Abstract :
At this time communication is growing rapidly so that it can track the
location of its users. However, this system is expensive, at the same time volunteers
and public service organizations are constantly struggling with shrinking budgets.
One method of detecting the presence of a radio transmitter can be detected using
the Doppler effect method, by using the frequency difference that occurs at 500 Hz
Doppler when the radio transmitter moves closer to or away from the detector.
The 500 Hz Doppler generated by RDF is modulated with a frequency of
146 MHz used in Handy Talky (HT). The received 146 MHz frequency is outputted
as voice data while the 500 Hz Doppler frequency received is returned in its
original form by forwarding the frequency to the demodulation system and
processed in the HPF and LPF circuits and then forwarded to the digital filter.
After the filtering process the 500 Hz frequency is forwarded to the zero-crossing
detector to change the frequency form from sine to square. The square frequency
output is passed to the adjustable delay to determine the pulse width and is
displayed on the LED display.
The results of the research show that the tool can function properly to
determine the location of the transmitter by utilizing the Doppler effect. The
antenna used can detect when there is a difference in the received frequency when
the transmitter moves closer to or away from the detection antenna. This research
detects Very High Frequency (VHF) 146 MHz which is modulated with 500 Hz
Doppler tone. On the LED display which is designed in a 360-degree circle with a
total of 16 LEDs and the distance of each LED is 22.5 degrees, it can display the
location of the transmitter well.