R&S®NV8300 UHF Transmitter Family

Air-cooled medium-power transmitters for digital TV

Specifications in Brief

Specifications common to the R&S®NH/NV8300

Frequency range470 MHz to 862 MHz
Power supply3 x 400 V AC ± 15%, three-phase operation; 47 Hz to 63 Hz
230 V AC ± 15%, 50/60 Hz, L1 – N; single-phase operation; 47 Hz to 63 Hz
240 V AC+10%/-15%, 50/60 Hz, L1 – L2; single-phase operation; 47 Hz to 63 Hz
Max. installation altitude2000 m above sea level (>2000 m on request)
Operating temperature range+1 °C to +45 °C
Permissable relative humidity95%, without condensation
Dimensions (W x H x D)600 mm x 2000 mm x 800 mm (23.6 in x 87.7 in x 31.5 in)
RF connector1 5/8 EIA
Synchronization
Reference frequency10 MHz, 0.1 V to 5 V (Vpp) or TTL, BNC
Reference pulse1 Hz, TTL, BNC
Local and remote control
Local control
Color display and keysfront-panel operation via graphical user interface (GUI)
RJ-45PC operation via standard web browser
Remote control
RJ-45IEC 864-2 via Ethernet, standard
RJ-45network management interface (web server and/or SNMP agent), optional
Parallel interfacefloating contacts for messages and commands, optional
Bit busbus interface, in line with IEC 864-2, optional

Specifications of R&S®NV8300 for DVB-T/-H (in line with EN 300744/EN302304)

R&S®
NV8301
R&S®
NV8302
R&S®
NV8303
R&S®
NV8304
R&S®
NV8305
R&S®
NV8306
Number of amplifiers 1 2 3 4 5 6
RF output power 1) 300 W 600 W 900 W 1200 W 1500 W 1800 W
Rate of air flow
8.5 m 3 /min
11 m 3 /min
15 m 3 /min
17 m 3 /min
17 m 3 /min
17 m 3 /min
Inputs
(DVB-T/-H)
4 x ASI
Coding and modulation
in line with EN 300744, EN 302304 (optional)
Modulation
QPSK, 16QAM or 64QAM
Guard interval
1/4, 1/8, 1/16 or 1/32 of useful symbol duration
IFFT mode
2k and 8k, 4k (optional)
Inner code rate
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6 or 7/8
Useful symbol duration
224 µs (2k) or 896 µs (8k), 448 µs (4k, optional)

Specifications of the R&S®NV8300 for ATSC (in line with Doc. 53/1995)

R&S® NV8301 R&S® NV8302 R&S® NV8303 R&S® NV8304
Number of amplifiers 1 2 3 4
RF output power 2) 450 W 900 W 1350 W 1800 W
Rate of air flow 8.5m 3 /min 11m 3 /min 15m 3 /min 17m 3 /min
Inputs (ATSC)
2 x SMPTE + 2 x ASI
Modulation
8VSB
Symbol rate
10.76 MHz
Data rate
19.39 Mbit/s
Trellis coding
2/3
Reed-Solomon encoding
207/187/10

1) Average power specification: at <510 MHz approx. 10% lower power, at >662 MHz approx. 5% higher power.
2) Average power specification: at <510 MHz approx. 5% lower power, at >662 MHz approx. 6 % higher power.