# How can I modify the frequency of a simple 433MHz transmitter module?

### How can I change the frequency of a simple RF transmitter?

These are the transmitters in question:

### Background Research

On this question s3c says:

To change the transmit frequency you'll have to change the SAW resonator as well as some component values

I have a SAW oscillator for 304.25MHz, the frequency I'd like to broadcast at.

I noticed in the photo above that the inductor coil has a different number of turns for the 315MHz and 433MHz transmitters.

The transmitter can be modified to any frequency between 50 and 400 MHz by replacing ... the inductor which is an oscillator coil and a capacitor

Additionally there is a schematic for the circuit on electroschematics.com:

That schematic is for the 433MHz circuit and it uses two 47k resistors, and this blog shows a closeup of a the back of a 433MHz module using two 27k resistors instead:

It also offers a hand drawn schematic:

I believe this is a photo of the back of a 315MHz transmitter and it appears to use resistor values of 20k and 27k:

### How can I modify the frequency of one of these transmitter modules?

• I believe I need to switch out the SAW oscillator
• I think I need to change the number of turns in one of the inductor coils
• I may need to change the values of the resistors
• Wavelength can be calculated using the formula at the bottom of the hand-drawn schematic - so a quarter length antennae for would be 17.3cm for 433MHz, 23.8cm for 31Hz, and 24.6cm for 304.25MHz
• Not sure how I might calculate the values for these components.
• Not sure how to test - maybe using a USB RTL-SDR tuner?
• By the time you've done all it takes to convert them, you could have just bought some with the correct frequency - and it would have been cheaper.
– JRE
Apr 20, 2018 at 20:29
• @JRE - maybe for converting a 433mhz transmitter to 315mhz but I need one that transmits at 304.25mhz and haven't seen any of those available to purchase. Can you point me to one?
– cwd
Apr 20, 2018 at 21:16
• A 315MHz module will probably work at 304 MHz with no modifications other than changing the SAW oscillator. A 433 MHz unit is not likely to work at 304. Apr 20, 2018 at 22:48
• @PeterBennett - great suggestion - it worked!
– cwd
Apr 24, 2018 at 17:25
• If you need a different frequency, you should seriously consider buying a programmble, synthesized "sub-GHz" transmitter IC from any of the many vendors who offer such (TI, SiLabs, Hope, probably many more) - these are far better "radios" anyway. If you're doing this for home control, you get the advantage that one agile transmitter can talk to all of your appliances, speak FSK and not just OOK, etc, not to mention receive (for leaning) in addition to just transmitting. Nov 27, 2020 at 17:17