Sometimes some really good equipment is made available on Ebay. This is a nearly new X-Band downconverter and LNA from RSI Vertex that was part of a TSC-503 Satellite Communication Terminal. Paul Marsh over at UHF-Satcom has a great write-up on this downconverter and LNA. Some X-Band signals received with this equipment is located here.
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- Vertex RSI X-Band Downconverter in Enclosure.
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- Mini-Circuits Bias-T providing power and external reference signal to Downconverter.
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- Downconverted X-Band signal at 1249 MHz (L-Band).
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- 559ma current draw when locked to external reference.
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- Low level 50MHz reference signal.
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- Brackets for mounting under dish.
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- -70dBm test signal on 7549 MHz.
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- Vertex RSI X-Band LNA. 50 dB of gain! 500 MHz of bandwidth centered at 7500 MHz. NF of 0.7 dB. Rectangular to circular waveguide with squeeze tube de-polarization is complements of UHF-Satcom.com.
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- X-Band LNA on 1.2m Inverted Offset Dish.
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- X-Band LNA on custom triple feed mount.
