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HF / VHF Transceiver

PT-8000 A·B·C

Operating Manual

Version 1.0

Summary of Contents for PT-8000

Page 1: ...HF VHF Transceiver PT 8000 A B C Operating Manual Version 1 0...

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Page 3: ...lberling PT 8000A B C Operating Manual PT 8000 HN 8000 and T9 are developed and manufactured in the EU by Hilberling GmbH Kieler Strasse 53 24768 Rendsburg Germany Logo and name of Hilberling GmbH are...

Page 4: ...llow children or any unauthorized persons to operate the transceiver AVOID placing and using the transceiver in areas with temperatures below 15 C or above 50 C AVOID placing the transceiver against a...

Page 5: ...1 6 5 Handles B 11 Part C Installation And Operation 7 Installation And Connections C 1 8 Front Panel Controls Display And Their Function 8 1 Front Panel Controls C 2 8 2 Display C 3 8 3 Clustered Fro...

Page 6: ...Reference Calibration C 43 18 1 2 Preselector Calibration C 44 18 2 Brightness Of Display DIM C 46 18 3 Recording Functions Voice Recorder C 47 19Metering Of PT 8000 METER C 48 20Basic Settings RX TX...

Page 7: ...e mass of the material and the transformation ratio used The IP3 of this preselector is outstanding 50dBm The series circuit is tuned through software by 5 inductor taps 5 bit and an 8 bit capacitor s...

Page 8: ...ic antenna tuner ATU is an integral part of the output design In terms of power handling capability of these components there is no difference between the 100 600 W models 6 For VHF operation 144 MHz...

Page 9: ...dB PT 8000 B 125 Watt 600 Watt 36 dB 2 5 Watt 50 dB PT 8000 C 2 5 Watt 10 Watt 36 dB 2 5 Watt 50 dB VHF PT 8000 A B C 25 Watt 25 Watt 36 dB 2 5 Watt 50 dB Carrier Suppression SSB ISB 70 dB PEP Opposi...

Page 10: ...A 4 Part A Introduction 1 5 Operating Limitations TBD...

Page 11: ...l For Software Update 12 4 Handles 15 1 Operating Manual Table 2 3 2 About This Manual The PT 8000 represents primarily state of the art analog RF design However digital signal processing and micropro...

Page 12: ...sition the front stand under the cabinet as shown on the picture Allways handle the PT 8000 with care consider the weight of more than 50 lbs please 3 4 Antenna Considerations Standing wave ratio SWR...

Page 13: ...r circuit No AGC and no 10 7MHz xtal filter at that point Thus bandwidths are determined by roofing filter J6 IF 10 7 MHz MAIN SMA Output 1st IF 70 7 MHz of MAIN RX The output is tapped after the 1st...

Page 14: ...is 20 dBm to drive transverter or external power amplifier J15 ext SPKR add EIA 453 IEC 60603 11 Phone Plug TRS 3 5mm Additional external speaker output Use to connect the speaker at HN 8000 in additi...

Page 15: ...rten the audio output and may damage the transceiver J17 AUX TX PTT ALC To be implanted later J18 DC IN PT 8000A PT 8000B PT 8000C 1 2 13 8 VDC 13 8 VDC 13 8 VDC 2 1 50 VDC PA Not Connected Not Connec...

Page 16: ...o data input J20 pin 2 rated 0 dBm 4 2 Connectors At Front Panel Connection Sockets 1 3 Nr Name Typ Beschreibung 1 MIC PTT Microphone Socket 8 pol Microphone connector for Hilberling T9 and Data input...

Page 17: ...h model PT 8000 A B is equipped with its appropriate power supply all named HN 8000 The only difference in appearance for the PT 8000A model and the PT 8000B model is the final amplifier DC input powe...

Page 18: ...8 V DC Banana Plug 4 mm Clamp Auxiliary output 13 8V DC Banana Plug 4 mm Grounding wire must be connected to PT 8000 transceiver E M6 Grounding stud must be connected to PT 8000 transceiver and to st...

Page 19: ...3 8 V DC 6 ACCESSORIES ON OFF for DC Low Power DC AUX ON OFF DC Power Amplifier DC Fuse AUX Power Meter The power meter indicates the DC input power of the final power amplifier hence computation of e...

