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It’s the heart and soul of your operation. Day in, day out delivering quality video, audio and data to your customers. There’s no bigger investment in your system than your headend electronics. Now think about what goes into a great headend: high-quality electronic equipment with state of the art design and engineering, equipment that you’re proud to see on the headend rack. Sleek and stylish on the outside. Powerful and reliable on the inside. Versatile and practical all around. Agile to meet your changing needs and able to reach your bandwidth requirements with capacity to grow. Specs to make you smile and performance to make your customers sit up and notice. Well, how about that: We’ve just described the Macom Professional Series headend products.

PQM : Agile QAM Modulator

Features

  • Professional quality QAM Agile Modulator an UP Converter
  • Modular design allows 6 or 8 moduls in 2 RU
  • Accepts DVB-ASI input or SMPTE-310, complies with DVB ASI standard
  • RF output channels 2~135 (54~860MHz)
  • Minimum 45 dBmV output level, low group delay provide crisp, clear picture
  • ANNEX B and ANNEX A FEC encoder Support
  • Supports Fixed and Auto Clock Mode
  • QAM Modes Supported: 64 and 256
  • Null Packets stuffing and PCR corrections are provided in the fixed clock mode
  • Programmable by channel or frequency
  • Loss of Transport Stream Alarm
  • Built in CW Test mode
  • Used with MPC-12, MPC-12R, or MPC-16PS/CS (chassis and power supply)

Specifications

QAM Modes 64, 256
Symbol Rate 1 to 7 Mbaud
Input ASI
FEC Encoder ITU-T J.83 ANNEX B ( DigiCipher® II,
ITU-T J.83 ANNEX A (DVB)
Spectral Inversion Selectable
Carrier Suppression >53 dB
MER 40 dB Minimum
I/Q Phase Error < 1°
I/Q Amplitude Imbalance < 1%
QAM RF Output Specifications
Frequency Range 54 to 860 MHz
RF Output Channel 2-135
Output Level 45 dB minimum
Output Level Control Range 15dB
In-band QAM RF Flatness ±0.5dB
QAM RF Amplitude Flatness .9 dB maximum (54 to 860 MHz)
Output Impedance 75 Ohms
Phase Noise @ 10 KHz Offset -105 dBc/Hz
Frequency Stability ±5 Khz
Broadband Noise -75 dBc
Spurious Output - 60 dB minimum (54 to 1000 MHz)
Group Delay < 10 ns
Connectors F-type
ASI Input BNC 75Ω
RF output F type, Female
Connectors
Power Headers 3 Pin, 5 VDC, 12 VDC, and Gnd
Power Requirement Voltages 5, 12 VDC
Power Consumption per Module 6.5 Watts, (6 modules, 39 Watts)
Operating Temperature Range 0 to 50 °C
Mechanical
Dimensions 2”(W) x 10”(D) x 3.5”(H)
Weight 1.6 lbs

 

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