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MADE IN SLOVAKIA
OM Power, s.r.o. 93030 Bá
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SLOVAKIA
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Instruction Manual
SHORTWAVE PLUS 50 MHz
POWER AMPLIFIER
FCC ID: X8NOM2000A
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Page 1: ...DE IN SLOVAKIA OM Power s r o 93030 B 126 SLOVAKIA Contact 421 905 321 410 e mail om power om power com WWW OM POWER COM Instruction Manual OM2000A SHORTWAVE PLUS 50 MHz POWER AMPLIFIER FCC ID X8NOM20...
Page 2: ...design modern conception high reliability is the result of OM Power s development and many years of experience with overall solutions and special attention with the design of the protection circuits...
Page 3: ...ONS 7 3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION 8 3 1 HF part 8 3 2 Power Supply 10 3 3 Safety Devices 10 4 INSTALLATION 10 4 1 Grounding 11 4 2 Coaxial Cable 11 4 3 Control Cable 12 4 4 Cooling 12 5 OPERATION 13 5 1 OM2...
Page 4: ...IP Address 44 7 5 1 Changing OM2000A connection settings 44 7 5 2 Setting up in the Remote software 45 7 5 3 Remote Control without own IP Address behind a router 46 7 6 OM2000A firmware upgrade 47 7...
Page 5: ...ower Usually 40 to 60W for full Output Power Input Impedance 50 Ohm VSWR 1 5 1 Power Gain 15 dB Output Impedance 50 Ohm unbalanced Maximum Output SWR 3 1 SWR protection Automatic switching to STBY whe...
Page 6: ...programmable working modes of the centrifugal blower turbine axial blower Full QSK with silent relay Many operational parameters to display Easy transport due to detachable HV transformer The smallest...
Page 7: ...OR BYPASS safety switch under upper lid The OM2000A amplifier is neither to be used in a WET or HUMID environment nor to be exposed to RAINFALL Do not turn the amplifier ON without having connected t...
Page 8: ...ser is to take proper actions to mitigate this disturbance Read this manual carefully Fallow all of instructions during installation and operation to avoid damage to the amplifier not covered by manuf...
Page 9: ...ded This enables the amplifier to be tuned exactly and makes it possible to easily return to the previously set positions after band changes Top view on the opened OM2000A Tetrode FU728F Blower Power...
Page 10: ...ting is 240VAC If the AC voltage in your network is 230 or 250 Volts you need to set the correct value before first starting of the PA See part 7 1 for more information Other primary voltage is possib...
Page 11: ...ections are both physically and electrically sound With poor grounding you may risk damaging your equipment having problems with TVI BCI or your transmitted signal may be distorted 4 2 Coaxial Cable T...
Page 12: ...The amplifier is equipped with safety devices which ensure that the output relay is not switched under power mistakenly hot switching KEY IN RCA Phono Input signal PTT switching voltage current 5V 2mA...
Page 13: ...gh voltage circuits We do not recommend to change antenna output during a transmission When you decide to have a short operating break place the amplifier to the standby mode rather than switch it off...
Page 14: ...displayed above the button ANTENNA Transmitting antenna choice Functional ONLY when the antenna switch is programmed and antennas are defined see next parts It allows switching between antennas autho...
Page 15: ...lows to set CAT ANTENNA DISPLAY EBS CLEAR user settings for one or all bands BLOWER mode and another INFO Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Type of...
Page 16: ...l With the input signal frequency changing the PA automatically reacts and tune itself to optimal output parameters Tuning takes abt 1sec inside the band abt 2 sec if band is changed If you choose YAE...
Page 17: ...ry band green squares To disable some square select port up down touch SET for antenna name and then select band left right Touch SET Four types of antenna for four different bands were disabled Black...
Page 18: ...o change this parameter trought LAN see page 44 Press SAVE to write the changes to the memory Next SETTINGS position is for display parameters First choose the background color Scroll on it and choose...
Page 19: ...and sound volume use up down and left right Confirm with SAVE Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are v...
Page 20: ...BS ON Significant accompaniment of used EBS is temperature reducing Next two lines allow delete user settings of antenna tunings for selected band or for all bands Settings in all segments will return...
Page 21: ...connected to the antenna Maximum allowed power in bypass mode is 200 Watts Passing RF power is displayed if PA is in standby mode To turn PA ON press ON OFF button on the front panel black one and ho...
Page 22: ...t and PA will set up on it automatically Another display appears if CAT was defined but TCVR is not connected with the PA CAT cable See the following pictures FREQ button has two functions It allows t...
Page 23: ...TING button We are in the settings mode again but with little difference in INFO part Scroll to INFO and press SET Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is O...
Page 24: ...limits up or down for a given value of the primary voltage protection circuit MEAS pressing shows this screen Instantaneous values of the basic parameters are displayed You can FREEZE the screen and...
Page 25: ...arameter and press SAVE Screen jumps back Touch BARG2 in the next step then the same way BARG3 Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Type of supported...
Page 26: ...n the line We selected last 20 WARNINGS to show Press EXIT and go to the SET EBS1 AUTO and press SET Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Type of supp...
Page 27: ...r ways EBS2 can be preprogrammed 250mA Scroll to CALIBRATION Ip Is and press SET Calibration will be done automatically Go to the bottom line Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible o...
Page 28: ...eck all connections between PA and TCVR We are back in the Main display bar graphs were defined antennas were preprogrammed CAT was set We are ready to go to the operation mode Press shortly black STB...
