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TECHNICAL AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL

HC3

Manufactured by R.V.R. Elettronica -

 Italy

Summary of Contents for HC3

Page 1: ...TECHNICAL AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL HC3 Manufactured by R V R Elettronica Italy ...

Page 2: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 2 HC3 3 KW 3 Way Hybrid Splitter Combiner Technical and Maintenance Manual ...

Page 3: ...Front Panel View Description Pag 16 Front Panel View Fig 1 Pag 17 Rear Panel View Description Pag 18 Rear Panel View Fig 2 Pag 19 Block Diagram Fig 3 Pag 20 SECTION 3 Installation Procedures Pag 21 Recommend Test Equipment Table C Pag 23 SECTION 4 Maintenance Pag 24 SECTION 5 Calibration Procedures of Modules Pag 26 APPENDIX A Circuit Diagram Bills of Material and Layouts Pag 31 Wiring Diagram Pag...

Page 4: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 4 Telemetry Card Pag 56 Remote Card Pag 60 ...

Page 5: ...ening covers or removing any part of this unit Use appropriate grounding procedures to short out capacitors and high voltage points before servicing Any damage to the goods must be reported to the carrier in writing on the shipment receipt Any discrepancy or damage discovered subsequent to delivery shall be reported to R V R within five 5 days from its receipt R V R extends to the original end use...

Page 6: ...en you receive the authorization you can return the unit Pack it carefully for the shipment preferably using the original packing and seal the package perfectly The customer always assumes the risks of loss i e R V R is never responsible for damage or loss untill the package reaches R V R premises For this reason we suggest you to insure the goods for the whole value Shipment must be effected C I ...

Page 7: ...by qualified personnel exercising due care R V R ELETTRONICA s r l shall not be responsible for injury or damage resulting from improper procedures or from the use of improperly trained or inexperienced personnel performing such tasks During installation and operation of this equipment local building codes and fire protection standards must be observed WARNING Always disconnect power before openin...

Page 8: ...GHT SEAL OBSERVE FOR BREATHING 4 QUICK FULL BREATHS REMEMBER MOUTH TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION MUST BE COMMENCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE C CIRCULATION CHECK CAROTID PULSE DEPRESS STERNUM 1 1 2 TO 2 IF PULSE ABSENT APPROX 80 SEC ONE RESCUER 15 COMPRESSIONS BEGIN ARTIFICIAL 2 QUICK BREATHS CIRCULATION APPROX 60 SEC TWO RESCUERS 5 COMPRESSIONS 1 BREATH NOTE DO NOT INTERRUPT RHYTHM OF COMPRES SIONS WHEN SECOND...

Page 9: ...nt c Treat victim for shock as required d Arrange transportation to a hospital as quickly as possible e If arms or legs are affected keep them elevated NOTE If medical help will not be available within an hour and the victim is conscious and not vomiting give him a weak solution of salt and soda 1 level teaspoonful of salt and 1 2 level teaspoonful of baking soda to each quart of water neither hot...

Page 10: ...lifiers max 1200 W and to split their driver power coming from a single exciter The exciter and the HC3 are connected in cascade through the Alarms Interlock connectors This allows to shut down the exciter in the event of a fault on either amplifiers the system The exciter s AGC connection if connected to HC3 Fold Back signal allows the reduction of the unbalanced power transients and the absolute...

Page 11: ...ance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 11 and exciting power overdrive 4 Fig 1 1 4 DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS Refer to table A for electrical specifications of the HC3 and table B for dimensional and enviromental specifications ...

Page 12: ...HC3 version Cooling Forced ventilation Operating Frequency from 87 5 to 108 MHz Power Splitter Section Input Impedance 50 Ohm Input Connector N type connector Output Impedance 50 Ohm Output Connector N type connector Power Coupler Section Input Impedance 50 Ohm Input Connector N type connector Output Impedance 50 Ohm Output Connector EIA 7 8 Flange for HC2 2 version ...

Page 13: ...ica S r l Bo Pag 13 TABLE B MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS Chassis dimensions 132 5 mm 5 2 H 507 5 mm 19 98 D 447 mm 17 6 W Panel dimensions 483 mm 19 W 132 5 mm 5 2 H Ambient operating temp from 10 C to 50 C Humidity 90 maximum non condensed Weight 17 5 Kg ...

