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DX Engineering DXE-RBSA-1P Manual

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Reversible Beverage System
DXE-RBSA-1P
DXE-RBSA-1P-INS Rev 4a
© DX Engineering 2019
1200 Southeast Ave. - Tallmadge, OH 44278 USA
Phone: (800) 777-0703 ∙ Tech Support and International: (330) 572-3200
Fax: (330) 572-3279 ∙ E-mail: DXEngineering@DXEngineering.com

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  • Page 1 Reversible Beverage System DXE-RBSA-1P DXE-RBSA-1P-INS Rev 4a © DX Engineering 2019 1200 Southeast Ave. - Tallmadge, OH 44278 USA Phone: (800) 777-0703 ∙ Tech Support and International: (330) 572-3200 Fax: (330) 572-3279 ∙ E-mail: DXEngineering@DXEngineering.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction Features Specifications Typical Reverse Beverage System Layout - Figure 1 Additional Parts Required Hardware Ground Rods Feedline Antenna Wire Power Supply Installation Site Selection Proximity to Transmitting Antennas Lightning Protection Adding #26 Wire - Figure 2 Grounding Antenna Antenna Performance Chart - Table 1...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    DXers. The DXE-RBSA-1P has two 75Ω antenna ports that use type F connectors. This allows the use of DX Engineering DXE-F6-CTL/1000 high quality, low loss F-6 flooded coaxial cable as the feedline.
  • Page 4 Figure 1 depicts a typical DXE-RBSA-1P system layout. A DX Engineering DXE-FVC-1 is used to provide the switching voltage on the feedline required for the DXE-RBSA-1P system to reverse directions. Figure 1 - Typical Reversible Beverage System Layout - 4 -...

  • Page 5: Additional Parts Required

    It is essential that the feedline connections are of high quality and weather resistant. The feedline is used not only for the received signal, but also carries the voltage used for directional control. For this reason, we recommend the use of Snap-N-Seal type F connectors. DX Engineering part number DXE-SNS6-25 contains 25 Snap-N-Seal connectors.

  • Page 6: Antenna Wire

    The source should be current limited or fused for no more than 1 amp. The DX Engineering DXE-PSW- 12D1A AC Adapter, 12Vdc 1000 mA Wall Transformer may be used, with the appropriate fusing and polarity reversal handled before connection to a bias tee.

  • Page 7: Proximity To Transmitting Antennas

    This system features small air gaps and wide foil trace areas, as well as entrance gaps at all terminal feed-throughs. The gaps act as safe, short paths for lightning. The DXE-RBSA-1P is normally immune to nearby lightning, although a direct strike might cause significant damage.

  • Page 8: Antenna

    The following combinations are examples of relative performance for various antenna lengths. The antenna can be any length between 3/8-wavelength through multiple wavelengths. The DXE-RBSA-1P performance is excellent even when it is not cut to the ideal length. Antenna Performance Based on Band / Length...

  • Page 9: Feedline

    50 to 75Ω unbalanced is acceptable. We recommend using a high quality 75Ω “flooded” RG-6 type coax such as DX Engineering part number DXE-F6- SPL. Bury this feedline a few inches deep for 10 feet or more approaching the DXE-BS-1FP.

  • Page 10: Connections

    These DXE-LL-INS supports are available from DX Engineering, in packages of 25 insulators. The ladder line used for the RBS system may require more supports than a single wire Beverage because of the limited tension you can apply to the wire, mainly due to the size of the window in the line.

  • Page 11: Feedline

    TOWARD port to the AWAY port and connecting the feedline to the TOWARD port. Now the DXE-RBSA-1P is sensitive to signals coming from the feed point end or TOWARD direction with no reversing voltage applied. An internal jumper must also be changed to allow the reversing voltage to be sent through the TOWARD port.

  • Page 12: Operation And Configuration

    The source should be current limited or fused for no more than 1 amp such as the DX Engineering DXE-PSW-12D1A AC Adapter, 12Vdc 1000 mA Wall Transformer.
  • Page 13 The jumper determines which port is used for directional control and should coincide with the port used for the feedline. The DXE-RBSA-1P requires a nominal –12 Vdc or AC at the feed point unit to reverse direction. The sensitivity may also be marginal, see above.

  • Page 14: Additional Applications

    Additional Applications Use two DXE-RBSA-1P Reversible Beverage Systems, along with a DX Engineering DXE-RLS- 2, 2-port receiving antenna switch, to build a four direction Beverage system using a single feedline. See Figure 7. One or more DXE-RLS-2’s can be used to expand larger Beverage arrays and share the feedline back to the operating position.

  • Page 15: Directional Beverage Layout

    Directional Beverage Layout 1. Single feed line from each DXE-RBSA-1FP to the DXE-RLS-2 and from the DXE-RLS-2 to the receiver. The jumper in the DXE-RLS-2 must be reset for voltage pass through. 2. Uses voltage on the feedline to switch the DXE-RLS-2 and the DXE-RBSA-1FP's. 3.
  • Page 16 B) Regressed center conductors in the feedlines causing disengagement from the female center capture pin of the F connector. This can happen in antenna or main feedline connections. Many times a compression F connector that seemed to have a long enough center conductor when it was originally made has regressed to the point that it is not long enough to make connection.
  • Page 17 Additional information on the connections to the FVC-1 unit is available in this manual. Only when a DX Engineering CC-8 or CC-8A Switch Control Console unit or other BCD voltage control is used, the JMP1 jumper must be set to EXT. Also check that the connections from the BCD voltage source and the FVC-1 control.
  • Page 18 The first direction of reception is with no voltage sent on the feedline. The default direction of reception (jumper selected inside the RBS-1FP Feedpoint Unit and feedline connection dependent) is Away from the unit. On a single RBS, switching to position 2, the FVC-1 sends the -12 Vdc required to switch the relay in the RBS-1FP Feedpoint Unit from the Away to the Toward receiving direction.
  • Page 19 At this point, any problem in your Reversible Beverage System should have been identified. If you need additional assistance, feel free to call or write DX Engineering technical support. Detailed descriptions of system function, connections and troubleshooting is best handled by telephone, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time, at 330-572-3200.

  • Page 20: Technical Support And Warranty

    All products manufactured by DX Engineering are warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from date of shipment. DX Engineering’s sole obligation under these warranties shall be to issue credit, repair or replace any item or part thereof which is proved to be other than as warranted;...

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