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TEX20-NV TECHNICAL AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL Manufactured by R.V.R. Elettronica - Italy...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual TEX20- NV 20W FM EXCITER 87.5- 108 MHz RANGE Technical and Maintenance Manual R.V.R. Elettronica S.r.l. (Bo) Pag. 2...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual INDEX Preliminary Instructions and Warranty Information Pag. 5 Safety Regulations Pag. 7 CHAPTER 1 General Description Pag. 10 Technical Specifications (Table A) Pag. 12 Dimensional & Environmental Specifications (Table B) Pag. 15 CHAPTER 2 Electrical Description Pag.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual CHAPTER 5 Calibration Procedures Pag. 41 APPENDIX A Circuit Diagrams, Layouts and Bill of Material Pag. 47 Wiring Diagram Pag. 48 Main Card Pag. 51 Power Supply Pag. 64 CON-PA Card Pag. 69 R.F. Power Amplifier Pag.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS AND WARRANTY INFORMATION WARNING: This is a "CLASS A" equipment. In a residential place this equipment can cause hash. In this case can be requested to user to take the necessary measures. Please observe safety precautions when handling this unit. This equipment contains dangerous currents and high voltages.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual The warranty for a period of 12 months is referred to any R.V.R. product, while for products as Transistors, Mos-Fet and Tubes of the final stages is applied the manufacture's warranty of these devices. To claim your rights under this warranty: Contact the dealer or distributor where you purchased the unit.
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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.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Treatment of electrical Shock 1) If victim is not responsive follow the A-B-C's of basic life support. PLACE VICTIM FLAT ON HIS BACK ON A HARD SURFACE A AIRWAY B BREATHING IF UNCONSCIOUS, IF NOT BREATHING,...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual FIRST-AID Personnel engaged in the installation, operation, maintenance or servicing of this equipment are urged to become familiar with first-aid theory and practices. The following information is not intended to be a complete first-aid procedure, it is brief and is only to be used as a reference.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual CHAPTER 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE TEX20- N.V. 1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The TEX20-N.V. is housed in a 2U, 19" rack-mounting container comprising a number of interconnected modules mounted internally on the bottom of the equipment, facilitating removal and substitution.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual of the output power level and the switch ON selector (9 Fig.1A e 8 Fig.1B). 1.4 AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL The operating frequency is governed by a thermally-compensated, reference oscillator working within a phase-locked loop (PLL).
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual TABLE A ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply 110-130V ±10%, 50-60Hz 198-250V ±10%, 50-60Hz Power Consumption approx. 130 W Cooling Forced Ventilation Frequencies from 87.5 to 108 MHz in steps of 10 KHz, microprocessor-controlled Output power adjustable from 2 to 20 W cont.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual 1 for MPX for EUROPA version MPX Input BNC connector, balanced MPX Input Impedance 10 KOhm MPX Input Level 0dBm (775mVrms / 2,2Vpp) for ±75KHz of adjustable deviation Composite FM S/N Ratio > 75dB measured with ±75KHz deviation at 400Hz in a 30Hz to 15KHz band RMS.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual deviation at 400Hz in a 30Hz-20KHz band RMS. Mono Frequency Response ± 0.5 dB from 30 Hz to 15 KHz Mono Intermodulation Distortion 0.1% or less (typ.0,05%), measured at 1KHz and 1.3 KHz, ratio 1:1 at 100% modulation R.V.R.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual TABELLA B D I M E N S I O N A L A N D E N V I R O N M E N T A L S P E C I F I C A T I O N S Cabinet dimensions 483mm (19") W...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual CHAPTER 2 ELECTRICAL DESCRIPTION 2.1 INTRODUCTION This section describes, in detail, the operating theory behind the TEX20- N.V.. To aid understanding, the unit has been subdivided into blocks, each of which is fully described below.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual the selected operating frequency. This signal is amplified to drive the phase-locked loop (PLL) control circuit and also the final stage. The audio signal supplied by the Euro Audio Input card (for the EUROPA version) or from USA Audio Input card (for USA version), is amplified and processed in order to compensate for distortion caused by the varicap diodes;...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual " E U R O P A " V E R S I O N F R O N T P A N E L D E S C R I P T I O N ( F I G . 1 A )
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual following operating parameters of the exciter: Direct and Reflected power, and Deviation VOLTAGES Led indicators that indicate the presence of the +20V, +15V and +12V MONO LEVEL Trimmer for the adjustment of MONO input level...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual following operating parameters of the exciter: Direct and Reflected power, and Deviation VOLTAGES Led indicators that indicate the presence of the +20V, +15V and +12V PWR/DEV The measurement made by the meter corresponds to the position of this...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual PLUG Mains voltage plug FUSE BLOCK Fuse block and line voltage selector. Use a small screwdriver to change the fuse or the line voltage. Rotate the block and position it for the desired voltage. INTERLOCK BNC connector.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual PLUG Mains voltage plug FUSE BLOCK Fuse block and line voltage selector. Use a small screwdriver to change the fuse or the line voltage. Rotate the block and position it for the desired voltage. INTERLOCK BNC connector.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual RDS encoder SCA 1 LEVEL Trimmer for the adjustment of SCA 1 input level SCA 1 INPUT BNC connector, unbalanced SCA 1 input or pilot output for internally selectable RDS encoder TELEMETRY TERMINALS 10-pin telemetry socket:...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual TABLE C RECOMMENDED TEST EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENT MODEL SPECIFICATION Coaxial Load Resistor Bird Power rating 50W continuous Mod. 8085 Wattmeter Bird Power range : 100mW to 10KW Mod. 43 using Bird Plug-in-Elements Frequency range : 0.45 to...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual INSTALLATION 3.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter contains the information required for installation of the TEX20-N.V. exciter and for preliminary checks. 3.2 UNPACKING Remove the unit from its packaging and before any other operation, check for any damage that the unit may have suffered in transit and that all front and rear panel controls are functioning.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Input), so that to obtain a reading of 75 KHz on the analog meter. 3.4 PRE-INSTALLATION Before the installation of the equipment (on the transmitter station), we suggest to you to execute a complete check on it, to avoid problems during the installation.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Switch the power switch to the ON position and check that the both green voltages presence leds (2 Fig.1A and 1B) and the red UNLOCK led (12 Fig.1A and 7 Fig.1B) are both ON. Select the desired operating frequency using the corresponding selector (8 Fig.1A and 6 Fig.1B).
