GTR8000BaseRadio
1.1.1GPW8000Receiver
Areceive-onlyconventionalGPW8000Receiverconsistsofatransceivermodule,fanmoduleandpowersupply.
Thetransceivermoduleincludesthefunctionalityforthereceiverandstationcontrolwithorwithoutanoptional
transceiveroptioncard.Thereceiversoftware,conguration,andnetworkmanagement,aswellasinboundtrafc
handling,areperformedthroughthetransceivermodule.On-boardserialandEthernetserviceportsarelocatedon
thismoduleforlocalservicingthroughCSS.Thepowersupplymodulesupportsthetransceivermodule.Radio
FrequencyDistributionSystem(RFDS)providestheinterfacebetweenthereceiverandthesiteantennas.
ThereceiverprovidesallthereceivefunctionofaGTR8000BaseRadioasareceive-onlystationinaConventional
ArchitectureorASTRO
®
3.1ConventionalSystem.Thereceiveroperatesinavotingenvironmentwithconnection
toacomparatorprovidingadditionalreceiveonlystationsinareaswhereitwouldotherwisebedifculttoreceive
asignalfromlowpowersubscriberunits.Thereceiveralsooperatesasamonitorreceiverinanon-voting
environmentwithconnectiontoaconsole.
1.2GTR8000BaseRadio/GPW8000Receiver
Components
Table1-1BaseRadio/ReceiverModulesandFunction
GTR8000BaseRadio
Description
PowerSupplyOperatesfromeitheranACorDCinputandprovides
theDCoperatingvoltageforthebaseradio.Also
providesaseparatebatterycharger,whichcanbeused
tomaintainthechargeona48VDCnominalsystem,
positiveornegativeground,ifinstalled.
PowerAmplier(PA)*Acceptsalow-levelmodulatedRFsignalfromthe
transceivermoduleandampliesitfortransmission
throughthesitetransmitantenna.Alsoprovides
alow-levelRFfeedbacksignaltothetransceiver
moduletoachievetherequiredtransmitterlinearity.
Alsoperformsfunctionsrelatedtothefanmodule.
Transceiver(XCVR)Providesthecontrol,exciter,andreceiverfunctions
forthebaseradio.
Theexciterfunctionalityisturnedoffinthe
GPW8000Receiver.
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