EXTRA-2 Contest preamplifer for 144 MHz2 large surface areas for efficient heat dissipation and low...

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EXTRA-2 144 MHz CONTEST PREAMPLIFIER Designed by HA8ET Technical data: Frequency range:…..……144-146 MHz Input/Output impedance: 50 Gain:…………………… >19,5 dB Noise Figure……….:……<0,8 dB S11:…………………….. -14,3 dB @ 144MHz Supply voltage:……...… +12…15V/140mA IP3…………:……………> 22 dBm +40 dBm IP3 GaAs FET (ATF-53189) Excellent broadcast rejection Unconditionally stable Moderate sensitivity to ESD Powered through antenna feed line, or separately Connectors:………….....BNC Females Dimensions:……………74 x 37 x 30 mm Introduction The high number of extremely high signal levels at VHF contests causes bigger and bigger problems (spreading of multi-PAs, multi-antennas contest stations) nowadays. Hence low noise figure is no longer the primary requirement, rather strong signal performance (IMD characteristics) is. Construction This preamplifier was produced to replace circuits built with ATF-54143 pHEMPT FET. The ATF-54143 pHEMT is very sensitive to static voltages and TX power. Though the noise figure is favourable, the device is not stable unconditionally. This can cause many problems in the case of a nearby broadcasting or cellular base station. "Avago Technologies’ ATF-53189 is a high linearity, medium power, low noise E-pHEMT FET in a low cost surface mount SOT89 package." The package has two source leads with [email protected] Gyula Nagy, HA8ET 2010. 04. 10.

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EXTRA-2 144 MHz CONTEST PREAMPLIFIER

Designed by HA8ET

Technical data:

Frequency range:…..……144-146 MHz

Input/Output impedance: 50 Ω

Gain:…………………… >19,5 dB

Noise Figure……….:……<0,8 dB

S11:…………………….. -14,3 dB @ 144MHz

Supply voltage:……...… +12…15V/140mA

IP3…………:……………> 22 dBm

+40 dBm IP3 GaAs FET (ATF-53189)

Excellent broadcast rejection

Unconditionally stable

Moderate sensitivity to ESD

Powered through antenna feed line, or separately

Connectors:………….....BNC Females

Dimensions:……………74 x 37 x 30 mm

Introduction The high number of extremely high signal levels at VHF contests causes bigger and bigger problems (spreading of multi-PAs, multi-antennas contest stations) nowadays. Hence low noise figure is no longer the primary requirement, rather strong signal performance (IMD characteristics) is. Construction This preamplifier was produced to replace circuits built with ATF-54143 pHEMPT FET. The ATF-54143 pHEMT is very sensitive to static voltages and TX power. Though the noise figure is favourable, the device is not stable unconditionally. This can cause many problems in the case of a nearby broadcasting or cellular base station. "Avago Technologies’ ATF-53189 is a high linearity, medium power, low noise E-pHEMT FET in a low cost surface mount SOT89 package." The package has two source leads with

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large surface areas for efficient heat dissipation and low inductance RF grounding. The enhancement mode technology provides superior performance while allowing a dc grounded source amplifier with a single polarity power supply to be easily designed and built. The enhancement mode PHEMT requires about a 0.6V potential between the gate and source, VGS, for the target drain current, IDS. The applied voltage feedback improves the K stability factor. This does not cause significant noise figure increase. The gain of the FET at 145 MHz is approximately 30 dB, being too high. The amplification can be reduced from 30 to 24 dB with a 6 dB attenuator at the output of the preamp. It can be changed to -10dB if needed. The attenuator increases the K stability factor further. At the output a band pass filter can be found, which improves the out-of-band selectivity. The insertion loss of the filter reduces the unnecessarily high amplification further to 20…21 dB. At 100 MHz the broadcast rejection is higher than -60 dB. The input circuit consists of a ‘T’ match with suitable low loss microwave capacitors and spiral inductor. The proper input matching can be adjusted by the CT capacitor. The K1 relay is needed to be built in if TX power is more than 200 W. If you connect ground potential onto the PTT connector, the K1 relay will short-circuit the inputs. Therefore the isolation of the coaxial relay can be increased by 28 dB in TX mode. Adjusments The (professional) PCBs are 1.5mm, FR4, double sided with plated through holes. The boards are solder resist coated and silk screened to show component designations, i.e. R1, C1 etc. I recommend soldering the spare parts with hot air soldering tool. At the bottom side the PCB must be soldered to the walls of the box at the IC1, the spiral inductor, the band pass filters and the 2 BNC sockets. Then connect 12…15 V to the amplifier and adjust the needed 135 mA drain current with the potentiometer. In this way 135 mV can be measured between the TP1 and TP2 testpoints. Then tune the L3 L4 TOKO inductors to the maximal sign of a beacon. The CT capacitor is set to the maximal default value at the input. The capacity must be reduced to that value where the current and original position of the marker meet an angle of 20 degrees. This status suits the noise minimum. 0 The preamplifier does not need other adjustments. I wish a great success for every user. Gyula [email protected]

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Part list

Reference Value Package Distribut. Type Man. CT 1,5-5 pF SMD Partminer CTZ3E-05A-W-PF AVX C1 (Microwave!) 8,2 pF 0805 Partminer 08052U8R2CAT2A AVX C2 (Microwave!) 5,6 pF 0805 Partminer 08052U5R6CAT2A AVX C3, C6, C17 100 pF COG 0805 Farnell C0805C101J5GAC KEMET C4, C5, C7, C8, C9, C16 1nF X7R 0805 Farnell 08055C102KAT2A AVX C10, C14 150 pF COG 0805 Farnell C0805C151J5GAC KEMET C11, C13 56 pF COG 0805 Farnell C0805C560J5GAC KEMET C12 3,3 pF COG 0805 Farnell ERB21B5C2E3R3B Murata C15, C18 100 nF X7R 0805 Farnell 08055C104JAT2A AVX C19 4,7 uF/50 V 7343 Farnell T495X475K050AT KEMET C20, C21 (Feed-through) 1 nF - Gigatechnik BUBQ5-00 STELCOL1, L2, L5 1000 nH 1008 TME CW1008-1000 FerrocoreL3, L4 24 nH - BEC 100072 TOKO R1 47 0805 Farnell R2 68 0805 Farnell R3 4k7 0805 Farnell R4 330 0805 Farnell R5 4,7 0805 Farnell R6, R10 1 0805 Farnell R7, R9 150 0805 Farnell R8 33 0805 Farnell D1 - 0805 Farnell 1N4148 SMD T1 - SOT-89 Farnell ATF-53189 Avago IC1 - D-PAK Farnell 78M05CDT STM P1 500 SMD Farnell TS53YJ500R VISHAYK1 - SMD Farnell IM06GR TYCO Box - - - 37 X 74 X 30 mm Connectors BNC Female - Farnell 1-1337446-0 TYCO PCB - - HA8ET 71,5 X 34,5 mm HA8ET

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