RT-600 Specifications

Electric features      
Method of bearing   Doppler-principle (3kHz rotational frequency, right / left rotation)
Bearing accuracy*   ± 5°
Internal resolution  
Sensitivity   RF-Voltage at Receiver Input (50Ohms)
VHF<100nV; SeaBand<100nV; UHF<100nV; 406MHz<150nV
Frequency stability   ±2.0 ppm (Δf/f=±2·10-6) [ at Temperature range -30°C…+80°C]
Receiving channels   8 (four of them are free adjustable)
Receiving frequencies
(or see type plate for special customer options)
  Emergency Mode Trainingsmode
121.500 MHz (VHF) [118.000 ... 122.975] MHz
156.800 MHz (maritime, channel 16) [156.000 ... 161.975] MHz
243.000 MHz (UHF) [240.000 ... 245.975] MHz
406.025 MHz (Cospas/Sarsat) [400,000 ... 409,975] MHz
Scanning mode   When receiving Cospas/Sarsat signals additionally the emergency frequencies 121,500 MHz and 243,000 MHz can be surveilled.
Cospas/Sarsat analysis   Reception and analysis/decoding of Cospas/Sarsat data signal (112 resp. 144 bit, 400 baud, biphase L-phase modulated, with Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem error test / specified according Cospas/Sarsat C/S T.001 October 1999)
Bearable kinds of modulation   A3E, F3E, A3X (ELT-modulation); bearing largely independent of modulation.
Polarisation   Vertical
Error of polarisation   ≤ 5° at 60° field vector rotation
Garbling cone   ca. 30° to the vertical
Time of response   ≤ 50 ms (with sufficient receiving field strength)
LC-graphic display   128x64 dots, supertwist /transflective, extended range of temperature, dark-blue display on yellow-green background, lit up.
Free adjustable (exponentiell) dimming of brightness
Supply voltage range   12 V ... 35 V DC
Current consumption   LCD-background lighting Off: max. 350 mA (12 V DC) / 200 mA (24 V DC)
LCD-background lighting 100%: max. 600 mA (12 V DC) / 300 mA (24 V DC)
       
Interface   External connections (optional / at Sub-D 9pol. connector X4 male)
Dimming:      
Pin 8
external voltage for variable dimming
  Analog input signal for variable controlling of the LCD-background and legends illumination. Input voltage free adjustable in the range of [1.5…33]V at edit menu (Display Control Unit Page 5). Look chapter edit menu.
Default setting [10…28]V. (10V=Off, 28V=max. dimming) Impedance of input > 50 kΩ

Pin 6
night status line

only at SAR-DF 517 N with NVG frontpanel, otherwise don’t connect.

  Low-active. At input voltage < 2.5V the dimming operates in night mode. Max. of brightness ca. 2% of day/default mode Impedance of input > 50 kΩ
Pin 4
NVG Status Line

only at SAR-DF 517 N with NVG frontpanel, otherwise don’t connect.
  Low-active. At input voltage < 2,5V the dimming operates in nvg mode. Max. of brightness ca. 2% of day/default mode Impedance of input > 50 kΩ
Audio/NF:      
Pin 7
Audio output signal
  AC coupled voltage source with very low inner resistance.
Max. output voltage app. 8Vss = 2,83VRMS at Volume Max.
Max. output power ca. 2W with 4Ω speaker.

If a headphone is connected [32…600]Ω / 100mW, we recommend using a resistor (18Ω / 0,25W) between audio output and headphone to prevent damaging the headphone.
Serial interface RS232:   (9600 baud, 8 databits, 1 stoppbit, no parity)

Pin 3
Txd

  Serial output (ca. ±10V)

Pin 2
Rxd

  Serial input (ca. ±10V)
       
Mechanical features      
Temperature range :      
Display   permissible operating temperature: -20°C ... +60°C
permissible storage temperature: -30°C ... +80°C
Antenna   permissible operating temperature: -40°C ... +60°C
permissible storage temperature: -55°C ... +80°C
Protection system   bearing antenna : IP 67
Weights   display unit : 250 g
bearing antenna : 2000 g
Dimensions   diplay unit: 82mm x 82mm x 43mm (width x height x depth)
bearing antenna: Ø270mm x 185mm

 

* Undisturbed wave field and sufficient field strength proposed. Measuring by changing the angle of incidence, bearing antenna rotating on a revolving table in order to eliminate environmental influences on the bearing result.