Jotron AS RA 7203 User Manual

1 DISPLAY 2 FbA (Function button A) 3 RS (Rotary switch)

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VHF Receiver
4 SQUELCH LED 5 REMOTE LED 6 FRONT CONNECTOR 7 FbB (Function button B) 8 FbC (Function button C) 9 ON/OFF 10 ALARM LED 11 STANDBY LED 12 LOUDSPEAKER
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Front RJ45 connector
Front Connector, RJ45
Name PIN Purpose
SEL 1 TDO 2
Headset 3 RS232 4 RS232 Tx
RS232 5 RS232 Rx TMS 6 +12VDC 7 +12 VDC to external equipment (10mA) GND 8 Common ground

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Technical data, 1 of 4
Standards; ICAO annex 10, EN300 676(AM, AM-MSK),
EN301 841(VDL2 – Physical layer)
Environmental: Temperature range -20°C to +55°C (operating) -
40°C to +70°C (storage) Humidity 90% @+40°C (non condensing)
Shock Transport: IEC-721-3-2, Class 2M3 Vibration Transport: IEC-68-2-32, Class 2M3. IEC-68-2-6
EMC EN 301 489 – part 22
Weight: 1.7 kg
Dimension: 71mm (14TE)(W) * 230mm(D) * 128mm (H)

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Technical data, 2 of 4
Frequency response: 300-3400 Hz 350-2500 Hz Data ports: RS232, RS485, 100/10BaseT Protocol: (SNMP v.2) Simple Network Management
RS232/RS485 Jotron proprietary
BITE monitoring: VSWR, Voltages, Currents, Levels, Lock
detect, Temperature, Output power, Reflected power, a.o.
Supply voltage: AC 115/230VAC +15/-10% / 50-60Hz Supply
voltage, DC 21.6 - 31.2VDC negative ground
MTBF: >10 years / unit MTTR: <30 minutes at lowest replaceable unit

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Technical data, 3 of 4
Receiver AM 25kHz AM 8.33kHz
Sensitivity analogue @1μV / 30% pd: 10dSINAD(CCITT) Adjacent channel rejection: >70dB >60dB Intermodulation (3 signal): >70 dBc IF bandwidth: +/- 11kHz +/-2.8kHz Image and IF frequency response: >110 dB Squelch operation: Adjustable 107dBm, 30dB
S/N + carrier override Activation time <20ms Hysteresis <3dB
Audio AGC: 30%-90%, <1dB variation Noise blanker: IF: Selectable ON/OFF Signal / Noise: >45dB on any output @100μV,
30%

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AGC range: -107dBm to +5dBm AGC attach time: <50ms AGC decay time: <200ms Inband squelch signal: Configurable tones: 150-3400Hz Line output: 600Ω, -36 - +7dBm @90%
modulation
Harmonic distortion: <3% @90% AM (line output) Crossmodulation: >85dB @ 100 kHz frequency offset Blocking: >100dB @1MHz offset, >110 dB out
of band signals
Dynamic range: >110dB Spurious response rejection: >90dB

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Menus, 1 of 16
FbA
RS
NOTE! RS can be pressed and turned.
The radio is controlled through an advanced menu system. The access for each menu is restricted by a user parameter. The System Operator can change all user parameters from SNMP, or from the menu using a hardware key.
FbB
FbC

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Menus, 2 of 16
There are four access user levels:
User parameter:
1 System operator Full access to all parameters
2 Technician Access to some settings in RX
3 Operators Access only to Volume,
4 Restricted Restricted to Volume, Squelch
Name of menu: Access and restrictions:
(R/W by System Operator)
menu system + bite (R/O)
Frequency and memory store and recall
and memory recall

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Menus, 3 of 16
When operated locally, the operator has full access to all facilities using the various controls at the front panel.
Push RS to switch in the operator menu

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Menus, 4 of 16
Push menu button to enter MAIN MENU

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Menus, 5 of 16

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Menus, 6 of 16

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Menus, 7 of 16
RX config subtree menu, 1 of 2

