Contester Two Radio BPF system «Perfo Box -200», includes 6 Band Pass Filters for 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m bands

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Contester Two Radio BPF system

Lets you share six different BPFs with 2 different radios. Perfect for SO2R, Multi-Two and Multi-Single contest operations.

Features:

• High isolation Six to Two relay switching system to share Six band BPFs among two Radios
• Identical control schem for two radios
• Additional cooling fans can be installed if neccesary in a harsh condition

• Power handling 200W ICAS*, max VSWR 1,5:1
• Typical insertion loss is less than 0.5 dB
• Typical adjacent band attenuation is -60÷90 dB, individual filter plots provided

• 13.6VDC, 700 mA. required for operation
• 2.1 mm power input jack Center is + input
• Phoenix plugable control connector (and 8 pin round connector) can be used to power unit as well, 7th pin is + input, 8th pin is Common

• All the control functions is done with a single Rotary switch
• Eight LED indicators show DC power status and band selection
• Band selection can be Manual or Automatic (two Auto modes)
• DC power off provides a Bypass mode for the unit

• SO-239 (can be replaced to N type on demand) connectors for connection to radio and amplifier or antenna
• Heavy duty chassis construction
• Size: 455 x 360 x 210 mm / 18” х 14” х 8”
• Net weight: ≤10,9 kg / 24,5 lbs
• Gross weight: ≤13,5 kg / 30,0 lbs
• Rubber feets
• All the mating connectors included

Manual control mode:

• Band selection with Rotary knob
• You can select one of Six BPFs or Bypass or Auto mode of operation

Bypass mode:

• DC power off provides a by-pass mode for the unit
• Bypass mode can be selected manually when unit is turned ON and Rotary switch is in Bypass position

AUTO modes:

• To use Auto modes this unit must be powered ON
• Auto mode is selected when Rotary switch is in Auto position
• "Auto" LED will light up RED

• The bandpass filter can be selected by the customer’s external band decoder control signal to the unit via Phoenix plugable connector on the rear panel or 8 pin round connector which is in parallel to the Phoenix connector;
• The Contester BPF system is looking for a Positive (Source) trigger signal from external band decoder on the pin that corresponds to the band

• The bandpass filter can also be selected by internal BCD, 4bit band decoder, 5 pin round connector on a rear panel
• The Contester BPF system is looking for a Positive BCD trigger signal in a Yaesu/Elecraft standard 4 bit code

• Only one control signals can be used at any time. Either external band decoder (decoded six band signals) or internal BCD decoder (4 bit BCD signal)

• N type input and output connectors on demand;
• BandPass filters can be replaced by the filters for the bands of your interest;
• Two Contester units can be cascaded to fit 12 available "PerfoBox-200" BPFs for 160-80-60-40-30-20-17-15-12-10-6-4 meter bands;

* Intermittent Commercial and Amateur Service, (CW - 50% Duty cycle)