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Document Number DS000041 Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Cobham Surveillance Unclassified The Cobham Centre - Solent Fusion 2 1100 Parkway Solent Business Park Whiteley Hampshire PO15 7AB +44 (0)1489 566 750...
Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Preface About this Document This document contains all relevant details required for the Operation of the Cobham SOLO 1W Amplifier. This document contains a description of the general operations and administration aspects of the system. Since the available functions are licensed and depend on the specific implementation, not all the functions and or applications contained in this document may be relevant or applicable to the system you will be working with.
Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Typographic Conventions This document uses these typographic conventions to identify text that has a special meaning: Typographic Conventions Examples Convention TEXT in small capitals represents a ESC, F1, SHIFT specific key press on the console keyboard or hardware panel.
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Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Contents Preface ..........................1 About this Document ......................Who Should Read this Book ....................1 Assumed Knowledge ......................Typographic Conventions ....................2 Symbols ..........................2 Trademarks .......................... 3 Contents ..........................
Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier 01-Systems Description 01-10 Overview Cobham’s products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for more than seventy years, keeping people safe, improving communications and enhancing the capability of air, land and maritime platforms.
Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier 01-30 One Watt Power Amplifier System The SOLO4 Transmitter normally outputs 100mW. For some operations you may want to boost this with a power amplifier, for example when operating over long range in vehicles or aircraft.
Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier 01-30-02 Attaching the One Watt Power Amplifier RF Link You’ll need a SOLO4 transmitter/Power Amp combo and an RF link lead. 1. Connect the semi rigid RF loop cable to the SMA antenna interface on the transmitter 2.
Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier You’ll need a SOLO4 transmitter/Power Amp combo and a CA0074-2 Enable cable. 1. Connect the Hirose 16-way end to the Hirose jack on the transmitter. 2. Connect the Lemo OB 3-way plug (m) twin key to the Lemo OB 3-way jack (f) twin key on the Power amplifier.
Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Appendix A-Glossary A-00 General The glossary contains some abbreviations and terms you’ll need to know. A-10 Glossary Means… Alternating Current. Current that is continually changing in magnitude and periodically in direction from a zero reference level.
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Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Means… The more directional an antenna is, the higher is its gain. Attenuation Power loss resulting from conductor resistance and dielectric loss within the insulating material used to separate the conductors.
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Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Means… Electromagnetic field The field of force that an electrical current produces around the conductor through which it flows. Electromagnetic A wave propagating as a periodic disturbance of the electric and...
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Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Means… Hertz One cycle per second. Means… Infra Red - Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength is longer than that of visible light. Impedance The total opposition offered by a circuit or component to the flow of alternating current.
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Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Means… Omni directional An antenna whose radiation pattern shows equal radiation in all antenna horizontal directions. Oscillation A periodic, repetitive motion or set of values (voltage, current, velocity).
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Solo 1W Amplifier Part A - User Guide Operating your Solo 1W Amplifier Means… A transmitter is an electronic device which, usually with the aid of an antenna, propagates an electromagnetic signal such as radio, television, or other telecommunications. The TNC (threaded Neill-Concelman) connector is a threaded version of the BNC connector.
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