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VHF/AM BASE STATIONS

 

Model TiL-91-DE

 
 

LOW POWER SYSTEM NO. 920607 (TBS-150)

 

15 WATT SYSTEM NO. 910815 (TBS-250) 
25 WATT SYSTEM NO. 910825 (TBS-350)

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Installation and 

Operating Instructions 

 

TiL Document No. 92RE122 

Rev. L 

 
 

AUGUST 2012 

 
 
 

 

Technisonic Industries Limited 

240 Traders Boulevard, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1W7  

Tel: (905) 890-2113 Fax: (905) 890-5338 

www.til.ca

 

 

Copyright by Technisonic Industries Limited. All rights reserved. 

Summary of Contents for TiL-91-DE

Page 1: ... 25 WATT SYSTEM NO 910825 TBS 350 Installation and Operating Instructions TiL Document No 92RE122 Rev L AUGUST 2012 Technisonic Industries Limited 240 Traders Boulevard Mississauga Ontario L4Z 1W7 Tel 905 890 2113 Fax 905 890 5338 www til ca Copyright by Technisonic Industries Limited All rights reserved ...

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Page 3: ... typo missing minus sign temp range to 25 C 55 C OCT 2011 FM H The 10 channel memories will no longer be available on all 91 DE based radios ONLY 25 3 7 Updated sect 3 3 for 10 25 channels MAR 2012 FM J Title Pg Simplify System description iii Updated FCC information including antenna and FCC labeling instructions Simplify description under Warning Global 7 Watt 7 W or 7 10 Watt changed to Low Pow...

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Page 5: ...s been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction man...

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Page 7: ... Operation 1 6 1 3 3 AC and DC Operation 1 7 1 4 TECHNICAL SUMMARY 1 7 SECTION 2 PREPARATIONS FOR USE AND STORAGE 2 1 INTRODUCTION 2 1 2 2 DISASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY 2 1 2 2 1 Remove Replace Cover Assembly 2 1 2 2 2 Remove Replace Microphone 2 1 2 2 3 Remove Replace Transceiver 2 2 2 2 4 Remove Replace Power Supply 2 4 2 2 5 Remove Replace RF Power Amplifier Module 2 4 2 2 6 Remove Replace Distribution ...

Page 8: ... Display Lighting 3 8 3 3 3 Transmitter Time out 3 8 3 3 4 Selecting a Frequency 3 9 3 3 5 Storing a Frequency to a Channel 3 10 3 3 6 Recalling a Stored Channel 3 10 3 3 7 Transmit Inhibit 3 11 3 3 8 Toggling Between Two Channels 3 11 3 3 9 Search Mode 3 12 3 3 10 Scan Mode 3 12 3 4 FIXED CHANNEL FREQUENCY SET UP 3 13 3 4 1 System Configuration 3 13 3 4 2 Transceiver Disassembly Assembly 3 13 3 4...

Page 9: ...3 2 3 2 Base Station Front and Rear Panel Layout 3 4 3 3 Fixed Channel Jumper Locations 3 14 LIST OF TABLES TABLE TITLE PAGE 1 1 Base Station Configurations 1 2 1 2 Base Station Leading Particulars 1 7 2 1 9 Pin D Type Remote Connector Functions 2 6 2 2 9 Pin Positronics Type Remote Connector Functions 2 7 2 3 REMOTE CONTROL BOARD P N 923051 1 SETTINGS 2 8 2 4 REMOTE CONTROL BOARD P N 943180 1 SET...

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Page 11: ...Transmitter Receiver Module A1 board used in Technisonic VHF AM base stations The second IF is 455 kHz using a ceramic filter which is immune to high energy ringing The dual conversion module also has a second local oscillator second mixer and ceramic filter The first local oscillator is the original VCO The dual conversion receiver board P N 003494 1 was implemented into TBS and TSC series base s...

Page 12: ...S 150 91 DE 15W Base Station System No 910815 Item No TBS 250 91 DE 25W Base Station System No 910825 Item No TBS 350 Model 91 DE P N 901006 Model 91 DE P N 901006 Option 1 Model 91 DE P N 901006 Option 1 SPG 007 P N 921020 1 SPG 015 P N 911018 1 SPG 025 P N 911019 1 Not Required PA 15 P N 912025 1 PA 25 P N 922062 1 Optional in all Units Mark II series P Ns 923051 1 943180 1 NOTE Low Power descri...

Page 13: ... Models SPG 007 SPG 015 SPG 025 The Power Supply Modules provide the DC supply voltage to the Transceiver and Linear Amplifier and houses a battery charger which can provide charging and trickle charging to external rechargeable batteries Model SPG 007 is for use in the Low Power configurations Model SPG 015 is for use in the 15 Watt configurations Model SPG 025 is for use in the 25 Watt configura...

