COLLINS 821A-2

GENERAL DESCRIPTION


photo Collins 821A-2

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Size (width x depth x height) RF Unit: 8 x 17 x 7 feet
AF Unit: 7 x 3 feet 6 inches x 7 feet
HVP Unit: 16 feet 3 inches x 34 feet x 8 feet 7 inches
SCU: 16 x 11 x 9 feet
Total Weight 68,500 pounds
Required Floor Space RF Unit: 136 square feet
AF Unit: 24.5 square feet
HVP Unit: 553 square feet
SCU: 176 square feet
Total: 892 square feet
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
Ambient Operating Temperature Range Indoors: +1° to +50°C (+33.8° to +122°F) at sea level; +1° to +30°C (+33.8° to +86°F) at 10,000 feet above msl, linearly derated from sea level to 10,000 feet
Outdoors: -35° to +50°C (-31° to +122°F) at sea level; -30° to +30°C (-22° to +86°F) at 10,000 feet above msl, linearly derated from sea level to 10,000 feet
Ambient Nonoperating Temperature Range Indoors: +1° to +50°C (+33.8° to +122°F) at sea level; +1° to +30°C (+33.8° to +86°F) at 10,000 feet above msl, linearly derated from sea level to 10,000 feet
Outdoors: -30° to +50°C (-22° to +122°F) at sea level; -30° to +30°C (-22° to +86°F) at 10,000 feet above msl, linearly derated from sea level to 10,000 feet
Ambient Storage Temperature Range (Equipment dry with no water in the cooling system) -35° to +60°C (-31° to +140°F)
Ambient Relative Humidity Range 0 to 95°
Altitude 0 to 6,000 feet above msl, with 250-kw output power
6,000 to 10,000 feet above msl, 200-kw output power (Power is reduced by reducing the plate voltage)
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Frequency Range 3.95 to 26.5 MHz in 100 Hz increments
Frequency Stability Same as exciter
Tuning Time 12 seconds, maximum
RF Input 100 mw to 400 mw, 50 ohms
RF Output 250 kw into 75 ohms, unbalanced, or 300 ohms, balanced, with vswr of 2:1 maximum
Harmonics At least 80 db below carrier
Carrier Shift Less than 5% exclusive of power source regulation
Hum and Noise At least 55 db below 100% modulation
Type of Modulation High-level AM, FSK, or AM/FSK multiplex
Modulation Capability Capable of 100% sine wave or clipped sine wave with less than 5% overshoot or droop on the flat top of a 100-hertz sine wave clipped 9 db
Modulation Duty Factor Continuous at 100% sine wave; 5 minutes on and 15 minutes off at 100% clipped sine wave
Audio Input for 100% Modulation -2 to +12 dbm, 600/150 ohm, balanced or unbalanced
Audio Response Within 1 db from the 1000 Hz reference between 100 and 7500 Hz and within 2 db between 50 to 10,000 Hz, at all modulation levels up to 95%
Audio Distortion Not more than 4% from 100 to 5,000 Hz, not more than 5% from 50 to 7,500 Hz
POWER INPUT SPECIFICATIONS
Primary Power 3-phase, 4160 volts to 13.8 kv, 50 or 60 Hz, 662-kw. No break, -48 volt dc., 7 amp (battery preferred)
Auxiliary Power Single phase, 120 or 240 volts, 50 or 60 Hz, 15 amp
Power Consumption Standby: 41-kw
Carrier: 452-kw
95% sine-wave modulation: 662-kw

TUBE COMPLEMENT
RF stages AF stages and modulator Rectifiers
Number Type Number Type Number Type
2 4CV100,000C 2 4CV100,000C

1 4CX3000A 2 4CX350A

2 4CX350A 5 2N3568



THIS TYPE OF TRANSMITTER IS INSTALLED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES

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