481THz AM transmitter

This morning I took a step further towards making a complete 481THz lightbeam transceiver by breadboarding and testing a simple AM transmitter for use with a high brightness red LED. The circuit could hardly be simpler but works very well. The bias on TR2 is adjusted to give around mid-rail so the LED has a standing bias before audio is applied. Listening (without optics) on my modified KA7OEI receiver head and looking on a scope, the modulation looks good with around 150mA current into the LED.