Page 14: ...ng is also supported However this board does not support 4 wire operation An adjustable 30 300 second Tx time out function is provided on this board NOTE P N 923051 1 is the default board supplied in all units The EIA multi tone board P N 943180 1 must be special ordered To determine which remote card your TBS series base station has installed the Configuration label on the back of the chassis sho...

Page 15: ...level When the SQUELCH CONTROL is rotated in the counter clockwise direction the SQUELCH INDICATOR green LED will go ON indicating that the squelch circuit is connecting the demodulated audio to the VOLUME CONTROL The setting of the VOLUME CONTROL determines the audio level produced from the internal speaker When the VOLUME CONTROL is adjusted in the clockwise direction the audio level will increa...

Page 16: ...lowing battery back up kits are available for TBS series base stations P N 989978 1 24 Volt Battery Back up Kit 7 2 AH For use with 15watt 25watt TBS series Base Stations Provides a minimum of 4 hours back up for 25 watt unit with 20 Tx and 80 Rx duty cycle Note Back up time for 15 watt unit is approximately 40 longer Kit includes qty 1 P N 987370 3 DC mating cable with battery connectors qty 2 P ...

Page 17: ...e Compression Range 35 dB Battery Charger Voltage Current 15 25 watt configurations 27 5Vdc 3 5 Amps MAX OPTIONAL REMOTE CONTROL BOARD TLI 203 Remote Audio Input 2 or 4 wire selectable balanced 600 lines Remote Tx Timeout 30 to 300 seconds Tone Keying Impedance 600 floating with respect to ground Tx Control Tone Selectable 1800 Hz to 3000 Hz Tx Tone Input Level 0 to 40 dBm Tx Tone Control Response...

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Page 19: ...vided in paragraph 2 3 of this section 2 2 DISASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY Refer to Figure 2 1 2 2 1 Remove Replace Microphone REMOVAL 1 Disconnect microphone item 7 from front panel of transceiver item 8 Slide microphone clear of bracket item 6 2 Remove and Retain two screws item 5 securing microphone bracket item 6 to cover item 2 REPLACEMENT 1 Secure microphone bracket item 6 to left or right side of cove...

Page 20: ...MOVAL 1 Remove Cover as described in paragraph 2 2 2 2 Disconnect coaxial connector item 9 from rear of transceiver item 8 3 Disconnect DC connector item 10 from rear of transceiver 4 Remove and retain two screws and two washers item 11 securing flat cable item 12 to transceiver Disconnect flat cable from transceiver 5 Remove and Retain two screws and two washers item 13 securing transceiver to ch...

Page 21: ...TECHNISONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED www til ca TBS 150 250 350 Installation Operating Instructions TiL 92RE122 Rev L 2 3 FIGURE 2 1 Base Station Assembly Disassembly ...

Page 22: ...artially install screws and washers item 14 3 Grasp two screws item 14 with fingers to position Power Supply into chassis mounted connectors Press into position from front panel 4 Secure Power Supply to chassis with one screw item 16 on bottom of chassis 5 Tighten screws item 14 6 Replace Cover as described in paragraph 2 2 2 2 2 5 Remove Replace RF Power Amplifier Module REMOVAL CAUTION Do not ad...

Page 23: ...4 with four screws item 25 2 Reconnect flat ribbon cables and replace Cover as described in paragraph 2 2 2 2 2 7 Remove Replace Control Board REMOVAL 1 Remove Cover as described in paragraph 2 2 2 2 Remove Distribution Board as described in paragraph 2 2 6 CAUTION Care must be taken when removing or replacing Control Board to avoid damage to Distribution Board Pins 3 Remove and retain four screws...

Page 24: ...In Tone keying a tone of 2175 Hz or 2380 Hz Optional can be used to key the transmitter Tone sensitivity is adjustable from 40 dBm to 0 dBm GROUND KEYING In Ground Keying the transmitter is keyed by shorting the control point landline or External Keying to chassis ground CURRENT LOOP KEYING In Current Loop keying an internal or external current source 15 mA is used to key the transmitter EIA TONE ...

Page 25: ...ctions See Figure 2 3 for location of jumpers referred to in the Table 2 3 Pins are numbers increase as you go from top to bottom or left to right on the connector 2 3 2 Two Wire Remote Control Board P N 943180 1 Provides remote control Base Station operation on 2 wire 600 ohm lines Two wire Line Interface board with EIA multi tone standard 2175Hz continuous tone DC keying of ground keying over au...

