Tait TBDB3F Users Manual

Draft

TB7304 Transportable
Mobile Repeater

User’s Guide

MBD-00004 · Issue 1· March 2019

Contact Information

Tait Communications
Corporate Head Office

Tait International Limited
P.O. Box 1645
Christchurch
New Zealand

For the address and telephone number of regional
offices, refer to our website: www.taitradio.com

Copyright and Trademarks

All information contained in this document is the
property of Tait International Limited. All rights
reserved. This document may not, in whole or in part,
be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, stored,
or reduced to any electronic medium or machine­readable form, without prior written permission from
Tait International Limited.

The word TAIT and the TAIT logo are trademarks of
Tait International Limited.

All trade names referenced are the service mark,
trademark or registered trademark of the respective
manufacturers.

Disclaimer

There are no warranties extended or granted by this
document. Tait International Limited accepts no
responsibility for damage arising from use of the
information contained in the document or of the
equipment and software it describes. It is the
responsibility of the user to ensure that use of such
information, equipment and software complies with the
laws, rules and regulations of the applicable
jurisdictions.

US640974, US640977, US 698339, US702666,
US7758996, US8902804, US 9107231, US 9504034,
US9559967.

Environmental Responsibilities

Tait International Limited is an
environmentally responsible company
which supports waste minimization,
material recovery and restrictions in the
use of hazardous materials.

The European Union’s Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) Directive requires that this
product be disposed of separately from the general
waste stream when its service life is over. For more
information about how to dispose of your unwanted
Tait product, visit the Tait WEEE website at

www.taitradio.com/weee. Please be environmentally

responsible and dispose through the original supplier,
or contact Tait International Limited.

Tait International Limited also complies with the
Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances
in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)
Directive in the European Union.

In China, we comply with the Measures for
Administration of the Pollution Control of Electronic
Information Products. We will comply with
environmental requirements in other markets as they
are introduced.

Inquiries and Comments

If you have any enquiries regarding this document, or
any comments, suggestions and notifications of errors,
please contact your regional Tait office.

Updates of Manual and Equipment

In the interests of improving the performance,
reliability or servicing of the equipment, Tait
International Limited reserves the right to update the
equipment or this document or both without
prior notice.

Intellectual Property Rights

This product may be protected by one or more patents
or designs of Tait International Limited together with
their international equivalents, pending patent or
design applications, and registered trade marks:
NZ409837, NZ409838, NZ 415277, NZ 415278,
NZ530819, NZ534475, NZ 547713, NZ 577009,
NZ579051, NZ579364, NZ 586889, NZ 610563,
NZ615954, NZ700387, NZ 708662, NZ 710766,
NZ711325 , NZ726313, NZ593887, AU 2015215962,
AU339127, AU339391, AU2016259281,
AU2016902579, EU000915475-0001, EU 000915475­0002, GB2532863, US 14/834609 Div. no 1, US15/
346518 Div.no 2, US15/350332, US15/387026 Div.,
US20150085799, US20160044572, US 20160057051,

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1 General Safety and Compliance Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Personal Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Explosive Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

High Temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

LED Safety (EN60825-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Proximity to RF Transmissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Equipment Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installation and Servicing Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Preventing Damage to the PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Environmental Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Operating Temperature Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Dust and Dirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Distress Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Compliance Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Unauthorized Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Health, Safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Device and Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

3 Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Battery Select Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

LED Indication Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Repeater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Mains Socket Wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Preface

Scope of Manual

This user’s guide provides information on the TB7304 Transportable
Mobile Repeater (TMR).For full details on the operation of the repeater
itself, refer to MBD-00001-xx TB7300 Installation and Operation Manual.

Document Conventions

Please follow exactly any instruction that appears in the text as an ‘alert’.
An alert provides necessary safety information as well as instruction in the
proper use of the product. This manual uses the following types of alert:

Warning This alert is used when there is a hazardous situation

which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

Caution This alert is used when there is a hazardous situation which,
if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.

Notice This alert is used to highlight information that is required to
ensure procedures are performed correctly. Incorrectly performed pro­cedures could result in equipment damage or malfunction.

This icon is used to draw your attention to information that may
improve your understanding of the equipment or procedure.

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Associated Documentation

The following documentation is also available for your Tait product, which
can be accessed from the Tait Technical Support website
(http://support.taitradio.com):

■ Safety and Compliance Information—supplied with each radio. (The

same information is included in this user’s guide.)

■ MBD-00001-xx TB7300 Installation and Operation Manual

Publication Record

Issue Publication date Description

01 March 2019 First release.

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