APM-16
APM-16
Bird RF
Average Reading RF Power Meter
The APM-16 RF Wattmeter is designed to keep pace with the ever growing complexity of digitally-based communication systems. Bird's Model 43 and most other wattmeters available today were designed to measure power of constant amplitude, sinusoidal waveforms.
Modern wireless communication systems can use a variety of digital techniques to combine many voice data channels into a complex, composite RF signal. Measurement of such signals with a conventional wattmeter may yield unacceptable errors. The APM-16 employs active circuitry to deliver accuracy of ± 5% for multiple-access technologies such as CDMA, TDMA, FDMA and other digitally-encoded communication systems.
Features
Designed especially for RF power measurement in PCS, cellular, ESMR, paging and similar communication systems
Equally effective for measuring RF power in conventional analog systems
Uses APM-series plug-in elements to cover a wide range of frequency and power levels. Simple Thruline® style operation for instant forward or reflected power readings
Interchangeable QC connectors for fast hook-up
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| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Product Brand Name | Average Reading Power Meter |
| Absolute Accuracy | 10°C to 35°C ± 4% reading, ± 1% full scale -20°C to 50°C ± 6% reading, ± 2% full scale |
| Dimensions | 6.88 in x 5.13 in x 3.63 in (175 mm x 130 mm x 92 mm) |
| Housing surface finish | Black Powder Coat |
| Frequency Range | 2 MHz to 2.3 GHz |
| Insertion VSWR | with N Connector 1.05 max. to 1000 MHz |
| Peak average ratio | In excess of 10 dB |
| Power range | 1 W to 1000 W |
| Meter scales | Shock mounted, linear scale with expanded scales of 25, 50 and 100 for full scale 1 to 1000 W readings. Mirrored scale includes 5% overrange. |
| Connectors | QC Type (Female N normally supplied) |
| Battery | Internal 9 volt |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Data Sheet | Click here to view |
