OM POWER OM3500A Bedienungsanleitung

Instruction Manual

OM3500A

SHORTWAVE POWER AMPLIFIER

OM POWER, s. r. o. 930 30 Báč126

SLOVAKIA

Important safety instructions:

•The amplifier contains high voltage circuits. Never turn the amplifier on

without the upper lid in place.

•The OM3500A amplifier is neither to be used in a wet or humid environment

nor to be exposed to rainfall.

•The amplifier must be installed in such a way that free flow of hot air from

the tube is allowed. The amplifier must not be installed in a constrained

surrounding (i.e. tight shelves etc.)

•During long operation the upper lid and the vent grid of the amplifier can

reach high temperatures that can cause burn injuries. Do not touch these parts

of the amplifier during operation.

•The amplifier must be grounded during operation.

•During operation the amplifier must be installed in such a way that the rear

power supplies are accessible.

•The amplifier can be operated only if both supply cables are connected.

OM3500A reaches optimal parameters when it is connected to 2 phases.

•Do not turn the amplifier on without having connected the antenna.

A hazardous HF voltage may build up on the antenna connector after turning

the amplifier on with no antenna connected.

•Before opening the upper lid of the amplifier make sure that both power

supplies have been disconnected for at least 5 minutes allowing the

electrolytic capacitors to discharge fully. Never turn the amplifier on without

the upper lid in place.

•Make sure that all screws holding the case together are properly in place and

tied before carrying the amplifier by the handles.

•The amplifier is an A category product. In a household it can influence other

electric appliances. In such cases the user is to take proper actions to mitigate

this disturbance.

General description of the OM3500A Amplifier

The linear amplifier OM 3500A is designed for all short wave amateur bands from 1.8 till 29

MHz (including WARC – bands ) and all modes . It is equipped with a ceramic tetrode

GU78b. The OM3500A is automatically tuned to operating frequency of your TRX.

Specification of OM3500A

Frequency coverage: amateur bands 1.8 – 29.7 MHz including WARC

Power output: 3500 W in SSB and CW 3000 W in RTTY, AM and FM

Drive Power: usually 60 to 80 W for full Output Power

Input impedance: 50 Ohm VSWR < 1.5 : 1

Output amplification: 17 dB

Output impedance: 50 Ohm unbalanced

Maximum output SWR: 2:1

SWR protection: automatic switching to STBY , when reflected power is 350W or higher

Intermodulation distortion : 32 dB below nominal output

Suppression of harmonics: < -50 dBc

Tuning manual or AUTO

Response speed of AUTO less than 0,5s within same BAND

Less than 3s if out of BAND

Supported TRXs-CAT ICOM, ELECRAFT ,KENWOOD, TEN-TEC ORION , YEASU

and Icom transceive protocol using by microHAM devices – CI-V

OUPUT

Tube: GU78b Ceramic tetrode

Cooler: Centrifugal blower + axial blower

Power supply: 2 x 230 V - 50 Hz one or two phases

Transformers: 2 pcs of toroidal transformer 2,5 kVA

Protection circuits: - SWR too high

-Anode current too high

-screen current too high

-grid current too high

-Mistuning of power amplifier

-Hot switching protection

-Soft start for protecting your fuses

-“switch –on blocking “ at opened amplifier

Bar graph indications: - Power output – bar graph 50 LED

-reflected power – bar graph 20 LED

-screen current ( Ig2 – bar graph 10 LED )

-anode voltage, anode current, tuning – bar graph 30 LED

LED indicators : grid current ( Igl – 2 LED )

WAIT – preheating of tube (180 sec )

STBY - standby

OPR – operating condition

FAULT – failure , switching off for abt. 2 sec

OSD Indication LCD display 2x16 Characters

Parameters: 485 x 200 x 455mm (width x height x depth)

Weight: 43 kg

General Description of OM3500 A POWER AMPLIFIER

HF PART

In this amplifier a tetrode GU 78b is used in a grounded-cathode circuit (input into control grid). This

amplifier achieves excellent linearity by the voltage stabilization of the control grid bias and the screen

voltage. The power input is given to the control grid, using a broadband input circuit with an input

impedance of 50 Ohms. This adaptable input circuitry ensures a good input SWR better than 1.5:1 on

all short-wave bands.

The output of the amplifier is a Pi-L circuit. The ceramic capacitor for TUNE and LOAD are divided.

This enables the amplifier to be tuned exactly and makes it possible to easily return to the previously

set positions after band change.

Top view on the opened OM3500A

Tetrode

GU78B PWR meter Blower switch -on board

Output Pi-L Circuit Tuning capacitor Power supply board

Subpanel

POWER SUPPLY

Power supply of the amplifier is effected by two 2,5 kVA toroidal transformers. A soft start is

realized with the help of relays and resistors.

The high anode voltage consists of 8 times 420V and 2A. Each of them has its own rectifier and filter.

In the high voltage circuit safety resistors are employed to protect the amplifier against overload.

The source for screen grid is stabilized by a parallel stabilization with BU508 transistors and delivers

a voltage of 360V at 100mA.

The -120V for the control grid is stabilized by means of zener diodes.

SAFETY DEVICES

Control and monitoring circuits ensure control and safety of the circuits of the device during

malfunction of the PA. They are placed on the Control board, which is located on the subpanel.

Putting the power amplifier into operation

Coaxial cable

The output of the transceiver is to be connected with the input of the amplifier via RG58 or similar

cable. For the connection between the power amplifier and the antenna RG213 or similar coaxial

cable suited for this high power is to be used. For INPUT and OUTPUT PL-259-sockets with Teflon

isolation are used.