Page 14: ...SWR overtemperature excessive unbalanced power exciting power overdrive This module will also whenever possible reset the system to its original conditions after a fault has accused 2 4 TELEMETRY CARD Thanks to this card mounted on the rear part of the Alarms Card the essential parameters and alarms status are externaly available for remote measurements purposes on a Telemetry Connector D Type 25 ...

Page 15: ...ce differences of some amplifier to prevent excessive power driving on the well functioning well loaded outputs 2 7 POWER COMBINER The Power Combiner circuit mounted on the rear part of the equipment on the left side is used to combine the output powers of the two amplifiers The circuit is realized with suspended substrate strip lines plus 50Ohm coaxial cables and guarantee equal phases on the thr...

Page 16: ...ER Analog Meter used to monitor the operating parameters of the equipment 6 AIR FILTER Air Filter of R F Amplifier Module 7 TEMP Led indicating the OVER TEMPERATURE Alarm Status 8 SWR Led indicating the S W R Alarm Status 9 EXC UNBAL Led indicating an Excessive Unbalancing of the two Amplifier s Output power 10 METER SELECTOR Selector to monitor the operating parameters OFF Not Used OFF Not Used C...

Page 17: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 17 FRONT PANEL FIG 1 ...

Page 18: ... connector which permits the exciter to be put in stand by in case of one amplifier or coupler fault or in case of EXT ST BY 8 HEAT SINK Heat Sink for the R F Output Combiner 9 INPUT Exciter s R F Input Connector N Type 10 OUTPUT 1 Power Splitter s Output 1 N type connector to drive Power Ampl A 11 OUTPUT 2 Power Splitter s Output 2 N type connector to drive Power Ampl B 12 OUTPUT 3 Power Splitter...

Page 19: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 19 REAR PANEL FIG 2 ...

Page 20: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 20 BLOCK DIAGRAM FIG 3 ...

Page 21: ...the correct supply voltage using the selector situated on the rear panel use a screwdriver to raise the cover 1 Fig 2 on which are written the various voltages rotate it until the arrow points to the correct voltage and re insert it Check that a fuse is fitted to the cover and that its value corresponds to the following 220 240 Vac 1 A 100 120 Vac 1 A 2 Connect the cable of the exciter to the N ty...

Page 22: ...meters are rights PWR FWD Max Ooutput Power avalaible PWR REF less of the 10 of the Max Output Power PWR UNBAL less of 150W about zero 10 If there are some parameters that aren t right follow the callibration procedures described in the Capitol 5 of this manual A connection diagram in which are showed all connections will be enclosed in each station and depends from the equipment used to realize i...

Page 23: ...DEL SPECIFICATION Non Inductive Bird 50 Ohm P 5 KW Dummy Load Mod 8891 300 with BA 300 115 Non Inductive Bird 50 Ohm P 150 W Dummy Load Mod 8166 continuous Spectrum Analyzer Advantest 10KHZ 3 5GHz Mod R4131D Digital multimeter Mod Metrix Bypass Wattmeter Bird 50 Ohm Mod 43 Attenuator Bird 30 dB 500 W Mod 8325 continuous ...

Page 24: ...y the combiner is the periodic replacement of the cooling fan and the removal of accumulated dust The period between such action will depend on ambient operating conditions such as temperature air borne dust levels and humidity It is advisable to check the unit every 6 months and to replace noisy or worn fans Fans should be replaced as a metter of course after no more than 18 months of operation M...

Page 25: ...nect JP1 JP2 and JP4 on the Unbalancing card and M1 on the Alarms card 3 Remove the fixing bolts of the card on the Alarms card 4 Remove slowly the unbalancing card 4 6 TELEMETRY CARD REPLACEMENT 1 Open the top and bottom covers of the unit 2 Remove the fixing bolts of the card on the Alarms card 3 Diconnect CN2 connector on the Telemetry card 4 Remove the Telemetry card payng attention to disconn...

Page 26: ...his callibration execute the following operations 1 Turn the Meter selector on the CALL position 2 Adjust the trimmer R14 on the Alarms card for a full scale reading on the analog meter 5 3 OVERDRIVE CALIBRATION To realize this callibration execute the following operations 1 Connect to RF output of the HC3 an external by pass wattmeter in series to a dummy load with the necessary power to the syst...

Page 27: ... SETUP 2 2 Switch ON the system 3 Increase driver power until to obtain the nominal output power of the system set at 98MHz 4 Switch the meter selector over the UNBAL position 5 Switch off one of the three amplifiers 6 Adjust trimmer RV1 of the Unbalancing Power card to measure on the front panel the difference power equal Antenna Power minus sum power of two functioning amplifiers 5 5 UNBALANCING...

