GENERAL DATA

Output Nominal Power 150 W adjustable

Operating band 87.5 ÷ 108 MHz

Direct to channel Yes

RS232/RS485 Yes. Connector DB9 Female

Points of measure RF Sample - MPX Monitor

Displayed Parameters More than 50 parameters displayed on a wide graphic OLED

Adjustments From the frontal panel through OLED/from PC

Number of L-DMOS in amplifier stage 1

RF power stage technology ICEFET & ECOSAVING

Dimensions: Rack units 2U

Dimensions: W - H - D 48.5 - 8.5 - 58.5 cm / 19.11 - 3.35 - 23.05 inches

Weight 9.4 Kg / 20.72 lbs

Number of cooling fans 2

CONNECTORS

RF Output connector N

MPX Connector BNC Female balanced, unbalanced

LEFT & RIGHT Connectors (or Mono) XLR Female

AES/EBU Connector XLR Female/optical

AUX Connectors BNC Female

RDS BNC Female

SCA BNC Female

ETHERNET RJ45

19 kHz monitor BNC Female

MPX monitor BNC Female

10 MHz IN/OUT SMA

PPS IN/OUT SMA

GPS ANTENNA SMA

RF PERFORMANCE

Output impedance 50 Ω

Automatic power RF control Stabilizes the output power value on the set value

Overall output power RF stability +/- 0,1 dB

VSWR 2:1 at full power.

Automatic power reduction beyond 1.7:1.

Transmitter is protected from both open and short

circuit conditions.

Harmonics < -85 dBc

Out of band emission (spurious) < -85 dBc

AUDIO PERFORMANCE

MPX input level +15/-10 dBu for 75 KHz standard deviation

MPX input impedance Selectable 5 K unbalanced, 600Ω balanced

L/R input level +15/-10 dBu for 75 KHz standard deviation

L/R input impedance Selectable 10 K - 600 Ω, balanced

AES/EBU Electric and optical input

AES/EBU input resolution 24 bits

AES/EBU input sample rate 32,44.1,48,96,192 KHz automatically selected

AES/EBU input level -20 dBFS - 0 dBFS

AES/EBU input impedance 110 Ω balanced

SCA/RDS input level 0 dBu for 10% deviation

Pilot amplitude adjustment Soft adjust 0.05% steps from front panel

Pilot phase adjustment Soft adjust 0.01 degree steps from front panel

Pilot tone frequency 19 KHz

Pilot tone deviation Soft adjust +/- 7.5 KHz

Pilot tone frequency stability +/-1 Hz

THD+N (Mpx operation) < 0.01% or better with 75 KHz frequency deviation

< 0.01% or better with 100 KHz frequency deviation

30 Hz to 15 KHz

THD+N (Stereo/Mono operation) < 0.03% or better with 75 KHz frequency deviation

< 0.03% or better with 100 KHz frequency deviation

30 Hz to 15 kHz

Pre-emphasis 0/25/50/75 microseconds selectable

Pre-emphasis tolerance +/- 0.1 dB

FM S/N (Mpx operation) 85 dB

20 Hz to 23 KHz @ 53 KHz - detector RMS

FM S/N CCIR (Stereo/Mono operation) > 80 dB weighted

> 80 dB unweighted

@ 400 Hz, 75 KHz frequency deviation,

quasi-peak detector, 50 us de-emphasis

Asynchronous AM S/N unweighted > 60 dB

@ 400 Hz, 75 us de-emphasis

Synchronous AM S/N > 50 dB

@ 400 Hz, 75 us de-emphasis

Amplitude-frequency characteristic

(Mpx operation)

+/- 0.1 dB (without pre-emphasis)

20 Hz to 100 kHz @ 400 Hz

Amplitude frequency characteristic

(Stereo/Mono operation)

+/- 0.1 dB (without pre-emphasis)

+/- 0.2 dB (with pre-emphasis)

20 Hz to 15 kHz @ 400 Hz

Stereo separation > 70 dB

20 Hz to 15 KHz

Linear crosstalk > 70 dB

20 Hz to 15 kHz

Intermodulation distortion <0.05% Measured with two of tones

1 kHz & 1.3 KHz, ratio

1:1 at 100% modulation

Class of emission F3

Stereo emission According to ITU-R reccomendation

450 (pilot tone)

EXCITER PERFORMANCE

Frequency deviation +/- 75 KHz 0.1 dB steps adjustable

Maximum frequency deviation +/- 150 KHz

Frequency stability +/- 0.1ppm with oven

RF frequency steps 1 Hz

Phase Response +/- 0.1 degree from linear phase

20 Hz to 100 KHz

Internal sample rate 2.4 GHz

Oven 10 MHz Yes internal, aging +/- 0.1ppm year

GPS Yes internal

SFN Yes, with delay from 0 to 1s, step 100ns

INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS

Power supply 110, 230 Two-Singlephase Version 50-60 Hz VAC

Power consumption (typical) 230 W

Current drain (typical @230V) 1 A

Overall efficiency

(typical from -3dB to Pnom)

> = 70%

Power factor > 0.95

Fuses and circuit breakers n.2 fuses 15 A BT311315 OMEGA

COOLING/NOISE/DATA

Cooling system Forced air-cooling

Acoustic noise < 65 phon

@ transmitter room, 2 m distance

of the front of transmitter

Air outlet 240 m3/h

ENVIRONMENT

Temperature range (operating) -5 ÷ +45 °C, 23 ÷ 113 °F

Temperature range (non operating) -20 ÷ +55 °C, -4 ÷ 131 °F

Humidity range (operating) 95% @ 40 °C, 104 °F

Humidity range (non operating) 90% @ 55 °C, 131 °F

Altitude range (operating) <3000 meters / <9840 Feet

Altitude range (non operating) <15000 meters / < 49200 Feet

TELECONTROL & TELEMETRY

Remote control Yes

Remote control, dry contacts Yes