Nautel NX300, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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NX300 Operations and Maintenance Manual List of terms
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NE IBOC.
Nautel’s In-Band-On-Channel signal generator. See IBOC. Required for NX series IBOC
installations.
PDM.
Pulse Duration Modulation.
Preset.
A setting that controls power level, active exciter, and power scheduler status on a time-of-
day and date basis. Exciters can be configured on a preset for a specific operating mode (for example,
Exciter A - conventional AM, and Exciter B - IBOC). The NX300 allows you to pre-program
multiple presets.
Shutback.
A complete loss of RF output power, caused by any one of a variety of faults, including
high VSWR, low B+ voltage, high RF current, RF drive failure, external interlock or spark gap.
Surge protection board.
An electrical panel that protects equipment from electrical surges in the
ac power supply, antenna or site ground caused by lightning strikes.
VSWR.
Voltage standing wave ratio. This is an expression of the ratio of forward voltage to reverse
voltage on the feedline and antenna system. An ideal VSWR of 1:1 provides maximum transmitter-
antenna efficiency.