For years Timestep have
been selling the lowest cost HRPT system. For over 5 years
this budget system has worked
faultlessly in many installations and has provided a spring
board for projects that could not afford the often very
expensive alternatives. However, for professional use and in
areas of high winds, high humidity, high temperatures,
lightening and static sensitive areas, and where high reliability
is essential, Timestep now have a professional system
that will work when the going gets tough !
Using components
sourced from other specialist manufacturers hasenabled
Timestep to supply a truly professional system at a modest
price. All of the software features described on our web site,
colour brochure and CD ROM remain, it is the hardware that
has changed. The whole system including a computer is housed
in a good looking 6U rack.
System specifications
Dish - A 1M grey powder coated aluminium dish
with all stainless steel brackets.
Wilmanco front end - An integrated feed, LNA
and Downconverter, immune to local RFI and lightning.
100M Cable RF and positioner - 100M of cable,
no joins or adaptors.
Emotator positioner A Japanese-built dish positioner,
very heavy, very strong, and not a modified chain
driven.
CCTV camera mount.
AutoTrack and PSU - The Timestep AutoTrack and
power supply for the positioner built into one
sensible package.
Quorum DSP receiver - Probably the best receiver
in the world, the lowest threshold available and
adjustable in frequency and bandwidth.
HRPT Interface - The Timestep USB interface
that accurately formats the HRPT data from the
Quorum receiver before sending it to the computer’s
USB port.
CHRPT Interface - As above but for the Chinese
Feng Yun Colour 10 band CHRPT satellite.
GPS Sub system - A Garmin OEM marine quality
GPS sensor for accurate timekeeping of the PC.
Rack Mount Computer - 3.0GHz Intel 865 board,
512 Mb RAM, 17” LCD, 90Gb hard drive, CD
writer and network interface. A professional quality
Workstation, not a home PC. Comes with all software
installed and ready
to go. The motherboard is made by Intel and the
keyboard and mouse by Microsoft, every part is
from a top end manufacturer.
Full Data Sheet
The full data sheet
can be downloaded in PDF format
