

    June 11, 2014 at 1:16 pm

    hi sir,

    Thank u so much for this circuit. i m very happy.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      June 12, 2014 at 3:46 am

      My pleasure Abdul…

      Reply
      • ashish kher says

        January 29, 2016 at 12:57 pm

        any simpler circuit for walkie talkie ?

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          January 30, 2016 at 1:49 am

          buy two FM mics with different frequencies and two FM radios, and you can communicate across these units

          Reply
  71. eshkariel tapiador says

    June 11, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    This what I've been waiting for!!! thank a looooot Swagatam!!!

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      June 12, 2014 at 3:45 am

      you are welcome eshkariel.

      Reply
      • Karthik says

        July 10, 2018 at 10:24 am

        Hi .. I didn’t have old telephone speaker ….so what I should do ..what type of speaker I should buy in shop

        Reply
        • sam sharma says

          July 25, 2021 at 12:22 pm

          You can use a simple 4ohm 0.5watts speaker for this.

          Reply

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