For years Timestep
sold the lowest cost HRPT system. For over 15 years
this budget system had 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 have a professional system
that will work when the going gets tough !
System specifications
Dish - A 1M grey powder coated aluminium dish
with all stainless steel brackets.
Quorum 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 Icom OEM marine quality
GPS sensor for accurate timekeeping of the PC.
Rack Mount Computer
Budgetary prices Complete
system
$33,000 USD Ex works : Commissioning (assumes installation has
been performed) $11,000 USD
Full Data Sheet
The full data sheet
can be downloaded in PDF format Pro
HRPT brochure (5.1mb)