GOLDENEAGLE HD AM/FM


AM, FM and HD MONITORING

Monitored parameters (alarms on out of tolerance conditions)
AM and FM parameters
RF level (low 1, low 2, and high thresholds) 
Modulation level (with digital demodulator option – low and high thresholds)
Audio levels (L+ R – low and high thresholds)
Pilot injection level (low and high thresholds)
RDS injection level (low and high thresholds)
RDS parameters: PI code, monitoring of scrolling PS
RDS Bit Error Rate 
Presence of any RDS groups, AID status change
Measured and decoded parameters (real time measurements )
SIS, PSD, stream data, DAS, DAAS
SIS frame acquisition time
Audio acquisition time
Time and level alignment between analog and digital audio
Phase check between analog and digital audio
RF spectrum, power of digital side bands, ratio between analog and digital carriers (with spectrum analyzer option)
HD parameters monitored
QI, SNR, DAAI
Time and level alignment between analog and digital (MPS) audio
Phase check between analog and digital audio
N.R.S.C. RF mask monitoring (with optional spectrum analyzer )
Audio levels (silence sensing)
Primary service mode change
Codec mode change
Blend status change
Audio program availability status change
Digital demodulator performance
RF level: <1% between 50 and 80 dBuV
Total modulation: <1% between 0% and 125%
Pilot/RDS/67 and 92: <+-1%

COMMUNICATIONS

Communication protocols
 HTTP (CGI scripts), FTP, SNMP, SMTP, Telnet (SSH), PPP
Communication Ports
  • 1 10/100 Base T Ethernet port
  • 1 RS232
  • 2 XLR audio outputs (L/R) and AES Output
  • 1 audio output for headphone
  • 4 USB ports

HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Size  2U – 19”
 FM and AM/FM version  1 HD receiver and 1 FM receiver
 AM version  1 HD receiver
RDS decoder only in FM and AM/FM versions
Linux OS  

options

  • Touchscreen display
  • Spectrum analyzer/Digital demodulator (factory option)
  • I/O boards for remote control – 16 x 16 x16 (factory option)
  • 8 relays board (factory option)
  • DTMF/Voice Interface (software / hardware option)
  • Upgrade from FM to AM/FM version (software option)
  • Webcam (software/hardware option)
  • Broadcast MANAGER (server based software for centralized management of multiple GE HD units)

Spectrum analyzer option specifications


  Characteristics for FM Characteristics for AM
Frequency band
87.5 - 108 MHz
531-1710 kHz
Sensitivity
-100dBm
-100dBm
Dynamic range
70dBm
60dBm
Linearity in the band
+/-0.5dB
+/-0.5dB
Precision
+/-0.5dB
+/-0.5dB
Span
600kHz/1000kHz
60kHz
The FFT is calculated with the following parameters Type of FFT
Blackman-Harris
Blackman-Harris
Number of points
1024
2048
Average
5/10/20/50/100/200
5/10/20/50/100/200