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Pegasus Model 550
Description
PC controlled IF-DSP transceiver covering all 9 HF ham bands plus general coveral receive. 100 watts output at 100% duty cycle.
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Specifications
General
MODES: LSB, USB, CW, RTTY (AFSK), FM, AM receive only
FREQUENCY RANGE: Receive - 100 kHz to 30 MHz. Transmit - all ham bands 160-10 meters
DISPLAY: provided by customer's PC
DUAL VFOs with SPLIT mode.
OFFSET TUNING: +/- 10 kHz receive and transmit
MEMORIES: limited only by available RAM in PC, virtually any PC will store 1000s of memories
FREQUENCY ACCURACY: +/-90 Hz at 25 degrees C at 30 MHz for 1 yr
ANTENNA: 50 ohms unbalanced.
POWER REQUIRED: 1A receive, 20A transmit @ 12-14 VDC
CONSTRUCTION: 5 epoxy glass PC boards, molded front panel, aluminum chassis, texture painted steel cover
DIMENSIONS: HWD 10.75" x 5.125" x 11.5" / 27.3 x 13 x 29.2 cm
WEIGHT: 9 lbs - 4.1 kg
Transmitter
RF OUTPUT: 5-100 watts, ALC stabilized.
DC INPUT: maximum 250 watts @ 14 VDC. 100% duty cycle for up to 20 minutes. Continuous duty with customer supplied air cooling of rear panel heat sink.
MICROPHONE INPUT: 200 to 50K ohms. 4 pin, front panel connector accepts microphones with 5 mv (-67 dB) output. Polarizing voltage provided for electrets.
T/R SWITCHING: PTT or VOX on SSB, QSK on CW.
CW OFFSET: Programmable 400 to 900 Hz, DSP generated. Sidetone automatically matches offset, volume adjustable independent of AF GAIN control.
FM DEVIATION: +/- 5 kHz.
METERING: Switchable to forward power, reflected power or SWR.
SSB GENERATION: DSP generated
CARRIER SUPPRESSION: > 50 dB
UNWANTED SIDEBAND SUPPRESSION: > 60 dB at 1.5 kHz tone
THIRD ORDER INTERMOD: 25 dB below two tone @ 100 watts PEP
SPURIOUS OUTPUT: Better than 40 dB below peak power output
Receiver
SENSITIVITY: .35uV typical for 10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth, SSB mode.
SELECTIVITY: 34 filters built-in; 300 Hz, 330 Hz, 375-750 Hz in 75 Hz increments, 900-3000 Hz in 150 Hz increments, 3.3-6.0 kHz in 300 Hz increments, 8.0 kHz. All 1.5:1 shape factor or better.
DYNAMIC RANGE: 90 dB @ 3 kHz bandwidth at 50 kHz spacing
THIRD ORDER INTERCEPT: +10 dBm
NOISE FLOOR: -126 dBm @ 3 kHz bandwidth
S-METER: Calibrated to 50 uv at S9
ATTENUATOR: -20 dB
PASSBAND TUNING: +/- 2 kHz
I-F FREQUENCIES: 1st I-F 45 MHz, 2nd I-F 455 kHz, 3rd I-F 12 kHz
I-F REJECTION: > 60 dB typical
IMAGE REJECTION: > 60 dB typical
RECEIVE RECOVERY TIME: less than 20ms, including split mode
AUDIO: speaker - 2 watt @ 4 ohms, line out � > 1 V p-p into 600 ohms