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TR 432 H

High Performance

70 cm Meter (432 MHz.)

Transverter


SSB Electronic USA is pleased to announce the new Kuhne Electronic TR 432 H 70 cm Meter World Class Transverter designed by DB6NT. 


Overview:
NF Max. <1.0 dB
20 Watts Super Clean Output
Low Noise PHEMT RF Amplifier
Triple Resonator Helix Bandpass Filter
High Level DBM (Double Balanced Mixer)  

RF = 432 ...434     
Option 1 Second Crystal for OSCAR or other Freq's
IF = 28 - 30 MHz.  
Conversion Gain 10 dB
Option 03:   RX IF Post AMP +20dB
RF Drive 1 ... 50 mW  
Option 02:   (-20 dBM - 0 dBM Drive)
State of the Art: LDMOS Driver and Final Transistors
Built-in TR Sequencing
Type N female connectors (432 MHz. RF IN and Out)
BNC Connectors IF IN and OUT

13.8 VDC Operation at 6 A (TX)
SWR / Overvoltage/ Reverse Voltage Protection
Models Available for 144, 1296 and 2304 MHz.
Coming this summer: 222 MHz.
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The high-performance transverter TR432H with its outstanding specifications is the combined result of a circuit design using state-of-the-art components and of Kuhne Electronic's long experience in microwave transverters.

The TR432H is specially designed for demanding UHF Amateur Radio applications like high performance contest stations, but can be modified for professional use in the 400 MHz frequency range . The receiver path is able to cope with very large interference levels from other transmitters, a situation common to contest sites with other high-power transmitters in the neighborhood. To achieve optimum intermodulation and large-signal performance, the TR432H uses only one PHEMT RF amplifier stage with a noise figure of 0.4 dB and an output intercept point of 30 dBm. A triple resonator helix bandpass filter provides optimum rejection of out-of-band signals and a high-level ring mixer (LO + 17 dBm, 50 mW) with output diplexer converts the input signal to the IF band at 28 MHz. The overall gain in the receiver path was deliberately set to only 10 dB, as even high-performance HF transceivers have still large signal problems at 28 MHz.

For EME and DX work or for long antenna feed cables we recommend a preamplifier like the
KUHNE Electronic LNA432 or the SSB Electronic LNA435 Low Noise Amplifier mounted directly at the antenna feed point, using separate receive and transmit cables. Here You need only one additional high-quality coaxial relay, as the TR432H provides a separate receiver input (N-Connector) and sequencing.

The transmitter path uses a second 17 dBm ring mixer for upconversion from 28 MHz to 432 MHz, and two cascaded triple resonator helix bandpass filters are used to achieve an exceptionally clean transmit signal. The transmit amplifier class "A"uses state-of-the-art LDMOS transistors in the driver and PA stage and is designed for>40W output. To achieve optimum tranmitter intermodulation performance, an integrated ALC loop with overdrive indicator limits the peak output power to 20W.An output low pass filter provides a harmonic suppression of more than 60 dB.

The local oscillator signal for both transmit and receive mixer is derived from two switchable temperature-compensated low noise butler oscillators and a frequencu multiplier chain. The second oscillator is intended for non-standard output frequencies lile OSCAR or can be used to change the IF frequency for multi-op contest operation so that all operators are not using 28 MHz. After frequency multiplication the LO signal is filtereds and then amplified to 100 mW in a MMIC amplifier and applied to the receiver or transmitter mixer via a PIN switch.

- Aluminium case with a oversize Heatsink
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Includes DC-Power and control cable
- Spurious and harmonic wave suppression better 60 dBc
- Side band noise figure of the oscillators max. -132 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz


- Option 01: Band 2 such as OSCAR freq.'s
- Option 02: TX IF input power -20 dBm / 10…200 µW
- Option 03: RX IF Amplifier +10dB

- Transmitter path: Output Power 20 Watts into 50 Ohms, internally leveled via ALC Harmonic and Spurious Attenuation > 60 dB  Output mismatch: no degradation at P < 25 W, VSWR < 5 Intermodulation distortion (TBD)  PA is convection cooled with large heatsink at rear side (no fans, no noise)
- Local oscillator: TCXO, Crystal frequency 102 MHz
Single Sideband Phase Noise < -136dBc/Hz @ 10kHz offset
- Power supply:
13.8 V DC (12-14 V DC), max. 4.5 A,
Overvoltage/reverse voltage protection
with TAZ diode and fuse
- Sequence logic:
Switched output, 13.8V @ 1A for PA control
FET switch to ground, 1A for external Antenna relay
- Accessories furnished: DC Power cable, control cable

Special options on request

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124 Cherrywood Drive
Mountaintop, PA 18707
       570-868-5643
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