Aeroflex rolls out portable RF radio-altimeter test set
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Aeroflex claims that its ALT-8000 is the world's first RF-based portable radio-altimeter flightline test set. The universal test set provides full RF loop testing for 4.3-GHz FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous-wave) radio altimeters and pulse radio altimeters.
Outfitted with a 12-in. color touch screen, the compact test set can be used to test radio altimeters installed in aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. It can be directly coupled to the radio altimeter Tx/Rx ports or connected via the supplied Tx/Rx antenna couplers, which accommodate most aircraft-antenna variants.
The ALT-8000 performs RF simulation of radio altitude from –100 ft to +50,000 ft, accurate to within ±1.5 ft. You can set the altitude rate to provide smooth ramping altitude simulation to verify decision heights and altitude trips. Up to three ALT-8000 test sets can be linked via an altitude sync line for executing two-channel or three-channel coordinated altitude simulation for dual-installation or triple-installation auto-land-system testing. The RF looped test verifies Tx frequency, power, and sweep rate.
Price: $15,000. Aeroflex, www.aeroflex.com.
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