{"id":29667,"date":"2011-11-27T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T12:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/?p=29667"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:11:08","slug":"radio-direction-finder-df2020m-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/new-equipment\/radio-direction-finder-df2020m-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Direction Finder DF2020M (KIT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DDF2020M<\/strong> Radio Direction Finder kit requires minimum assembly for 10~15 Minutes<\/p>\n<p>The DDF2020M DF is an economical but very sophisticated Doppler DF &#8220;kit&#8221; with a GPS input, and RS232 output to provide the ability to indicate its location and draw bearing automatically or manually on Google Earth map to find the RF transmitter more conveniently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DDF2020M<\/strong> kit Includes eight assembled \/ tested PC boards: MAIN board, 2 Sub boards, and 1 antenna board in the main unit. Completion work is required by the user to finish the DF main unit. Guidelines for the completion work are provided.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The user must provide a NB FM receiver, 5 antennas with mounts for external DF antenna unit and a PC for DF bearing (Windows OS). DDF2020 display program further requires a GPS receiver with NMEA 4800 baud output.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>VHF Doppler DF \u2013 5 Antennas primarily for mobile DF, 100~1000 MHz<br \/>\nEconomy, high performance DSP \/ micro processor design, software intensive<br \/>\nSold as a kit \u2013 Main unit, antenna unit and associated cables<br \/>\nRS232 output for Windows PCs (Agrello format)<br \/>\nUses modified Joe Moell Wideband Antenna design<br \/>\n9 ~ 28 VDC operation<br \/>\nOptional GPS Receiver available<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29668\" title=\"ddf(1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ddf1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ddf1.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ddf1-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Specifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rcvr Freq: Determined by user-provided FM receiver, range 100 to 1000 MHz<br \/>\nAntenna: Four elements for DF and one auxiliary element for improving sensitivity and accuracy, wave vertical with assembled<br \/>\nAnt Scan: Scan rate 430 Hz, rotation clockwise (viewed from above antenna)<br \/>\nAnt Switch: Modified Joe Moell Wideband Doppler DF antenna design<br \/>\nEmploys Agilent HSMP3893 SMT PIN diodes<br \/>\nSMT \/ stripline circuit design, SMA output connector<br \/>\nAudio Input: FM receiver speaker audio, 1.0K ohm load. 25db dynamic range.<br \/>\nGPS Input: 4800 baud RS232 input, NMEA $GPRMC, $GPGGA and \/ or $GPVTG messages.<br \/>\nOutput 1: RS232 Agrello DF message, 4800 baud, 8N2. (15 messages \/ second )<br \/>\nAnt Outputs : Four discrete active HIGH outputs for DDF 2020 Antenna ( one per antenna )<br \/>\nDC Power : 9 ~ 28 VDC<br \/>\nVoice Filter : Switched-capacitor filter, (SCF) 4 sections. Bandwidth 0.2 Hz<br \/>\nMulti Display<\/p>\n<p>The MultiDisplay of DDF2020M provides a combined numeric and pelorus display in the main board. A high quality display, with 2 microcomputers and an RS232 input that accepts Agrello DF messages.<\/p>\n<p>The pelorus display employs 36 high density LEDs, with 4 yellow LEDs at cardinal headings. Option straps allow &#8220;hold\/blink&#8221; of last valid DF data, or pelorus &#8220;orbit&#8221; when data goes invalid. All LEDs briefly &#8220;flash&#8221; (2 second intervals) for enhanced nighttime viewing<\/p>\n<p>3 digit numeric readout, 0.36 inch characters<br \/>\n36 LED pelorus display, 4 yellow cardinal LEDS<br \/>\nSelectable HOLD\/ORBIT display for old DF data<br \/>\nPower-on self-test<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kn2c.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DDF2020M Radio Direction Finder kit requires minimum assembly for 10~15 Minutes The DDF2020M DF is an economical but very sophisticated Doppler DF &#8220;kit&#8221; with a GPS input, and RS232 output to provide the ability to indicate its location and draw bearing automatically or manually on Google Earth map to find the RF transmitter more conveniently.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[259,304],"class_list":["post-29667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-equipment","tag-kit","tag-new-equipment-2","category-8","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}