Page 20: ...guarantee high fidelity audio and if desired an extra punch to the signal Impedance is 600 1kHz The acoustic characteristic is kidney shaped 6 2 Wiring Cables AC line voltage cable for HN 8000 length...

Page 21: ...ion a quick operating reference and A conversion table dBm dB V S units Upper left hand card Lower right hand card 6 4 Operating Manual This Operating Manual Version 1 0 6 5 Handles Two handles may at...

Page 22: ...C 12 Part C Installation And Operation This page is intentionally blank Part C Installation And Operation...

Page 23: ...erly Grounding stud is connected to station ground Grounding wire is connected to both PT 8000 and HN 8000 DC cable is connected to both HN 8000 and PT 8000 For initial operation we recommend not to c...

Page 24: ...Receiver The RX is always turned on audio is always present regardless of RX status active or in the background see below Pushing toggles the speaker ON and OFF depending on NORMAL or SPLIT Audio Mod...

Page 25: ...he front panel RX in background here SUB with limited access through controls Selected VFO for RX in background RX which is selected as active Note Each VFO setting includes bandwidth and mode SWR Squ...

Page 26: ...d Equalizer if EQ menu is selected VOX ON HF Mode VHF Mode DSP noise reduction ON RX noise blanking ON NR NB ON DSP Notchfilter ON IF Notchfilter ON DSP IF Notchfilter ON ON for f 1 8 MHz for f 7 MHz...

Page 27: ...t tuning cycle Manual TX ON MOX DISPLAY Select special MENU DSP Activation of Digital Filter Automatic Notch Filter Automatic Noise Reduction NR FUNCTION Automatic Gain Control AGC Activate Scan Funct...

Page 28: ...gs for VOX Sensitivity ANTI TRIP DELAY ZERO BEAT Activate MIC GAIN VOX PROCESSOR Activate TX POWER High Low CW Key Speed Volume MAIN RX Push function switches speaker according to AUDIO Normal Split V...

Page 29: ...ettings from the front panel controls amplifier and gain leveler circuit on the TX board Right hand side P1 coarse adjustment of audio volume MAIN RX front panel 1 MIC PTT pin 3 P3 coarse adjustment o...

Page 30: ...ontrols the receiver is operating with its last settings when it has been the active one One transmitter and two receivers are operated in three main modes MAIN RX is active and SUB is working in the...

Page 31: ...spective controls MAIN and SUB 3 Both knobs have a push function Depending on the AUDIO setting NORMAL SPLIT the audio from MAIN and SUB are allocated to the speakers and are turned ON and OFF see pag...

Page 32: ...The large S meter is always allocated to the active RX The smaller S meter is indicating the fieldstrenght of the RX working in the background Pressing PTT when SUB RX is the active one will toggle MA...

Page 33: ...r AM FM is memorized and reactivated The display shows the activated mode inverse 10 1 SSB CW Single Side Band Continuous Wave Pressing SSB CW will call up the SSB CW soft key menu 10 1 1 SSB Single S...

Page 34: ...requency of the received signal At the same time the center frequency of the DSP filter is shifted accordingly Range 400 1000 in 50 increments Width will change the DSP filter width with following val...

Page 35: ...NORM INV DATA input connected to J17 on rear panel will be transmitted on USB LSB depending on status of ISB NORM INV ISB normal 0dBm or DATA input are transmitted on USB Voice will be on LSB ISB inv...

Page 36: ...nd Upper Sideband Cyclic change of frequency tuning steps 1 Hz 10 Hz 100 Hz 1 kHz Frequency Modulation standard mode FM repeater mode The transmit frequency is lower than the receive frequency standar...

Page 37: ...sired transmit frequency hence define the shift within a tuning range from 0 2 000kHz The frequency resolution selected for the VFO will apply for this setting Pressing the SET RPT pushbutton again wi...

Page 38: ...t the DATA input will be transmitted TX 0dBm and TX DATA are working alternatively Only one signal can be selected DATA mode may be selected in all modes If DATA mode is not selected PTT through RS232...