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Menus, 8 of 16
RX config subtree menu, 2 of 2

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Menus, 9 of 16
Interface config subtree menu, 1 of 2

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Menus, 10 of 16
Interface config subtree menu, 2 of 2

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Menus, 11 of 16
Bite system subtree, 1 of 2

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Menus, 12 of 16
Bite system subtree, 2 of 2

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Menus, 13 of 16
To maneuver in the menu systems, use the up-button FbA, the down-button FbB or (preferably) turn the RS.
The different submenus are selected by pressing the rotary switch and turning up/down until the desired menu is reached. (FbA, FbB and FbC may be used as well)
To return to previous menu, press RS (or FbC) when “ ,,,” is selected in the present menu.
The RA-7203 will enter the Operator menu when turned “ON”.
PressRS

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Menus, 14 of 16
Operator menu, 1 of 3
Normal operating display with active squelch. Press Fb C to mute squelch.
Normal operating display with no channels stored. Press Fb C to recall stored channels.
Press RS
Press RS
Press RS
Set loudspeaker volume by turning RS. Press FbC to mute loudspeaker.
Set headset volume by turning RS. Press FbC to mute headset.
Press RS

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Operator menu, 2 of 3
Set squelch level by turning RS. Press FbC to mute squelsh.
See next page how to select frequency.
Press RS
Press RS
Press FbC to store new frequency on specified channel. Select storing channel by turning RS.
Select brightness level by turning RS.
Press FbA

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Operator menu, 3 of 3
Select 8,33kHz steps by turning RS. For no changes press FbC.
Select 100kHz steps by turning RS.
Press FbA
Press FbC
Select 1MHz steps by turning RS.
Press FbC to store new frequency and return.

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Rear RJ45 connectors, 1 of 5
1 ANTENNA CONNECTOR 2 EARTH TAG 3 DC INPUT CONNECTOR 4 AC INPUT CONNECTOR 5 LAN CONNECTOR 6 AUX 1 CONNECTOR 7 AUX 2 CONNECTOR 8 REMOTE CONNECTOR
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Rear RJ45 connectors, 2 of 5
LAN interface connector
Name PIN Purpose
LAN_TXP 1 Tx data LAN_TXN 2 Tx data LAN_RXP 3 Rx data LAN_D3P 4 Optional LAN_D3N 5 Optional LAN_RXN 6 Rx data LAN_D4P 7 Optional LAN_D4N 8 Optional

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Rear RJ45 connectors, 3 of 5
Aux 1 connector
Name PIN Purpose
ALARM_P 1 Alarm out – rele ALARM_N 2 Alarm out – rele Select_in_P 3 Select in – opto isolated RS232_S 4 RS232 Send data RS232_R 5 RS232 Receive data Select_in_N 6 Select in – opto isolated +12V 7 12V output to ext
equipment (D/O: 200mA)
GND 8 Common ground

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Rear RJ45 connectors, 4 of 5
AUX 2 connector
Name PIN Purpose
Squelch_out_P 1 Squelch out - opto isolated Squelch_out_N 2 Differential – opto isolated
AGC_HILO_P 3 Hi / Lo depending on input signal
(configurable) NC 4 NC 5 AGC_HILO_N 6 Differential – opto isolated
AGC_ OUT 7 NC 8

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Rear RJ45 connectors, 5 of 5
REM connector (Interface to transmitter)
Name PIN Purpose
RS485_Z 1 RS485 (-) RS485_Y 2 RS485(+) LINE_P 3 Diff. line output from RX, 600 ohm TX_BUSY 4 TX Busy indicator input (Mute input) RX_BUSY 5 RX Busy indicator output (Repeater Key
Output – Tx in repeater mode) LINE_N 6 Diff. line output from RX, 600 ohm ALARM 7 Low=Alarm
(Note: I/O – low input will also be recognized
as an alarm (EXT)) GND 8 Common ground

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External wiring
RJ45 KRONE
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