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual To execute this operation see as reference SETUP 1. It’s advisable to start this procedure with the operating frequency set to 87.50MHz. When locked to this frequency, the PWR ADJ control should be adjusted for an output power of 10W.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Disconnect right and left channels on the encoder and verify that the reading is now of about 7.5 KHz. Monophonic Transmission SETUP 3 Before to execute this operation see as reference SETUP4. Connect the signal source (audio mixer, receiver, compressor etc.) SETUP 4 to the MONO input (4 Fig.1A or 9 Fig.2B).
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual quality. In the case of mono transmissions, the MPX input is available for frequencies between 40KHz and 100KHz ie. subcarriers for SCA, RDS etc., with a sensitivity of 0 dBm (775mVrms = 2.2Vpp, 600 Ohm) for deviation of 75KHz.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual MAINTENANCE 4.1 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING When the exciter is operational, removing the top cover will expose lethal voltages on the line voltage selector and heavy currents on the power supply filter terminals and power transistors.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Main Card to the RF Power Amplifier module. Unscrew the nuts fixing the card. Remove the card upwards with great care. 4.5 EURO AUDIO INPUT CARD REPLACEMENT Open the top cover of the unit. Disconnect connectors CN3, CN4 and CN5 placed on the card.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Disconnect fastons JP1 and JP2 situated on the bridge rectifier. Carefully lift out the power supply. FREQUENCY SELECTOR (CONTRAVES) CARD REPLACEMENT Open the top cover of the unit. Disconnect connector CN1 situated on the Contraves card.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual CALIBRATION PROCEDURE 5.1 MAIN CARD CALIBRATION After having replaced the Main Card and relevant connectors, carry out the following procedure (see SETUP5): SETUP 5 Connect a 50 Ohm, 20W dummy load to the RF output.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual FIG. 4 For USA version, connect together MONO(+) and MONO(-) inputs with a coaxial cable and connect its braided wire to ground. Now, through an oscilloscope on pin 7 of U1 and ground, adjust R20 trimmer to obtain minimum signal value (SETUP7).
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Verify on the meter that is present a reading of 75KHz, if not, adjust R33 trimmer. Connect an audio generator to the MPX input. 10) Inject a 400Hz, 0dBm (775mVrms, 2.2Vpp) tone into the MPX input.
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5W. Now, disconnect the dummy load from exciter’s R.F. output. Verify the same reading on TEX20-NV’s meter, selecting a FWD PWR reading through relative selectors placed on the front panel; if the reading on the meter is different from 5W reads on wattmeter, adjust R5 trimmer placed on the EURO Audio Input card.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual 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.
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual CON-PA Card Bill of Materials/Lista Componenti Pag. 1 Item Quantity Reference Part Description Part Order Code __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 CN1 34 P CONN. CONN. M 2*17 P 2.54 CNTMCSFC34P R.V.R. Elettronica S.r.l. (Bo) Pag. 71...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Frequency Selector Card Bill of Materials/Lista Componenti Pag. 1 Mod. TSW-1 Item Quantity Reference Part Description Part Order Code __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 CN1 26P CONN. CONN. M 2*13 P 2.54 CNTMCSFC26P 5 CNTR1, CONTRAVES COMMUTATORI BCD 15mm...
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TEX20-NV Technical and Maintenance Manual Frequency Selector Card Bill of Materials/Lista Componenti Pag. 1 Mod. TSW-3 Item Quantity Reference Part Description Part Order Code __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 CN1 26P CONN. CONN. M 2*13 P 2.54 CNTMCSFC26P 5 CNTR1, CONTRAVES COMMUTATORI BCD 15mm...
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