User's Manual

Company Confidential 8 Raveon Technologies Corp.
3. Specifications
3.1. General
Model Number, transceiver: ............................................................. RV-M8S-xx
Frequency Bands: ............................................................................... -VC 216-220MHz
Serial Port Baud Rates ...................................................................... 1.2k, 2.4k, 4.8k, 9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k
Over-the-air baud rates .................................................................... 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 (default)
Operating Mode ................................................................................. Simplex or Half-duplex
Full Spec Operating Temperature range ......................................... -30°C to +60°C
TX-RX and RX-TX turn-around time ............................................... <3mS
Wake-up time ..................................................................................... <700mS from OFF
On-board LEDs ................................................................................. Power , Status
RF I/O Connector ............................................................................... MMCX female
Digital signal levels ............................................................................ 3.3V logic
Enable Input Low............................................................................... 400mV
Digital Output High (1K load) ......................................................... 3.0 - 3.3V
Digital Output Low (1K load) .......................................................... 0 - 0.2V
Digital Input High ............................................................................. > 3.0V
Digital Input Low .............................................................................. < 0.3V
Enable input High .............................................................................. 1.40V
DC Input ............................................................................................ 10-15 volts DC
3.2. Transmitter Specifications (RV-M8S-xx)
RF Power Output ............................................................................... 2.0-3.0 W
Maximum Duty Cycle (2W, measured over 60 seconds) .............. 10% to 50C, 5% to 60C
Frequency Deviation ......................................................................... ± 2.2kHz
Channel spacing ................................................................................. 12.5kHz, 25kHz
Occupied bandwidth ......................................................................... 11 kHz narrow, 16kHz wide
TX Spurious outputs .......................................................................... < -70dBc
Occupied Bandwidth ......................................................................... Per FCC part 90
FCC Emissions Designator ............................................................... 11K0F1D, 16K0F2D
Frequency Stability ............................................................................ Better than ±1.5ppm
3.3. Receiver Specifications
Data RX sensitivity (.1% BER), 19200, 9600, ................................... < -106dBm
1200 & 2400baud ................................................................................ < -112dBm
RF No-tune bandwidth ..................................................................... 20MHz
Adjacent Channel Selectivity ............................................................ -50dB
Alternate Channel Selectivity ........................................................... -65dB
Blocking and spurious rejection ....................................................... -75dB
RX intermodulation rejection ........................................................... -70dB
3.4. Interface Specifications
Connector Type .......................................... 20-pin 2mm header
DC Input ..................................................... 8-13V
DC power draw, RX mode ....................... < 600mW
DC power draw, TX mode, 2W ................ < 8W
DC power draw, TX mode, 3W ................ < 12W