Page 39: ...ing the last valid frequency that has been stored will remain Mode and bandwidth are stored together with the respective frequency The following BANDS are defined in the PT 8000 software Pushbutton Ba...

Page 40: ...wo frequencies used on VHF are recalled through the band pushbutton 0 VHF If a transverter has been used the last time VHF was activated the respective softkey will be displayed inverse The specific t...

Page 41: ...ter operation 50 MHz band 50 52 MHz Transverter operation 144 MHz band 142 148MHz The allocated band for the transverter will be displayed inverse If the soft key is pushed and held the transverter op...

Page 42: ...437 MHz 1 268 1 270 GHz 1 296 1 298 GHz 2 320 2 322 GHz 3 400 3 402 GHz 3 456 3 458 GHz 5 760 5 762 GHz 10 368 10 370 GHz 10 450 10 452 GHz 24 048 24 050 GHz 47 088 47 090 GHz 75 976 75 978 GHz Table...

Page 43: ...ing the respective numbers from 1 8 1 to 28 9 allocated to the BAND buttons located in the cluster BAND and 0 VHF located in the cluster MODE will insert the digits from left to right The ENTER menu w...

Page 44: ...east significant digit is typed in the numerical input is terminated and the frequency is transferred to the respective VFO In case the input is not acknowledged through ENTER soft key or finished aft...

Page 45: ...up The frequency of the standby VFO will disappear Instead information about the active channel are displayed see page C24 When a CHANNEL is selected toggling between MAIN SUB RX and VFO A B is inhibi...

Page 46: ...C 36 Part C Installation And Operation...

Page 47: ...oundaries it will be used for SCAN operations Pushing CHANNEL again will terminate the CHANNEL operation the last used VFO frequency will be activated the channel menu will be called up again in case...

Page 48: ...software update The tuning increments are adjustable through STEP selection which is allocated to the VFO soft key menu STEP up towards fine tuning decreases the tuning increments by power of 10 Addi...

Page 49: ...the VFO by 100 kHz steps Pushing the knob a second time will move the curser to the 10 kHz digit Turning the knob will result in tuning the VFO by 10 kHz steps Pushing the knob another time will displ...

Page 50: ...r B A If a different softkey menu is displayed the first push of VFO A B will call up the VFO softkey menu The second push will alter the VFO A an VFO B Both frequencies displayed for the active RX wi...

Page 51: ...ternate VFO VFO SPLIT The Frequency of the selected VFO shown VFO B will be used for receive the alternate VFO shown VFO A will determine transmit frequency SPLIT operation using VFO A and VFO B VFO S...

Page 52: ...T The least elegant method SPLIT is limited to 10kHz SPLIT Operation using VFO SPLIT function Tune with VFO A to the station you would like to call Select VFO B and tune to the desired transmit freque...

Page 53: ...receiving frequency The MAIN RX and the transmitter are no longer transceive RIT is available with the MAIN RX only The tuning range of RIT XIT is always plus minus 9 999 kHz When pushing RIT XIT loc...

Page 54: ...e MAIN RX pushing PTT will display the MAIN RX as the active one XIT and the offset are indicated If the RIT XIT softkey menu is displayed pushing RIT XIT will terminate this modus If the menu is not...

Page 55: ...hee banks Other than CHANNEL operation see page C 23 the RX will stay on its tuned frequency while MEM functions are executed MEM LED will be on When activating MEM toggling between MAIN and SUB RX an...

Page 56: ...itten the last used memory will be displayed and overwritten The frequency display of the standby VFO will be substituted by the information shown below Memories are accessible from both MAIN and SUB...

Page 57: ...fault value Appropriate roofing filters are selected automatically WIDTH and SHIFT control located in the cluster MODE is used to adjust the filter bandwidth and to shift the passband across the spect...

Page 58: ...ctively Depending on MODE the following bandwidths through the combination of digital and analogue filters and passband shifts are available using WIDTH and SHIFT control Width 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 6 1 8 1 9...

Page 59: ...both NOTCHs will cease operation After power on both NOTCH filters are off Default value 14 1 1 IF NOTCH The IF NOTCH will be activated by pushing the control IF NOTCH which is located as depicted On...