Page 28: ...xecute the following operations 1 Connect to RF output of the HC3 an external by pass wattmeter in series to a dummy load with the necessary power to the system considered see as reference SETUP 3 2 Switch ON the system 3 Switch the meter selector on the FWD PWR position 4 Increase the output power of the system for maximum nominal value reading on the external wattmeter 5 Adjust trimmer R11 on th...

Page 29: ...um power the output power of the amplifier is greater than 10 necessary insert an attenuator between the ecxiter output and the input of the amplifier 5 8 ANTENNA S W R THRESHOLD CALIBRATION To realize this callibration execute the following operations 1 Connect to input 1 2 and input 3 of the HC3 three dummy loads with adeguate power to the system considered see as reference SETUP 4 2 Connect one...

Page 30: ...itch on the system and adjust it for maximum power 3 Switch off one of three amplifiers 4 Switch on again the same amplifier this could remain blocked because the protection is active and couldn t be able to supply the output power 5 Adjust trimmer UNBAL F BACK ADJ placed on the rear panel of HC3 to obtain an output power reduction when the system is unbalanced this operation must allow the restar...

Page 31: ...a S r l Bo Pag 31 APPENDIX A CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS LAYOUTS AND BILLS OF MATERIAL This section contains circuit diagrams layouts and bills of material of the modules which composing the equipment For more information about each module see as reference Section 2 ...

Page 32: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 32 WIRING DIAGRAM 1 Wiring Diagram Pag 33 ...

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Page 34: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 34 POWER SPLITTER 1 Circuit Diagram Pag 35 2 Bill of Materials Pag 36 3 Layouts Pag 37 ...

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Page 36: ...R CSM3 3XK351 4 6 C4 C8 C10 T10 80PF TRIMMER CAPACITOR C14 C16 C20 5 6 C5 C6 C11 15pFMA SILVER MICA CAPACITOR CSM150XK351 C12 C17 C18 6 6 C3 C7 C9 39pFMA SILVER MICA CAPACITOR CSM390XK351 C13 C15 C19 7 1 C1 33pF CERAMIC CAPACITOR NP0 CKM330BJ600C 8 1 C2 4n7 CERAMIC CAPACITOR CKM472BK600P 9 3 L2 L4 L6 L26RVR1 2 SP DIA 7 R A 1 0mm BFS10000206 10 3 L1 L3 L5 L67RVR1 6 SP DIA 7 R A 1 0mm BFS10000607 11...

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Page 38: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 38 POWER COUPLER 1 Circuit Diagram Pag 39 2 Bill of Materials Pag 40 3 Layouts Pag 41 ...

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Page 40: ...270 RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JH0270 4 2 R4 R5 47K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0047 5 1 P1 TC200 TRIM REG VERT CERMET RVTCERVH0200 6 1 C5 27pF CERAMIC CAPACITOR NP0 CKM270BJ600C 7 2 C1 C3 33pF CERAMIC CAPACITOR NP0 CKM330BJ600C 8 2 C2 C4 4n7 CERAMIC CAPACITOR CKM472BK600P 9 1 JP1 4 PIN STRIP STRIP M P 2 54 4 PIN CNTSTRIPMCS 10 6 CV1 CV2 RG303 COAX CABLE RG303 CAVRG303V CV3 CV4 CV5 CV6 11 1 CN5 N CONNECTOR...

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Page 42: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 42 UNBAL POWER CARD 1 Circuit Diagram Pag 43 2 Bill of Materials Pag 44 3 Layouts Pag 45 ...

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Page 44: ...rt Order Code ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 1 R1 50 800W TER RES TERMINAZIONE 800W RDT800H0050 2 1 R2 1K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0001 3 1 C1 1p5 CERAMIC CAPACITOR NP0 CKM1 5BJ600C 4 1 C2 27pF CERAMIC CAPACITOR NP0 CKM270BJ600C 5 1 C3 4n7 CERAMIC CAPACITOR CKM472BK600P 6 1 D1 1N4148 SILICON DIODE DIS1N4148 ...

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Page 46: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 46 UNBALANCING POWER MEASURE CARD 1 Circuit Diagram Pag 47 2 Bill of Materials Pag 48 3 Layouts Pag 49 ...

