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Standard Setting High Setting
1.8 Specifications
The TCF–10B meets or exceeds all applicable ANSI/IEEE standards as follows:
Proposed American National Standard
Requirements for Single Function Power-Line Carrier
Transmitter/Receiver Equipment
(ANS C93.5)
1.8.1 System
Table 1-1 lists the system specifications for the TCF–10B.
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Frequency Range 30–535 kHz in 0.5 kHz (500 Hz) steps; transmitter selection in
100 Hz steps
4-Wire Receiver Input Impedance (Nominal unbalanced)
RF Input Impedance 5,000 ohms (1,000 ohms when strapped for high sensitivity)
Output Power 10 watts (max), 0.1 watt (min), 50 or 100 watts (with optional
external amplifier)
Modulation Type Frequency-Shift Keyed (FSK); strappable for either two- or
three–frequency operation
Frequency Shift • Narrow Band, Narrow Shift (± 100 Hz)
• Wide Band, Narrow Shift (± 100 Hz: for use when interfacing
with older TCF, TCF–10, and TCF–10A Power Line Carrier)
• Wide Band, Wide Shift (± 250 Hz)
• Extra Wide Band, Extra Wide Shift (± 500 Hz)
Nominal Receiver Bandwidths • Narrow Band (300 Hz at 3 dB points)
• Wide Band (600 Hz at 3 dB points)
• Extra Wide Band (1,200 Hz at 3 dB points)
Minimum Receiver Bandwidths • Narrow Band (220 Hz at 3 dB points)
• Wide Band (520 Hz at 3 dB points)
• Extra Wide Band (1,020 Hz at 3 dB points)
Narrow or Wide Band 20 mV (min) to 70 V (max) 5 mV (min) to 17 V (max)
Extra Wide Band 60 mV (min) to 70 V (max) 15 mV (min) to 17 V (max)