Page 60: ...NR is off default value 14 3 Noise Blanker The RX NB will be activated by pushing the control RX NB which is located as depicted On the display it is outlined as NB The display will show NOTCH 2 Turn...

Page 61: ...nob Observing the S Meter one can monitor the threshold adjustment through the squelch marker triangle A triangle is moving in the S meter according to the threshold setting of the SQL control Once th...

Page 62: ...value Select AGC hang time 1 sec Select AGC hang time 500 msec Select AGC hang time 100 msec The key toggles between RF AGC Audio AGC see below To prevent missing of weak signals during tuning the MAI...

Page 63: ...ld can be raised to a certain level where signals below are significantly less audible than signals above the threshold where AGC action will level out the audio AGC OFF Pushing the RF control will cu...

Page 64: ...squelch If the squelch is open the RX will pause on the scanned frequency for a time defined After this time has elapsed the scanning will continue If the squelch engages during the pause scanning wi...

Page 65: ...o update software Internal reference and preselector Brightness of display Voice recorder recording functions The key toggles between Audio Norm Split see below Various test functions may be activated...

Page 66: ...Call Ref CAL menu internal reference Call Pre CAL menu alibration routine for preselector 18 1 1 Reference Calibration Pushing Ref CAL softkey will call up Reference Calibration menu Return to CAL me...

Page 67: ...ON OFF The display will change to a blue screen TBD 18 1 2 Preselector Calibration Pushing Pre CAL softkey will call up Preselector Calibration menu Return to the CAL menu Start calibration routine Ca...

Page 68: ...gnal received on the tuned frequency or by means of a signal generator The capacitors of the preselector may be manually tuned by rotating the STEP VFO control Tuning range is between 1 and 255 Tuning...

Page 69: ...ual C 59 DIM menu 18 2 Brightness Display DIM Pushing DIM softkey will call up DIM menu Return to the MENU menu Pushing repeatedly will dim the display Pushing repeatedly will increase background ligh...

Page 70: ...playing toggle mode Play and Stop will be displayed accordingly Clear recording memory all records are deleted Loop all recordings If the last recording is not deleted the actual recording will be ad...

Page 71: ...ayed for the S Meter active RX Hams radio units S dB dBm or dB V The meaning of the smaller right hand scale may also be altered from ALC and Compression level Pushing METER will METER LED will be on...

Page 72: ...antenna Softkey will be shown invers The Display will show ANT 1 or ANT 1 RX if appropriate Select antenna 2 softkey will be shown invers The Display will show ANT 2 if appropriate Preamplifier may b...

Page 73: ...election of roofing filters If the Noise Blanker is activated the 12 kHz roofing filter will always be selected If MODE is changed the selection will be normal i e automatic Same is true for power ON...

Page 74: ...12 0 kHz Select Roofing Filter 6 0 kHz Select Roofing Filter 2 7 kHz Switch back to normal i e automatic selection of roofing filters The TX softkey menu offers the following functions Access to 3 ban...

Page 75: ...band is depicted on the display Decrease gain of selected EQU band in 1dB Steps Maximum gain is 9dB Reset all previous settings to 0 dB for all 3 EQU bands Toggle Equalizer ON OFF The EQU bands are d...

Page 76: ...idths between 2 5 kHz and 3 4 kHz Press and hold while turning STEP VFO control to adjust TX filter shift TX passband from 0 Hz to 300 Hz in 25 Hz increments Select 2 7 kHz 70 7 MHz bandwidth Select 6...

Page 77: ...itting and receiving stations can activate a 440 Hz tone an interference might be heard in case both station vary in RX and or TX frequencies 21 2 MIC Turning MIC will adjust microphone sensitivity Ad...

Page 78: ...enience and speech habits 21 6 ANTI TRIP Signals from the speaker s might trigger or trip the VOX unintentionally ANTI TRIP will countereffect this Adjust to get both reliable action and anti trip of...

Page 79: ...rn around time during CW mode Setting TX Delay fully counter clockwise ensures the shortest T R turn around possible called BK break in 21 10 KEY SPEED Turning KEY SPEED controls the speed of the inte...

Page 80: ...C 70 Part C Installation And Operation Part D Annex 23 SOFTWARE UPDATE TBD...

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