The Nautel Difference NAUTEL HAS A LONG HISTORY AND THE RESOURCES TO DELIVER THE BEST SOLUTION

• Foundedin1969

• Over11,000systemsshipped

• Systemsinstalledin177countries

• Over200employees

• Morethan40engineersonstaff

• ManufacturingfacilitiesinTheUnitedStatesof AmericaandCanada

NAUTEL HAS THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE AND POST-PURCHASE SUPPORT

• Emergencytechnicalsupportisavailable 24hoursaday,7daysaweek.

• Nauteltrainingprogramsprovidethesupport youneed.3-dayproductspecifictraining programsanda5-dayRFbasicstraining programareavailable.

• Anextdaymoduleexchangeprogramis availableinCanadaandtheUS.

• Nautel’sfirstpriorityisgettingcustomersback ontheair,evenifthemodelinquestionwas purchasedin1970.

NAUTEL HAS SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL DEPTH AND MANUFACTURING EXPERTISE

• TheVectorseriesiswhollyNauteldesigned andmanufactured.

• Ourmanufacturinganddesignfacilities areregisteredbyInternationalQualitySystem RegistrarstoISO9001:2008

• Nautel’sbroadproductportfoliomeanswe havealargetechnicalpoolforproductdesign andproductsupport.

• In-housedesignskills:

•Solidstateamplifierdesignfrom100kHzto 100MHz

• Antennas

• Analoganddigitalcommunicationstheory

• RFmatching,combiningandfilteringathighpower andhighvoltages

• RFmagnetics

• Powersupplies

• Digitalhardwaredesign

• Digitalsignalprocessing

• Datacommunicationssystems

• NetworkingandTCPdevelopment

• Design,manufactureandsupportofhighpower, highreliabilityRadioFrequency(“RF”)systems:

• MediumwaveAM&FMbroadcasttransmitters (analog&digital)

• Navigationalradiobeacons

• DifferentialGlobalPositioningSystem(DGPS) transmitters

• MediumFrequency(MF)TelegraphandNavtex Communications

• HighFrequency(HF)Amplifiersforindustrial RFapplications

• NextGenerationLORAN(LongRangeNavigation) transmitters

• VHFFMWeatherRadioTransmitters

• LFSonaramplifiers

NAVIGATION PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FROM NAUTEL

Low,mediumandhighpowernon–directionalradiobeaconandDGPStransmitters

LF/MFtransmittingantennasincludingheli-deck,whip,selfsupportingmastandhorizontalT

LF/MFautomaticantennatuningunits

MFtelegraphandnavtextransmittersforshorebasedinstallations

Remotecontrol/monitorunitsandremotecontrol/monitorsoftwareapplications

Beaconmonitorreceiver

Batterychargers

Nautel installed Beacon transmitters

Nautel Limited ISO9001 Registered 10089 Peggy’s Cove Road Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia Canada B3Z 3J4

Phone: +1.902.823.2233

Nautel Inc. ISO9001 Registered 201 Target Industrial Circle Bangor, Maine USA 04401

Fax: +1.902.823.3183

For further information, please contact us at:

navaids@nautel.com | www.nautel.com/navaids/

OnlineaccesstoNautel’srestrictedNUG(BeaconUsersGroup)website:

UNLOCK A WORLD OF INFORMATION. JOIN THE NUG. MembershipintheBeaconUsersGroupisanexcellentwaytoreceivetechnicalcontent,educationandinformationontheNautelplatforms,products,andtechnologiesthatyouareinterestedin.

•TechnicalFAQs

•Technicalmanuals

•Informationsheets

•Fieldupgradedocuments

•SpecialNUGdiscountsonselectNauteltrainingprograms

If you would like to become a NUG member you can register online by visiting our website at www.nautelnav.com/

Issue 1.2, February 20, 2012

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Nautel Vector Series

INTRODUCING NAUTEL’S NEW VECTOR SERIES OF NDB TRANSMITTERS AND ATUsSinceintroducingtheworld’sfirsttotallysolidstate,highpowerradio-beaconin1970,Nautel

hassuppliedthehighestqualityandreliabilityinnon-directionalradiobeacons.ThenewVector

SeriesTransmittersandAntennaTuningUnitscontinuethisheritageandprovideadramatic

improvementinsystemcoverage.

TheVectorseriesutilizesallofNautel’s40plusyearsofexperiencewithbeaconsandadds

“musthave”featuresincluding:

•Constantfieldstrengthoutputforhighersystemavailability.*

•Automaticresistancematchingforhighersystemavailability.*

•RemotecontroloftheATUtolimitworkerexposuretostrongRFfields,inkeepingwith

SafetyCode6/IEEEC95.1-1999.

