Update from 2020-01-28
The following changes have been made:
– Added power injector for power through the feeder. SWR (TX mode) not worse than 1.1 for 2m and 1.2 for 70cm;
– Added the function of switching the LNA input from the antenna to a load of 50 Ohm. Useful for checking the ratio of antenna noise to load noise. Switching is carried out by applying increased power to 16 V (briefly, for the duration of the measurement). The operating voltage of the LNA is 12 V. To prevent overheating of the LNA, do not leave 16 V for a long time!
– LNA 70cm QRO with SAW filter now, compensation inductances and power injector.
This LNAs are suitable when operational conditions requires huge RF power bypass. They are quite simple in installation – just connect the unit into the feeder.
Unlike our low-bypass solutions this lineup doesn’t contain RF VOX. For RX/TX switching you should use the sequencer, for example this one.
LNA 2m QRO schematics
LNA 2m QRO schematics archive
LNA 2m QRO layout
LNA 2m QRO layout archive
LNA 70cm QRO schematics
LNA 70cm QRO layout
LNA QRO AFC graphs below.
Conclusion
QRO series LNAs are allow to use PAs with high RF power without additional RF relays. Considering the fact that NF < 0.6dB is usually enought (for 2m band), LNA-2m-QRO is pretty universal solution. For 70cm NF < 0.8dB is OK for Tropo and Contest QSO. For 70cm EME QSO we still highly recommend to use our EME solutions for this band (based on SAV-541+ or ATF-531P8) with additional RF relays.
We had more than 30 working QRO units for 2m and 70cm bands when this article was created. However you should consider some protective measures – reducing the transmitter’s RF Power while this LNAs are used with antennas that have a bad VSWR (greater than 1.5).
Warning!
Working with antennas, that have a bad SWR (> 1.5) may lead to failure of the RF relays.
List of changes:
– instead of PGA103, ATF53189 used;
– LNA 70cm QRO switched to SAW filter design.
LNA 2m QRO N-female
| Name | LNA-2m-QRO-N-female |
| Based on | ATF-53189 |
| Pmax TX bypass | 1000 Watt |
| Gain | > 24 dB |
| NF | < 0.4 dB at 144 MHz |
| OIP3 | 36 dBm |
| Filter BW (-3 dB) | < 15 MHz |
| P input (max) | 24 dBm |
| Supply operation | 12 V & 300 mA |
| Impedance | 50 Ohm |
| RF connectors | N-female |
| Weight | 0.3 kg |
| 1 | x | LNA-2m-QRO-N-female |
LNA 70cm QRO SAW filter N-female
| Name | LNA-70cm-QRO-SAW-N-female |
| Based on | ATF-53189 |
| Pmax TX bypass | 800 Watt |
| Gain | > 20 dB |
| NF | < 0.4 dB at 432 MHz |
| OIP3 | 36 dBm |
| Filter BW (-3 dB) | < 20 MHz |
| P input (max) | 24 dBm |
| Supply operation | 13.8 V & 300 mA |
| Impedance | 50 Ohm |
| RF connectors | N-female |
| Weight | 0.3 kg |
| 1 | x | LNA-70cm-QRO-SAW-N-female |
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