Page 26: ...r No Function Jumper Pin 1 and Pin 2 for DC or Ground Keying Jumper Pin 4 and Pin 5 for Tone Keying Note Both Options may be selected Jumper Pin 2 and Pin 3 for No Function Jumper Pin 5 and Pin 6 for No Function Jumper Pin 1 and Pin 2 to enable Timeout Timer Jumper Pin 2 and Pin 3 to disable Timeout Timer Jumper Pin 1 and Pin 2 to for Internal Current Loop Keying Jumper Pin 2 and Pin 3 to for Exte...

Page 27: ...mper Pin 1 and Pin 2 for Tone Keying Jumper Pin 4 and Pin 5 for Current Loop 15mA DC or Ground Keying NOTE Both options may be selected Jumper Pin 2 and Pin 3 to disable Tone Keying Jumper Pin 5 and Pin 6 to disable Current Loop and Ground Keying Jumper Pin 1 and Pin 2 to enable Timeout Timer Jumper Pin 2 and Pin 3 to disable Timeout Timer Tx audio level Adjustment Keying Tone Attenuator 1950 Tone...

Page 28: ...30 dBm sensitivity decreases CW J3 Selects Tone and or DC Keying enable or disable R25 Rx Audio 10 dBm output level increases clockwise J6 Selects between Internal or External Current loop keying ICL ECL R44 Time Out Timer 15 to 300 sec 90 sec nominal increases clockwise J4 Input Connector SW1 Selects either 2 Wire or 4 Wire operation J5 Output Connector SW2 Selects either Local or Land Line Curre...

Page 29: ... R24 Keying Tone Attennuator J2 Selects Tone and or Current Loop C L R26 1950 Hz tone level adjustment Ground Keying enable or disable R41 2175 Hz tone level adjustment J3 Selects Keying timer Enable Disable R59 Rx Audio level adjustment 10 dBm J4 Input Connector R64 Time out timer 90 sec default J5 Output Connector NOTE Bold Italics indicate Factory default configurations Refer to the maintenance...

Page 30: ...ould be 150 to 600 ohms The headset cable must terminate in a 1 4 in 3 pole telephone plug male to mate with the SPEAKER PHONE jack located on the front panel of the transceiver The internal loudspeaker is automatically disconnected Connect the headset as indicated below for receiver audio with or without transmit audio 1 HEADSET WITHOUT TRANSMIT AUDIO When receiver audio only without transmit aud...

Page 31: ...el Frequencies and locks on to the first channel received in scan sequence Audio is enabled for 5 seconds for operator identification Pressing the Press to Talk switch exits the scan mode If there is no operator action then the transceiver remains operating in the scan sequence continuously 2 SEARCH MODE In Search mode the transceiver cycles through the preset Channel Frequencies and locks on to t...

Page 32: ...TECHNISONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED www til ca TBS 150 250 350 Installation Operating Instructions TiL 92RE122 Rev L 3 2 FIGURE 3 1 91 DE Base Station Setup ...

Page 33: ...tivity 25 KHz Channel Spacing 6 dB Bandwidth Greater Than 15 KHz 80 dB Bandwidth Less Than 50 KHz Selectivity 50 KHz Channel Spacing 6 dB Bandwidth Greater than 30 KHz 80 dB Bandwidth Less than 100 KHz Adjacent Channel Selectivity Greater than 80 dB Spurious Response Attenuation Greater than 90 dB Frequency Stability 40 C to 55 C 1 000 Hz MAX RF AGC 5 μvolts to 1 volt Audio Level 3 dB Intermodulat...

Page 34: ...TECHNISONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED www til ca TBS 150 250 350 Installation Operating Instructions TiL 92RE122 Rev L 3 4 FIGURE 3 2 Base Station Front and Rear Panel Layout ...

Page 35: ...e VOLUME control 6 SQUELCH INDICATOR A GREEN LED indicates the squelch circuit is connecting demodulated audio signal to the VOLUME control 7 Tx ON AMBER LED INDICATOR An AMBER LED indicates when the transceiver is keyed by the microphone PRESS TO TALK PTT switch or remote land line and the transceiver is operated in the Tx mode The Tx ON AMBER LED switches OFF when the transceiver is operated in ...

Page 36: ...OR A RED LED indicates when AC power is applied to the unit and the AC POWER SWITCH is set to ON Also indicates that the Base Station power supply is functioning 17 AC FUSE A 2 5 Amp fuse protects the Base Station power supply from power supply internal short circuit or transceiver short circuit 18 EXTERNAL DC FUSE A 5 Amp fuse protects the 27 5 volt nominal power supply line As part of reverse po...

Page 37: ...eiver will tune to that frequency but nothing will be saved in memory If followed by E and one digit for 10 channel radios or two digits for 25 channel radios the transceiver will tune to that frequency and save to the memory selected R Recalls stored channel frequency when followed by digits 0 to 9 or 00 to 25 Recalls last frequency displayed when preceded by the E key E Stores a frequency to cha...

