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FM jammer Research Report by Khubaib, Hassan, Mubashir

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 FM Radio Jammer
Khubaib Waqar Khan, Syed Hassan Ali, and Muhammad Mubashir Saif,
Mechatronics Engineering, NUST college of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Abstract: This paper is gives an insight to short range FM radio jammers. We will be discussing how the circuit works as a whole
and also component by component. Our main focus will be Mathematical Analysis involved in finding range of inductors that can
be used to jam all FM signals with the help of variable capacitor of 5pF to 35pF. Our intention is to use an inductor of known
inductance that is made from coil of wire of known turns, thickness and diameter. The circuit after successful testing on bread-
board, will be made on Printed circuit board. We will evaluate the variable capacitance that when attained produces high
frequency signal to jam FM channels namely: 89.0 and 101.0. Then we find compare this theoretical value with actual value that
found by using methods for capacitance measurements. We will apply methods to maximize range of our Jammer.

Keywords: Jammer, FM, Short distance, Transmission, FM Jammer

and the cell phone and broadcasts a RF signal with
frequency range of cell phones and the phone is displayed
with no network available. Within the range of feet smaller
I. INTRODUCTION1 handled models block the frequency range of 800 to 1900
Many of the advances in modern consumer devices are MHz the radius of cell phones can be of range in kilometers
enabled by the increasing use of radio signals in our daily and feet for bigger units. [3]. We can also do the same for
lives. The smooth operation of these radio based services is FM jammer by creating our own jamming signal of
often taken for granted. Some important services are: frequency range of 88MHz to 108 MHz with the help of an
oscillator.
1. Satellite Navigation/ GPS tracking
2. Mobile broadband and telephony
3. Wifi and Bluetooth connections
4. Remote control
5. Wireless CCTV
6. Security systems and Domestic automation
7. Entertainment by FM radios [1] Figure 1: Block Diagram of Jammer

However these services can easily be interrupted by signal

jamming, whether deliberately through the operation of II. CIRCUIT SCHEMATICS
signal jammers or accidentally due to some unforeseen
interference from other transmissions.

Jammers work by giving a signal at the frequency same as

the wave expected by the device that’s being jammed, but at
a higher power compared to the targeted signal. This
decreases the signal to noise ratio to such an extent that the
device is unable to detect them. The jammer signal is a
random noise. Jammer can have one or multiple frequency
signal. The output power of the jammer device will typically
be stated in WATTS or in some cases DBM, (decibels per
meter), or both. [2]

The technology being used in mobile phone jammers is very

simple. It breaks down the network between base station
Figure 2: FM Jammer Circuit Diagram
 III. CIRCUIT EXPLANATION Lmax will not be taken as for this f=33MHz to 88MHz
The circuit is powered by a 9V battery and not a 12V as
increasing voltage increases current and hence produces
more heating effect which damages the components. The
capacitor C1 is used to stabilize the input signal of 9V.
Resistors: R1 and R2 are used as voltage dividers to L must be greater than 0.09uH for this f=89MHz to
produce divided voltage across Base of transistor and 270MHz
ground. They act as biasing circuit. R3 is used to limit the
emitter current in its absence maximum current flows b) Case 2 For f=108MHz
through emitter and current through the collector and hence
VC1 (variable capacitor) and L1 is minimum. Transistor Q1
is used as an amplifier. It amplifies the base current by
factor of β (current gain). C2 is used to stabilize the voltage
across the base of Q1 and ground. LED is used as an
indicator of current follow through the inductor. Without it
one cannot know the proper working and complete current
path of circuit.VC1 and L1 constitute the tank circuit which Lmin will not be taken as for this f=108MHz to 290MHz
produces high frequency signal. This is the oscillator in the
circuit. As capacitor is variable so the frequency of signal L must be smaller than 0.43uH for this f=41MHz to
can be adjusted. C3 adds noise to the signal. Antenna is 108MHz
used for transmitting noise signal and for long range of
jamming c) Case 3:

But case 1 and 2 are not as efficient as Case 3 because in

IV. MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
both cases 88MHz and 108MHz are at the extremes. There
A. Noise and Targeted Frequency can be tolerance in capacitor that it may not allow 5pF
(starts from 6pF or 7pF) or 35pF (starts from 33pF or
For any targeted frequency to be jammed the inductance 34pF), so we desire an inductor value such that all FM
and capacitance should be such that the emit noise of that frequencies lie within capacitor value: 5pF and 35pF for
frequency easy tuning.

Table 1
Inductance and Corresponding Frequency Ranges

Inductance L

B. Variable Capacitor With Cmin=5pF and Cmax=35pf

The variable capacitor has range 5pF to 35pF 1uF 26MHz to 71MHz

0.09uF 89MHz to 237MHz

C. Choosing the Inductance 0.1uF 85MHz to 225MHz

Jammer is required to stop FM. Hence, determining the
range of inductors that can be used 0.2uF 60MHz to 159MHz

0.3uF 49MHz to 130MHz

Rearranging for L
0.4uF 42.5MHz to 112MHz

0.43uF 41MHz to 108MHz

a) Case 1: For f=88MHz 0.5uF 38MHz to 100MHz

0.01uF 269MHz to 711MHz

Conclusion Of cases: One can chose any inductor value
within 0.9uH to 0.43uH if he wants to Jammer that can
block any FM.
D. Value of Inductor
Figure 2: Making Inductor using Wire
We desired to make an inductor of value 0.33uH so it as we
chose enameled cupper wire of diameter 1.29mm i.e. 18
SWG, we took loop diameter to be 10mm and number of
turns to be 5 using Coil inductance calculator [5].
E. Jamming with 0.33uH inductor
For this inductor jamming range is 47MHz to 123MHz.
Evaluating capacitance that is set for jamming 89 and 101
channels.
a) FM 89MHz
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When variable capacitor attains 9.7pF value Channel 89.0 is
jammed.
b) FM 101MHz
When variable capacitor attains this value Channel 101.0 is
jammed.
These Capacitances were checked by Capacitor measuring
equipment.
V. MAXIMIZING RANGE
In order to maximize the range of jammer and the simple
wire antenna which was used initially was replaced by a
radio antenna. This increased the range of jamming from 1
meter to 25 meter. Use of a dipole or quadrupole antenna
can further increase the range.
VI. CONCLUSION
The blocking by the FM jammer circuit was apparent and
observable within a short range of 25m. In future we can
form FM jammers that are calibrateable. They can have
more geographical range. These will make use of minimum
components for the jamming circuit.
VII. REFERENCES
[1] Alaparthi Pardhasaradhi, RayalaRavi Kumar IJSR ,india online
ISSN:2319-7064 signal jamming and its modern applications.
[2] Ctisacr.com/Spanish/PDF/coverage.pdf
[3] P. naresh, p.raveendra babu, k.satyaswathi, IJSETR volume2, issue
19,September 2013 mobile phone signal jammer for gsm,cdma with
Coverage prescheduled time duration using ARM7.
[4] Simple FM radio jammer circuit, Jose Dankarlis romero-
academia.edu.
[5] https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/tools/coil-inductance-calculator/
First Author: Khubaib Waqar Khan is first year student
in NUST pursuing Bachelors of Mechatronics
Second Author: Syed Hassan Ali is first year student in
NUST pursuing Bachelors of Mechatronics
Third Author: Muhammed Mubashir Saif is first year
student in NUST pursuing Bachelors of Mechatronics