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Page 48: ... 4JH0010 2 3 R7 R8 R9 1K 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSM1 4FK0001 3 3 R4 R5 R6 10K 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSM1 4FK0010 4 1 R3 220K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0220 5 1 RV1 M10K TRIMMER MULTIGIRI RVTMULAK0010 6 2 C5 C7 10nF CERAMIC CAPACITOR CKM103BK600P 7 2 C2 C4 100nF CERAMIC CAPACITOR CKM104BK600P 8 2 C1 C3 1µF ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR CEA105AM630 9 2 JP3 JP4 2 PIN STRIP STRIP M P 2 54 2 PIN CNTSTRIPMCS 10 2 JP1 JP2...

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Page 50: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 50 ALARMS CARD 1 Circuit Diagram Pag 51 2 Bill of Materials Pag 53 3 Layouts Pag 55 ...

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Page 52: ... R54 R57 4K7 RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK04 7 R65 R99 9 1 R12 5K6 RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK05 6 10 1 R30 10K 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSM1 4FK0010 11 13 R10 R62 10K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0010 R76 R80 R82 R83 R84 R88 R89 R90 R91 R94 R98 12 2 R36 R38 15K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0015 13 8 R52 R59 22K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0022 R63 R68 R70 R73 R78 R92 14 1 R7 25K 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSM1 4FK0025 15 5 R71 R81 47...

Page 53: ...K600P C14 C29 C30 C32 C34 C36 C57 C58A C58 C63 C65 30 1 C75 0 47µFT TANTALIUM CAPACITOR CET474AM350 31 3 C66 C69 C72 1µFT TANTALIUM CAPACITOR CET105AM350 32 7 C28 C62 10µFT TANTALIUM CAPACITOR CET106AM350 C73 C76 C77 C78 C79 33 1 C35 100µF ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR CEA107BM350 34 1 C61 220µF ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR CEA227BM350 35 1 C33 470µF ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR CEA477BM350 36 1 C31 1000µF ELECTROLY...

Page 54: ...E DIS1N914 D14 D16 D17 D18 D19 D20 D21 D22 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 50 1 D23 1N4001 SILICON DIODE 50V DIS1N4001 51 1 D38 1N4003 SILICON DIODE 200V DIS1N4003 52 1 D11 WL04 DIODE BRIDGE 1 5A PNRWL04 53 5 D5 D6 D7 LED R5 RED LED DIODE LEDRO05 D8 D12 54 1 D13 LED G5 GREEN LED DIODE LEDVE05 55 1 D15 Z3V9 ZENER DIODE 3 9V 0 4W DIZ3V90W4 56 1 D9 Z9V1 ZENER DIODE 9 1V 0 4W DIZ9V10W4 57 ...

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Page 56: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 56 TELEMETRY CARD 1 Circuit Diagram Pag 57 2 Bill of Materials Pag 58 3 Layouts Pag 59 ...

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Page 58: ... R20 R22 R23 R24 R25 2 1 R18 1K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0001 3 1 R21 2K2 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSC1 4FK02 2 4 14 R1 R2 R3 100K 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSM1 4FH0100 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 5 18 C1 C2 C3 100nF CERAMIC CAPACITOR CKM104BK600P C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 6 1 M2 14 PF STRIP STRIP F P 2 54 14 PIN CNTSTRIPFCS 7 1 CN2 16 P CONN CONN M 2 8 P 2 54 CNTMCSFC16P 8 ...

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Page 60: ...HC3 Technical and Maintenance Manual R V R Elettronica S r l Bo Pag 60 REMOTE CARD 1 Circuit Diagram Pag 61 2 Bill of Materials Pag 62 3 Layouts Pag 63 ...

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Page 62: ... 10K 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSM1 4FK0010 4 1 R6 47K 1 RESISTOR 1 4W 1 RSM1 4FK0047 5 1 R2 470K RESISTOR 1 4W 5 RSC1 4JK0470 6 3 C3 C4 C5 100nF CERAMIC CAPACITOR CKM104BK600P 7 1 C2 100uF ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR CEA107BM350 8 1 C1 470uF ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR CEA477BM350 9 2 CN1 CN2 MORS CS 4 MORSETT C S 4 CONT MORSKB04PPO 10 1 K1 RLY 2V 12V RELAY 2 VIE 12V RLDLFHA00212 11 2 D2 D3 1N4004 SILICON DIODE 40...

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Page 64: ...Bo Via del Fonditore 2 2c 40138 Bologna Italy Telephone 39 51 6010506 Fax 39 51 6011104 Printed and bound in Italy All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher ...

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