Document Number DS000041
Solo 1W Amplifier
Part A - User Guide
Cobham Surveillance
Unclassified
The Cobham Centre -
Solent Fusion 2
1100 Parkway
Solent Business Park Whiteley Hampshire
PO15 7AB
+44 (0)1489 566 750
Page 1: ...ment Number DS000041 Solo 1W Amplifier Part A User Guide Cobham Surveillance Unclassified The Cobham Centre Solent Fusion 2 1100 Parkway Solent Business Park Whiteley Hampshire PO15 7AB 44 0 1489 566...
Page 2: ...ay be relevant or applicable to the system you will be working with Actual screen presentation may differ from the screens presented in this document due to software changes or browser configurations...
Page 3: ...a new word or We call this a protocol term of significance and its function is a Text in these brackets indicates an Ls a optional component that can be left out NN This indicates a value entered on a...
Page 4: ...A User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier SOLAMP1W User Guide R1 doc 3 DS000041 Unclassified Trademarks All trademarks or registered trademarks that appear in this document are the property of th...
Page 5: ...ions 2 Symbols 2 Trademarks 3 Contents 4 01 Systems Description 5 01 10 Overview 5 01 20 General 5 01 30 One Watt Power Amplifier System 6 01 30 01 Attaching the One Watt Power Amplifier 6 01 30 02 At...
Page 6: ...of power amplifiers Interconnection between the transmitter and any power amplifier should be kept as short as possible but where this is not possible special attention should be taken to use only lo...
Page 7: ...ample when operating over long range in vehicles or aircraft Figure 15 10 One watt Power Amplifier 01 30 01 Attaching the One Watt Power Amplifier The amplifier is designed to bolt on to the SOLO4 Tra...
Page 8: ...link lead 1 Connect the semi rigid RF loop cable to the SMA antenna interface on the transmitter 2 Connect the other end of the RF loop cable to the SMA interface on the power amplifier Figure 15 10 0...
Page 9: ...tter now that the Hirose you d normally use is occupied Note There is a second version of this enable cable where the remaining Lemo OB 3 way plug f is used for Data instead of control to enable you t...
Page 10: ...Solo 1W Amplifier Part A User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier SOLAMP1W User Guide R1 doc 9 DS000041 Unclassified 01 50 Drawing...
Page 11: ...gnitude of variation in a changing quantity from its zero value Amplitude Modulation in which the amplitude of the carrier wave is varied Modulation above and below its normal value in accordance with...
Page 12: ...ing amounts of data but is always padded to run at a fixed line rate of 270 Mb s B Means BNC Bayonet Neill Concelman A very common type of RF connector used for terminating coaxial cable Bandwidth The...
Page 13: ...e of forward error correction is that a back channel is not required or that retransmission of data can often be avoided at the cost of higher bandwidth requirements on average FEC is therefore applie...
Page 14: ...r absorbed by atmosphere and obstructions with material and generally cannot travel over the horizon or behind obstacles NLOS is Non Line of sight Load A device that consumes electrical power Lux The...
Page 15: ...transmitter into useful information Radiate To transmit RF energy Radio Frequency Any frequency of electrical energy capable of propagation into space usually above 20kHz Also called RF S Means SNR S...
Page 16: ...ector has a 50 impedance and operates best in the 0 11 GHz frequency spectrum U Means USB Universal Serial Bus V Means VHF Very High Frequency 30 MHz to 300 MHz V Volt Viterbi The process of decoding...
