Acom 700S User Manual

HF + 6 m LINEAR AMPLIFIER

ACOM700S

OPERATING MANUAL

Outstanding HF Power Products

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. GENERAL INFORMATION .........................................................................................................................3

1-1. Inroduction and description .......................................................................................................3

1-2. Owner assistance .....................................................................................................................3

1-3. Equipment supplied and options ...............................................................................................3

1-4. Features ....................................................................................................................................4

1-5. Safety considerations, explicit denitions .................................................................................4

2. INSTALLATION ...........................................................................................................................................5

2-1. Unpacking and Initial Inspection ...............................................................................................5

2-2. Amplier operating location selection; cooling. .........................................................................6

2-3. Connecting the amplier within the shack ................................................................................6

2-4. Installing options and connecting to external devices, computer, etc. ......................................9

3. POWERING AND OPERATION ................................................................................................................10

3-1. Low energy stand-by mode of the power supply ....................................................................10

3-2. Front panel - controls and indication .......................................................................................10

3-3. Initial turning on ...................................................................................................................... 11

3-4. Basic screen ........................................................................................................................... 11

3-5. Control system – buttons and menus .....................................................................................13

3-6. Test transmission ....................................................................................................................13

4. AMPLIFIER OPERATION .........................................................................................................................16

4-1. Change of modes, RX / TX and Operate / Stand-by; option AUTO OPERATE ......................16

4-2. Band change, standard and expanded frequency coverage ..................................................17

4-3. Operation with an external antenna tuner ...............................................................................18

4-4. Automatic protection system ...................................................................................................18

5. MENUS – SETTINGS AND OPTIONS .....................................................................................................19

5-1. Menu “Measurements in the amplier” – AMP MEASURE .....................................................20

5-2. Menu “Service functions in the amplier” – AMP SERVICE. ..................................................21

5-3. Menu CAT/AUX SETTINGS....................................................................................................21

5-4. Menu “USER PREFERENCES” .............................................................................................23

5-5. FAULTS LOG ..........................................................................................................................24

5-6. RESTORE DEFAULT SETTINGS ...........................................................................................24

6. REMOTE CONTROL ................................................................................................................................25

6-1. General information ................................................................................................................25

7. MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................25

7-1. Periodic maintenance; general checks and cleaning .............................................................. 25

7-2. Replacement of fuses .............................................................................................................27

7-3. Using the fault codes (signatures) for diagnostics ..................................................................27

7-4. FIRMWARE UPDATES ...........................................................................................................28

8. SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................28

8-1. Parameters .............................................................................................................................28

8-2. Functions ................................................................................................................................29

8-3. Storage and shipment .............................................................................................................29

9. DISCLAIMER ............................................................................................................................................30

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1-1.

This manual describes the installation, operation, and maintenance of the HF+6m solid-state linear
power amplier ACOM 700S.

ACOM

700W output power
information is shown on a multi-functional, high resolution color display. ACOM 700S may by controlled
either by the six front panel buttons or remotely – via an RS232 port.

1-2.

If technical or operating assistance is needed, please contact your local dealer rst. In the unlikely

case of you needing further information, you may get in touch with ACOM via: fax (+ 359 2 920 96 56),
telephone [phone]), e-mail ([e-mail], [e-mail]) or by post (blvd.
Nikola Mushanov 151, 1330 Soa, Bulgaria). Website: www.acom-bg.com.

Inroduction and description

700S is

state-of-the art linear amplier, covering the amateur bands from 1.8 to 54MHz with

(PEP or continuous carrier)

ACOM 700S
Automatic Antenna Tuner. The connection of ACOM04AT will make
accessible the features that are inactive onthe amplier display when

ACOM

ACOM 04AT. The operation of ACOM 700S with ACOM 04AT

is described in the ACOM 04AT Operation Manual.

700S operates without

Owner assistance

designed to work with the ACOM 04AT Remote

with less than 40W of drive. The amplifier operating

NOTE

1-3.

The amplier is supplied in a single box including:

-

- power cord;

- this manual with a CE declaration of compliance;

-

1-4.

• 5“ high resolution color display (108x65mm), 800x480 pixels, and 24-bit color.

• The nal PA stage uses a rugged LDMOS transistor - BLF188XR.

• Compatible with all transceiver models available on the market - does not need any special

• Broadband input circuit, providing a perfect transceiver load with SWR below 1.2:1 (typically

Equipment supplied and options

amplier ACOM 700S;

four pieces of spare fuses

Features

signals: „ground on transmit“ and less than 40W of RF drive power is sufcient.

1.1:1), without retuning throughout the whole frequency range from 1.8 to 54MHz.

The overall operation of ACOM 700S is extremely simplied

•

and easy to follow, no special skill is required from the operator when changing frequency
bands.

the screen menus are intuitive

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