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Summary of Contents for HILNA-HF-AGC

Page 1: ...OISE AMPLIFIER HILNATM HILNA HF W AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL PART NUMBER HILNA HF AGC HILNA HF AGC M F NuWaves Engineering 132 Edison Drive Middletown Ohio 45044 PH 513 360 0800 FAX 513 539 8782 www nuwav...

Page 2: ...into the chassis o HILNA CX is housed in a nickel plated rugged aluminum enclosure with mounting holes incorporated into the chassis Completely Characterized The HILNA family of low noise amplifiers h...

Page 3: ...efense Systems Radio and TV Engineers Amateur Radio Scientific and Consulting Agencies Radio and Wireless Communication Services Precision Equipment Repair Organizations Professional and Technical Ser...

Page 4: ...d there is no requirement to control the unit via serial port The serial commands allow the user to monitor certain values such as control state attenuator states RSSI level etc This version of the HI...

Page 5: ...e 3 HILNA HF DC Specifications Unit Min Typ Max Operating Voltage VDC 12 12 30 Current Consumption mA 150 300 Table 4 MGC Mode Specifications Parameter Unit ATT A ATT B Attenuator Control Range dB 0 t...

Page 6: ...er Manual Rev 5 Table 6 HILNA HF RF Specifications Parameter Unit HILNA HF Min Typ Max Frequency Range MHz 2 50 Gain dB 30 Noise Figure dB 5 OIP3 dBm 30 P1dB dBm 18 VSWR In 1 5 1 VSWR Out 1 5 1 Revers...

Page 7: ...urn DC and the serial port signal Figure 2 Interface Pinout Diagram Table 7 PWR CTRL Pinout Definitions PWR CTRL Pin No Pin Name I O Description 1 Transmit Data Output Transmitted data to the host con...

Page 8: ...ving and processing a command the receiver sends an OK string terminated with a carriage return If the command is invalid the HILNA HF returns a string Instruction commands are used to configure the u...

Page 9: ...tings are described in Table 8 Table 9 AGC Settings Op Code Parameter Range Description REFVAL dddd 0000 1024 Sets the AGC servo loop value given in RSSI A D counts ATACK ddd 000 254 Sets the AGC Atta...

Page 10: ...es Table 11 AGC settings for various attack decay times Time mS Speed Attack Decay 10 SPEED3 ATACK018 DECAY018 100 SPEED6 ATACK009 DECAY010 250 SPEED6 ATACK003 DECAY003 500 SPEED6 ATACK002 DECAY002 Th...

Page 11: ...HILNA HF AGC CONFIGURATION SETTINGS The following are the factory default settings and are present upon initialization of the receiver Automatic Gain Control Mode ON AGC on 2 dBm nominal output Attac...

Page 12: ...NS Figure 3 HILNA HF Mechanical Outline with Mounting Flanges Table 14 HILNA HF Mechanical Specifications RF Bulkhead Connector SMA female RF Input and Output Mating Connector SMA male DC Power Connec...

Page 13: ...de operating voltage The power connector for the units is an industry standard Micro DB9 connector The only restrictions on the power source for the unit are Capable of sourcing 300 mA of current Capa...

Page 14: ...ut connector Caution Excess drive levels at the input to the amplifier can permanently damage the unit Under no circumstance should the RF Input level exceed 20 dBm 6 4 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS Th...

Page 15: ...ail product sales nuwaves com NuWaves Home Page www nuwaves com Product Warranty http products nuwaves com wp content uploads 2017 02 NuWaves_Warranty_Repair pdf 7 1 GENERAL INFORMATION Copyright 2006...

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