•Sophisticatedgraphicuserinterface(GUI)foreasymaintenanceandtroubleshooting.

•Extensiveautomaticfaultmonitoringforfastertroubleshooting.

•Extensiveremotecommandandcontrolcapabilitiesforfewersitevisits.

The Vector Series offers a unique solution (patent pending) to maintain system coverage

regardless of undesirable antenna effects.*

ATU-HP Antenna Tuning Unit

ATU-LP Antenna Tuning Unit

ATU-500SR Antenna Tuning Unit

*Features not available on ATU-500SR

Vector NDB High Power

Vector NDB Low Power

Nautel Vector Series

THE PROBLEMS NAUTEL’S SOLUTIONAntennasusedfornavigationalaidsareusuallysmallandinefficient,forbothpracticalandeconomicreasons.Thisresultsinthefollowingundesirableantennacharacteristics:

• Lowantennasystemefficienciesarecommon.

• ATUloadingcoilresistancecancausesignificantsystemlosses.

• Highratioofreactancetoresistancecreatesanarrowbandfiltereffectwhichcanattenuatethesidebandsoftheradiatedsignal.

• Automatictuningoftheloadingcoilisnecessarytooffsetsmallchangesofantennacapacitancetokeeptheantenna“ONTUNE”withchangingconditions.

• Resistivechangesingroundplaneandinsulatorlossescancauseincreasedreflectedpowerandareductionofforwardpoweratthetransmitter.Thetransmittermayreducepowerorevenshutdown,topreventequipmentdamage.

• ManualadjustmentstotheATUmatchingtransformerareoftenneededasweatherconditionschangetooffsetresistivechanges,necessitatingexpensivefieldmaintenancetrips.

• Evenifaperfectmatchisobtained,changesoftheantennalossresistancecausechangesofantennaefficiencywitharesultingchangeofcoverage.

• AnewtechniqueprovidesautomaticoperationofboththeloadingcoiltuningandadjustmentofaresistivematchingnetworkintheATUsuchthatanearperfectmatchismaintained–keepingtheantennatunedanditsresistancematchedunderchangingconditions.

• AserialdatalinkbetweentheATUandtheVectortransmitterstabilizestheantennacurrent,andtheradiatedpower,by automaticallyadjustingthetransmitteroutputpower.A2:1changeofthetotalantennaresistancerequiresanassociated2:1changeoftransmittertime+powertomaintainaconstantantennacurrent.Thetransmittermusthaveasuitablemaximumpowerratingtorealizethecompletebenefitsofthissolution.TheNautelsolutionoffersconfidencethatconsistentsystemcoverageisachieved.

• Loadingcoillossesarereduced,improvingantennasystemefficiency.

• AnoptionalresistorbankfortheATUaddsadditionalresistanceinserieswiththeantenna,optimizingthetrade-offbetweenantennabandwidthandefficiency.

Nautel’slatestgenerationofNon-DirectionalRadioBeacons(Vector)includestheresourcesforremotemonitoringandcontrol.TheVectorNDBincludesserialinterfacesthatallowaremotePCtocontrolandmonitortheVectorsystemincludingtheAntennaTuningUnitviatheVR-Linkremotecontrol/monitoring.

Nautel’sVR-LinkVectorremotecontrol/monitorprovidespasswordprotectedaccesstocontrolandmonitortheVectorsystem.Whenconnected,theuserhasaccesstothevastarrayofcontrol,statusandalarmsthatareavailablewiththeVectorsystem.Functionssuchasmaintenancechecks,systemstatuschecks,andsystemtroubleshootingtothelowestreplaceableunit(LRU)areallavailablefromtheremotePC.

NAUTEL VECTOR REMOTE CONTROL/MONITORING

Fig. 1: Vector NDB & VR-Link2 Interconnect Options(VR-Link2 Installed at Remote Location)

Fig. 2: Vector NDB & VR-Link2 Interconnect Options(VR-Link2 Co-located with Vector NDB)

PC (Not Supplied)

Wired/Wireless Internet

Connection

VR-Link2Integrated ECMP (Optional) Modem

RS485 1km Max

Ethernet

OR

OR OR OR

RS232

RS232

RS232 15m Max

RS422 1km Max

Leased Line

Wired/Wireless Internet

Connection

ECMP (Optional)

Wired/Wireless Internet

Connection

Wired/Wireless Internet

Connection

Vector NDB

AND/OR AND/OR

Ethernet

Ethernet

VR-Link2Modem

Modem Wired/Wireless Internet

Connection

Wired/Wireless Internet

Connection

Local PC (Not Supplied)

Remote PC (Not Supplied)

Internet

Network

Ethernet

Modem Vector NDB