RECEIVE BOARD

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PCB 70714000

This unit is a four channel single conversion receiver consisting of one front end and four I.F. strips. Signals entering the board proceed through 3 tuned circuits, Q30l, and 3 more tuned circuits to the mixer. MX301 is a doubly balanced diode mixer and receives +7 dBm from the oscillator. Q302 is a Colpitts oscillator with the collector tuned to the second harmonic. Y301 operates on the fifth overtone with C319 and L308 acting as mode suppressor. L310 is used to set the oscillator on frequency. From the mixer the signal continues through a broadband filter to line driver Q303. VR309 is used to set the collector current to 20 rnA. Q303 drives the four I.F. strips, beginning with crystal filters FL30l-FL308. The four I.F. strips are the same except for component values. Also, the 10.7 MHz I.F. substitutes a ceramic filter for two tuned circuits. For the remainder of the description the parts in the 10.7 MHz I.F. will be referred to. The I.F. signal is amplified by Q304 and U301A, and limited and detected by U301B. U301B contains a quadrature detector which is tuned by T309. Squelch is of the amplitude type, the D.C. voltage at pin 5 of U301 varying in propOltion to the signal strength. With no signal U302 pin 1is low and the audio outputis squelched. When the received signal causes the voltage at pin 3 of U302 to exceed that of pin 2 of U302, pin 1 goes high and the squelch opens. VR30l sets the threshold at pin 2 and thus the squelch. R320 provides hysteresis. Q305 is used to drive the LED on the front panel. From U301 the audio is amplified by U303A. R389, R328 and C354 set the de-emphasis at 115uS. VR302 is used to com- pensate for variations in detector output level. U303B is a 3 pole ButterwOlth low pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 10KHz.

PCB 750309

This unit is a four channel dual conversion receiver consisting of one front end and four I.F. strips. Signals entering the board proceed through 3 tuned circuits, Q301, and three more tuned circuits to the mixer. HY301 is a doubly balanced diode mixer and receives +7 dBm from the oscillator. Q302 is a Colpitts oscillator with the collector tuned to the second harmonic on version 1 boards and the third harmonic on version 2. Y301 operates on the fifth overtone with C311 and L308 acting as mode sup- pressor. L307 is used to set the oscillator on fre- quency. From the mixer the signal continues through Q303 to filtet drivers Q320, Q370, Q420 and Q470. On version 1 boards the signal is resis- tively coupled to the filters. On version 2 boards it is inductively coupled. The four I.F. strips are the same except for component values. For the remainder of the description the parts in the 10.7 MHz I.F. will be referred to. U320A mixes the incoming signal with a 10.245 MHz oscillator to produce the second I.F. of 455 KHz. (The other three oscillators operate at 455 KHz above their n~spective input frequencies). U320B contains a limiter and quadrature detector, which is tuned by L322. U320C functions as a 94 KHz bandpass filter for operating the squelch. With. no signal a large amount of noise is present at U320 pin 13 and a portion of this is rectified by Q321. If the emitter rises above .7V U320D clamps pin 16 to ground, muting the audio, and drives pin 15 low, extin- guishing the LED on the front panel via Q322. When a signal is received, the noise at U320 pin 13 drops and lowers the voltage at the emitter of Q321, releasing the audio clamp and lighting the front panel LED. Since the LED current flows through R33l, the voltage drop acts on Q32l and provides hysteresis. VR321 adjusts not only the noise amplitude delivered to Q321 but also the D.C. bias, and is used to set the squelch at 1 microvolt. From U320 the audio is buffered and filtered by U321. R328, C335, and VR320 set the de-emphasis at l15uS. U321Ais a three pole Butterworth low pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 10 KHz.

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Telex BTR-200 Series manual Receive Board

BTR-200 Series specifications

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