Mains plug1Mains plug2Fuses OUTPUT

REMOTE I / O Interface INPUT

Rear view of the amplifier

MAIN SUPPLY:

The amplifier is connected to the mains with 2 cables with a EURO end. Each cable is to be

switched to another phase of your main supply system! Both of them have to be able to deliver a

power of 2.5 kVA !

If you use only one phase, you have to connect both cables to this one phase ! Your main supply

has to be able to deliver 5 kVA on this one phase! In this case the power amplifier can’t deliver

full output!

ATTENTION:

In each case the power amplifier has to be connected

to your main supply system with 2 cables! Normally

the amplifier is used with 2 phases. If there is only

one phase - connect both cables to the single one!

Grounding

The amplifier has to be grounded properly! Connect the screw on the rear panel of the amplifier to

your local grounding system with a copper-cable, use a cross-section of 4 mm

at least.

Connect your transceiver to the same grounding system of your shack carefully!

If you use a power amplifier with higher output you have to be aware that your grounding system

works properly. All parts have to be grounded to the same system. Use short cables and make sure

that there are good contacts! Otherwise you run the risk of damaging your equipment, having

problems with TVI/BCI or your signal may be distorted.

REMOTE

Control of the amplifier is possible remotely by using REMOTE BOX (optional). Connection

is done by REMOTE socket, maximum cable length of 10 meters.

I / O box

Control of Amplifier and communication with TRX as well as antennas / BPF switching can

be done via I / O Interface

KEY IN - Input signal PTT (switching voltage / current 5V / 2mA)

KEY OUT - Output signal PTT (maximum switching of 30V / 50mA)

Control cable

Control cable maintains TX / RX switching of the PA (TX GND). The cable is shielded. On the side

of the power amplifier a CINCH-socket is used. On the side of your transceiver you have to use a

socket suitable for this transceiver. During transmitting the middle pin is connected to the ground.

The relays of the OM3500A have to be switched earlier than HF is applied (cold switching).

Modern transceivers have a time delay between PTT switching and power output.

If you are using and older transceiver or transmitters without time delay we recommend to connect the

PA in such a way that the transmit/ receive switch is connected with the KEY IN socket of the

amplifier. The KEY OUT socket is to be connected with the PTT socket at the transceiver.

The amplifier is equipped with two safety devices, which ensure that the Output relay is not switched

under power mistakenly (hot switching).

CI-V - Mono 3.5mm Jack for connection of ICOM TRXs. For successful

operation selection of ICOM radio and correct baud rate is important

(9600 default)

TCVR - DB-9 -serial port RS232 for YAESU, KENWOOD, ORION and

ELECRAFT TRXs. Correct baud rate and TRX type is a must for

successful operation. If both CI-V and TCVR cables are used then CI-V

wins over RS232. Otherwise selection of interface is done via TRX

type.

PC - DB9 RS232 port is used for communication of your TRX with PC.

Please use setting you would normally use as if using direct TRX – PC

connection.

ALC - RCA-Phono – Automatic Level Control is used when tuning the PA

to block drive level . We recommend to use this feature mainly while

operating RTTY, FM and other 100% duty cycles modes.

CONTROL - DB15 connector for use of single cable between PA and TRX

PIN OUT:

1. ALC Out

2. NC

3. INHIBIT Control voltage

4. TX INHIBIT for Yaesu and Elecraft – this supersedes

ALC output

5. NC

6. KEY OUT

7. NC

8. KEY IN

9. –

15. GND

ANT & BPF SW - r DB-25 is used for switching of external HP BPF or external Antenna

Switch. Maximum switching of 30V / 0.5A is possible.

PIN OUT:

1. antenna port 1

2. antenna port 2

3. antenna port 3

4. antenna port 4

5. antenna port 5

6. antenna port 6

7. antenna port 7

8. antenna port 8

9. antenna port 9

10. antenna port 10

11. COMMON port of ANT SW

12. NC

13. GND

14. BPF 160m

15. BPF 80m

16. BPF 40m

17. BPF 30m

18. BPF 20m

19. BPF 17m

20. BPF 15m

21. BPF 12m

22. BPF 10m

23. COMMON BPF port

24. NC

25. GND

Cooling

The centrifugal blowers provide the necessary cooling of the amplifier, even during long contests. The

main blower is activated by switching the PA on and it is turned off when after-cooling is finished

(approx. 1-5 min after switching off the PA depending on the temperature of the tube). The

supplemental fan is turned on depending on the temperature of the air exiting from the amplifier. It is

switched on at 70°C and switched off at 60°C.

Operation

Operating elements (see photo)

TUNE -

Anode capacitor for tuning, tuning of higher frequencies to "0",

Lower frequencies to „100“.

LOAD

-Output capacitor tunes antenna load resistance to amplifier.

Capacity is low at „100“ and high at "0" on the scale.

OFF -

You switch off the amplifier by pressing this button.

ON -

You switch on the amplifier by pressing this button.

Heating of tube is on and after 3min of delay the amplifier will be

ready for operation.

OPR/STBY -

„OPERATE“ puts unit ready for operation.

At STBY, if WAIT-LED is on or the amplifier is off your transceiver is in

bypass-mode directly connected to antenna. Maximum 400 Watts!

RF OUTPUT -

Bar graph – shows output power .

REFLECTED POWER

-Bar graph – shows reflected power of the antenna. 350W

maximum or amplifier switches to STANDBY-mode

Ig2 bar graph – measures the currency of the second grid in the range from -20mA to

+80mA

HV/IP/TUNE bar graph – measure the anode voltage, anode currency or tuning of the amplifier

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