GAREX TWOMOBILE MK II Operating Manual Download Page 8

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Garex Twomobile 

Handbook 

POWER SUPPLY SECTION 

The  12V  DC  supply  is  connected  to  the  equipment  via  the  7A  fuses  FS1,  FS2 
and the power switch SI on the front panel. When the equipment is switched 
on  the  positive  and  negative  sides  of  the  supply  are  connected  to  the 
receiver and the green lamp illuminates. The positive side of the supply is 
connected to the DC converter. 

The  DC  converter  consists  of  VT70I,  VT702  in  a  push—pull  blocking 
oscillator  circuit.  AC  is  developed  in  the  secondary  of  T701,  rectified  by 
a  full—wave  bridge  rectifier  MR70I(a-d)  and  smoothed  by  C7O1,  R701,  C702a 
and  C702b.  Another  secondary  winding  provides  heater  supplies  for  v601, 
V602  via  a  choke-capacitor  filter.  When  the  transmit  button  on  the 
microphone  is  pressed  the  transmit  relay  RLB  is  energised,  RLB1  changes 
over  to  break  the  negative  supply  to  the  receiver  and  connects  it  to  the 
converter  to  provide  the  HT  and  heater  supplies  to  the  transmitter  valves. 
The  red  TX  lamp  is  connected  in  parallel  with  the  energising  coils  of  RLA 
and RLB and illuminates when the microphone switch is operated. 

Reversed Polarity Protection 

A selenium rectifier MR702 is connected across the DC supply when the power 
switch  is  on  and  is  normally  non-conducting.  If  the  supply  polarity  is 
reversed,  MR702  will  conduct  and  blow  one  or  both  of  the  supply  fuses.  It 
is vital that the correct fuses are fitted (7A rating, 16mm belling-lee). 

RELAYS 

The coils of the relays RLA and RLB are each connected to the negative side 
of the 12v supply. The positive side is connected to the rel&ys via the 
microphone press—to-talk switch. 
 

RLA

 is the antenna changeover relay and transfers the antenna 

connection from the receiver input to the transmitter output. 
 

RLB

 is the transmit relay. 

 

RLB1

 transfers the 12V negative supply from the receiver to the DC 

converter. 
 

RLB2

 transfers the input connection to the audio amplifier (VT503) from the 

receiver volume control to the output from microphone preamplifier (VT502). 
 

RLB3/RLB4

 transfers the AF output from the loudspeaker transformer T503 to 

the modulation transformer T504. 
 

Summary of Contents for TWOMOBILE MK II

Page 1: ...D R A F T D R A F T D R A F T Garex Twomobile 1 Handbook GAREX TWOMOBILE MK II TWO METRE FM AM TRANSCEIVER OPERATING MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ulation system phase or amplitude is selected by a front panel switch which is independent of the receiver mode switch thus readily allowing cross mode working The equipment is designed to operate from a nominal 12V DC supply conveniently supplied from a vehicle battery For fixed station use a mains driven power supply delivering 12V DC stabilised at 5 amps maximum is required Under standby condit...

Page 3: ...f fitted Dimensions 12 x 5 x 9 deep Weight l2 lbs 5 7kg Optional features Tone burst generator 1700 or 1750Hz Up to 6 transmit channels RECEIVER Sensitivity 1µV p d input for 500mW audio output with signal to noise ratio of 12dB Audio output 1 watt with less than l0 distortion Intermediate frequencies 1st IF 10 7MHz 2nd IF 455kHz with band pass block filter Squelch An electronic squelch circuit is...

Page 4: ...an FET The second local oscillator is crystal controlled at 10 245MHz producing the second IF of 455kHz The second IF is amplified and passed through a bandpass block filter after which there are a further five stages of amplification Amplitude modulated signals pass via the detector and noise limiter to the mode selection switch Frequency modulated signals are taken from the fourth amplifier stag...

Page 5: ...ing stage VT305 is used Transformer T302 in its collector circuit has two secondary windings which are connected respectively to the signal detector MR302 and the AGC detector MR303 The rectified output from MR303 is fed back via emitter follower VT306 as AGC bias to the RF stages VT1 VT2 and the IF amplifiers VT302 VT303 The rectified output from MR302 passes through the noise limiter MR304 the r...

Page 6: ...rs The multiplier driver and power amplifier use quick heat tetrodes Phase Modulation The output from the crystal oscillator is phase modulated by the variable capacitance diodes and multiplied by the following stages Amplitude Modulation The AF section part of which is used in the receiver provides anode and screen modulation of the transmitter power amplifier ...

Page 7: ...hone is amplified by VT50I and VT502 coupled by T501 to the series diodes MR5OI and MR502 which limit the audio and hence the peak deviation After limiting the audio is taken through a lowpass filter integrated by R511 and C508 and via the peak deviation control VR501 to the variable capacitance diodes MR651 and MR653 AF Section amplitude modulation The microphone output is amplified as described ...

Page 8: ...the transmitter valves The red TX lamp is connected in parallel with the energising coils of RLA and RLB and illuminates when the microphone switch is operated Reversed Polarity Protection A selenium rectifier MR702 is connected across the DC supply when the power switch is on and is normally non conducting If the supply polarity is reversed MR702 will conduct and blow one or both of the supply fu...

Page 9: ... supply lead to the negative Reversal of these connections will blow one or both of the 7A fuses It is important to ensure that the correct rating and type of fuse is used as a replacement The supply voltage for alignment and test purposes is 13 2V measured at the input to the equipment Receiver Connect a 3 5 ohm loudspeaker to the terminal block on the outside of the rear panel With the 12V DC su...

Page 10: ...ck heat valves to reach operating temperature then speak at normal voice level across the face of the microphone at a distance of 2 3 inches do not speak directly at the face of the microphone When first using a particular sntenna system the transmitter should be correctly loaded to the antenna as follows using field strength meter or reflectometer VSWR meter adjust the antenna trimmer accessible ...

Page 11: ...ck the antenna and connections Receiver Locate the positive and negative supply inputs to each Rx board and check that the appropriate voltage is present Typical voltages at various points are shown on the circuit diagrams For the detailed alignment procedure refer to the receiver alignment chart Transmitter Typical voltages at various points are shown on the circuit diagram Voltages are ve refere...

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Page 14: ...D R A F T D R A F T D R A F T Garex Twomobile 14 Handbook SCHEMATICS ...

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Page 18: ...o drop almost to zero Then C902 then charges at a rate controlled by C908 until the logic level is reached when the switching gates change and then block the passage of the tone The delay while C902 charges gives the length of the toneburst With switch S5 in the TONE ON position a toneburst will be transmitted automatically each time the PTT contact is operated Adjustment Using a suitable frequenc...

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