Page 38: ...t mode provides no keypad or LCD display backlighting In Continuous mode display backlight and keypad lighting is permanent until power is removed or until lighting mode exited In automatic mode display backlight and keypad lighting is off until a key on the keypad is pressed or until the lighting mode is exited Press to initiate automatic lighting Press to initiate continuous lighting Press to tu...

Page 39: ... ignored NOTE Entry of 117 MHz fills 975 in remaining digits Entry of 138 MHz fills 000 in remaining digits 4th digit Can be any digit 5th 6th digits are paired Entry of 5th digit 0 results in 00 displayed Entry of 2 results in 25 Entry of 5 results in 50 Entry of 7 results in 75 Examples Press 117 975 is displayed on screen Press 118 000 is displayed on screen Press 138 000 is displayed on screen...

Page 40: ...seconds of entry or frequency will not be stored Examples Radios with 10 channels Radios with 25 channels Press Frequency 117 975 MHz is stored as channel 0 Press Frequency 119 750 MHz is stored as channel 1 Press 138 000 MHz as channel 2 Press Frequency 117 975 MHz is stored as channel 00 Press Frequency 119 750 MHz is stored as channel 01 Press 138 000 MHz as channel 02 3 3 6 Recalling a Stored ...

Page 41: ...r 25 channels Channel 1 frequency 119 750 MHz stored in the previous example will be displayed Press the PRESS TO TALK switch Observe that the TX indicator LED lights Press Press or Press Press for 25 channels Press the PRESS TO TALK switch Observe that the TX indicator LED does not light Press Press or Press Press for 25 channels Press the PRESS TO TALK switch Observe that the TX indicator LED li...

Page 42: ...ode In SCAN MODE the receiver steps through each stored channel until a signal is found The receiver will lock on to the first signal strong enough to quiet the squelch circuit When a signal is found the frequency is displayed and the audio is enabled for as long as the squelch is held open by the RF signal After the signal drops below the squelch threshold SCAN is resumed until the next frequency...

Page 43: ...ration 5 Position Transceiver Cover 3 on Chassis 4 Ensure that cover holes are aligned with threaded inserts 6 Position 12 flathead screws 1 and 3 Panhead screws 2 through cover 3 holes into chassis 4 threaded inserts Tighten screws with fingers 7 Tighten screws securing Transceiver Cover 3 to Chassis 4 8 Refer to paragraph 2 2 1 for Transceiver installation and removal procedures 3 4 3 Operationa...

Page 44: ...TECHNISONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED www til ca TBS 150 250 350 Installation Operating Instructions TiL 92RE122 Rev L 3 14 FIGURE 3 3 Fixed Channel Jumper Locations ...

Page 45: ...o OFF 4 Install AC line cord in AC chassis connector on rear panel and or install External DC Cable in External DC chassis connector on rear panel as required 5 Connect antenna connector to rear panel chassis BNC connector 6 For Remote Operation Connect Land Line to DB 9 connector provided on rear of Base Station NOTE 91 DE Series Base Stations are capable of simultaneous local and remote operatio...

Page 46: ...noise cancelling feature of the microphone The microphone is most effective when sound is inch 12 7 mm or more away from the microphone 3 Press and hold the PRESS TO TALK switch of the microphone during transmission 4 Ensure that the Tx ON amber LED is ON 5 Speak slowly and distinctly into the microphone using specified operating procedures during transmission 6 When message is ended release the P...

Page 47: ... clock straight up position If the dual conversion receiver s squelch knob is set to the 12 o clock position signals with a level greater than 0 5uV will open the squelch At most airports this will not be an adequate level of squelch Recommended procedure The squelch taper on a dual conversion receiver looks as follows Squelch knob position Squelch setting 12 o clock 0 5uV 3 o clock 1 2uV 3 30 pos...

Page 48: ...C ON OFF switch to OFF 2 Install External DC Power Cable P N 863701 1 Not Supplied or equivalent to DC Connector on rear of Panel Connect to batteries to be charged 3 Set AC ON OFF switch to ON 3 5 6 External DC Operation 1 Set AC ON OFF switch to OFF 2 Install External DC Power Cable P N 863701 1 Not Supplied or equivalent to DC Connector on rear of Panel Connect to External DC Source NOTE Ensure...

Page 49: ...and re installation of equipment from the aircraft Technisonic will repair or replace at Technisonic s discretion any defective transceiver or part thereof found to be faulty during the Warranty Period Faulty equipment must be returned to Technisonic or its authorized Warranty Depot with transportation charges prepaid Repaired or replacement equipment will be returned to the customer with collect ...

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