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Telecommunications Diagram

 

 

Design: Features:
     
-Transmitter output power: 5 watts -Acquires uplink with a carrier sweep of up to 35 kHz/s
-Max downlink datarate: 4Mbps, 1 Mbps, 125kbps -NRZ-M downlink data avoids polarity ambiguity
-Receive acquisition range: +/- 120 kHz -Patch antennas allow 4pi Sr coverage
-Receive tracking range: +/- 150 kHz -Band reject filter reduces receive band interference
-Uplink datarate: 2 kbps -RF switch design avoids "between contact" failure mode
-Receive sensitivity: -113 dBm  
-RF switch life: 100k cycles  
-RF switch time: 40 mns  
-Combiner type: Wilkinson  
     
     
     

 

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