Page 29: ...iable capacitors Adjustment process Move TUNE left or right until maximum of FWD power reached Then move LOAD carefully so that Ig2 Screen current will be not higher than 20mA Optimum means maximum FW...
Page 30: ...his is the result after manual adjustment process Output power increased to 1585 W Screen current is now abt 10 mA These parameters were SAVED Notice OM2000A is factory adjusted to maximum output powe...
Page 31: ...until you reach the maximum output power Again watch the Screen current If exceeds 30mA decrease it using right LOAD button Repeat TUNE buttons using to reach maximum FORWARD POWER and check Screen cu...
Page 32: ...igh Power In is too high Low output power tune Plate current too high Grid current is high Screen current error Heating voltage error HARD FAULT Plate voltage error Grid voltage is low Screen voltage...
Page 33: ...igher than 250W warning message Reflected power too high appeared If you touch the yellow box warning details will be visible In the case of some hardware failure or if your power amplifier is not wor...
Page 34: ...o change it Exchange can be carried out only by professionally qualified person After tube replacing automatic BIAS adjustment must be done 6 4 Cleaning To prevent damage to amplifier surface and plas...
Page 35: ...of the white jumper to the proper position if necessary Jumper must be connected between bottom contact and one of remaining contacts AC voltage is marked next to every contact AC selector range can b...
Page 36: ...l move down just 1 cm and remains on the central rung of the PA 5 Use both hands to take transformer away from the chassis Watc h the released terminals when moving the transformer Do not damage trans...
Page 37: ...g serial port a hardware COM port in your PC or an USB to serial port adapter Connect the chosen COM port and the transceiver port TCVR DB9 to the OM Power amplifier with a null modem serial cable bot...
Page 38: ...onnectors pins 2 and 3 are crossed Activate the smartSDR and choose Settings USB Cables USB adapter to serial connect to USB port of Flexradio Line with connected USB adapter will appear Make double c...
Page 39: ...ows control the PA OM2000A remotely Download it from the official OM Power website http www om power com downloads First unzip the downloaded file then open software The software allows user Switch PA...
Page 40: ...on parameters of the PA To select different screens Antenna retuning if parameters changed Have a look on the next pictures and follow instructions to setup remote control properly Connection setting...
Page 41: ...41 Connect disconnect to OM2000A View last 20 PA faults...
Page 42: ...42 There are three possible screen selectable Minimal view To go back from Minimal view click with right mouse button and close it Normal view will appear back Normal view...
Page 43: ...43 Advanced view Fine tune screen It is possible to retune the PA remotely if antenna parameters changed for example too Proceed the same way than with local control page 28...
Page 44: ...nter the OM2000A current IP address default is 192 168 1 211 An authentication window will show up Leave the fields empty and click OK Open Network menu and change the IP address Subnet mask Default G...
Page 45: ...ngs in menu 7 5 2 Setting up in the Remote software In the Remote Control software open Settings and enter the IP Address and Port number that you set in point 7 5 1 Click enter when done Now you are...
Page 46: ...ll Settings depends on router software can be called Forwarding Port Forwarding or something similar As Server IP enter the OM2000A IP Address 192 168 1 211 if you haven t changed it or the one you ch...
Page 47: ...ublic Port if separate in forwarding page When done click enter Now you are ready to work with OM2000A over the internet 7 6 OM2000A firmware upgrade Download firmware upgade software and latest firmw...
Page 48: ...SETTINGS and choose COM port you want to use Baud rate should be 115200 Close the window Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Type of supported TCVR a...
Page 49: ...amplifier using mains switch Press SETTINGS Choose INFO and press SHOW Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Type of supported TCVR and working frequen...
Page 50: ...LINE Press SEND TO LINE Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUTO LED is ON Ty...
Page 51: ...y action Wait until this screen disappears Usually it takes about 30 seconds but sometimes it might take a little bit longer Type of supported TCVR and working frequency are visible on the display AUT...
Page 52: ...52 At the end you will see main screen of OM2000A Switch PA OFF disconnect serial cable and you are ready to use OM2000A with the new firmware...
Page 53: ...53 7 7 ICOM connection with OM2000A...
Page 54: ...54 7 8 Yaesu plus BPF plus ANT Switch connection with OM2000A...
Page 55: ...onnector Use CI V connection for communication with ICOM type transceiver Signal CI V is connected to the Tip PC connector DB 9 female RS232 connection to the computer For CAT communication you need c...
Page 56: ...BAND data B input input BCD Yaesu compatibile code from TCVR bit 1 Pin 7 BAND data C input input BCD Yaesu compatibile code from TCVR bit 2 Pin 8 BAND data D input input BCD Yaesu compatibile code fro...
Page 57: ...6BPF Pin 10 BAND data B output BCD Yaesu BAND data compatible code Use for automatic bandpass filter OM6BPF Pin 11 BAND data C output BCD Yaesu BAND data compatible code Use for automatic bandpass fil...
Page 58: ...58 7 10 Block Diagram of the OM2000A Power Amplifier...
Page 59: ...resp If you want to use antenna with higher SWR this protection can be switch off page 25 But reflected power will stay checked max 350W Power In is too high Reduce input power Check amplifier tunnin...
Page 60: ...r Usually is due to improper setting of the primary voltage on the transformer page 33 In normal condition Uf should be 9V 0 3V Cooling error Check blower rotation Main blower lost the speed Check its...
Page 61: ...form Factory reset unless it is really necessary because subsequently you must recover all of personalized settings mainly CAT communication with TCVR antenna switch settings etc Type of supported TCV...
