ARTIKUL-H1
Manpack Automatic Direction Finder
Purpose:
- The direction finder is intended for search, detection, automatic direction finding and localization of radio emission sources. The direction finder can be operated at stops and while moving standalone or as a part of automated spectrum monitoring systems (ARMADA, AREAL etc.)
Typical configuration:
- ARGAMAK-2K7 Two-Channel Panoramic Radio Receiver
- AS-HP1 Antenna System for automatic direction finding within 110 – 3000 MHz, with integrated navigation equipment
- Control and display unit with SMO-PPK, SMO-STA, SMO-ASPD, SMO-KN Software Packages
- Battery set, AC power supply, vehicle-based power supply and charger
- Holder to secure control and display unit when operation in manpack mode
- Frame used to mount equipment and place the antenna systems when operation in the manpack version
- Backpack for accessories (frame-mounted);
Carrying frame to mount equipment of ARTIKUL-H1 with AS-H2 Antenna System and the direction finder with AS-HP1 Antenna System in manpack operation mode
Options
- AS-HP2 replaceable antenna system for automatic direction finding within 3 – 8 MHz, with integrated navigation equipment
- AS-HP5 replaceable antenna system for automatic direction finding in 20 - 3000 MHz range (manpack, mobile and stationary operation modes), with integrated navigation equipment
- AS-HP-HF replaceable antenna system with digital panoramic radio receiver integrated navigation equipment for automatic direction finding in 1.5 - 30 MHz range (mobile and fixed operation modes)
- Vehicle luggage box with fasteners to mount DF antenna systems
- Tripod (mast) for direction finding antenna system mounting when operated at temporary workstations
- Broadband radio monitoring antennae
- Communication and data transmission equipment
- Rugged control unit based on PC
- Software package
- SMO-BS Software Package for Automated Monitoring of Base Stations Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2015662409
- SMO-BS 3GPP Software Package for Automated Monitoring of GSM, UMTS, LTE Base Stations Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2021681273
- SMO-BS DECT Software Package for Automated Monitoring of DECT Base Stations Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2015662411
- SMO-BS TETRA Software Package for Automated Monitoring of TETRA Base Stations Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2015662742
- SMO-BS CDMA/EVDO Software Package for Automated Monitoring of CDMA/EVDO Base Stations Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2015662423
- SMO-BS TRUNK Customized Software for Automated Monitoring of DMR, dPMR, NXDN, APCO P25 Network. Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2016661912
- SMO-BS Wireless Customized Software for Automated Monitoring of short-range wireless networks (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee). Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2021669703
- SMO-CT Customized Software for Automated Monitoring of digital TV signals (DVB-T/T2/H, DTMB). Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2015613938.
Features:
- Operation at stops and while moving (when the equipment is carried by operator or installed on a vehicle)
- Very low weight and small sizes, fast deployment
- Equipment can be transported by two operators
- Replaceable antenna systems
- Joint operation of several direction finders (when communication equipment is available), e.g. as a part of Automated Spectrum Monitoring Systems (ARMADA, AREAL etc.)
- To prevent overloading of Direction Finder's digital path in complicated electromagnetic environment, digital radio receiver includes additional analogue paths with 500 kHz bandwidth
- Selective direction finding of 2G/3G/4G/5G Base Stations
- Selective (time-slot based) direction finding of subscriber 2G terminals (mobile phones, trackers, etc.), operating at the same frequency
- Selective direction finding of Wi-Fi communication devices with recognition of MAC-address, including those that use non-standard frequency ranges
- Power supply from buit-in batteries, portable electro generator, external AC mains or vehicle on-board DC.
Examples of deployment of ARTIKUL-H1 Direction Finder on a vehicle and fixed workstation are presented in pictures.
ARTIKUL-H1 in the mobile operation mode, antenna system is inside the luggage box
ARTIKUL-H1 at a temporary workstation
Direction Finder Provides:
- Single- and multi-channel automatic direction finding of RF emissions with any modulation type and spectrum width in 1.5 to 8000 MHz range (using replaceable antenna systems)
- Displaying the emitter bearing and localization of detected emitter on the electronic map
- Panoramic spectrum analysis within the entire operating frequency range or within separate intervals under complicated electromagnetic conditions, detection of changes in ambient electromagnetic conditions
- Search for radio emission, measurement of their parameters
- Creation of databases, their extension and comparing of the recorded data with the references in the database
- Recording of radio signals to a storage device
- Recording the radio environment to storage within a specified frequency range. This procedure can function within a long period and is based on amplitude/frequency/bearing/time coordinates, the station location and the absolute time at the time of saving
- Accumulation of data for further analysis in the postprocessing mode
- Decoding of service parameters of communication systems (GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G, IS-95, cdma2000, EV-DO, TETRA, DECT, DMR, APCO P25, Wi-Fi etc.).
Technical Specifications
| Operating frequency range | 1.5 – 8000 MHz |
| Single-channel dynamic range (with attenuators) | 110 dB, min |
| Intermodulation free dynamic range (3rd and 2nd order) | 75 dB, min |
| Attenuators | 0 - 30 dB, incr 1 dB |
| Maximum simultaneous bandwidth: | |
| Within 1.5 - 5 MHz range | 1 MHz |
| Within 5 - 25 MHz range | 2 MHz |
| Within 25 - 110 MHz range | 5 MHz |
| Within 110 - 220 MHz range | 10 MHz |
| Within 220 - 8000 MHz range | 24 MHz |
| Receiver tuning resolution | 1 Hz |
| Panorama spectrum analysis rate when scanning over operating frequency range (with 12.5 kHz spectrum discreteness) | 15 GHz/s, min |
| Minimum duration of detected single signal | 1 µs |
| DF method | Correlative interferometer |
| Operating azimuth range | 0° - 360° |
| Operating elevation range | Not specified |
| Processed signal spectrum width | Arbitrary |
| Maximum simultaneous DF bandwidth | 24 MHz |
| Single-channel direction finding rate, min | 100 bearing/s |
| Processed single signal minimum duration | 1.5 ms |
| DF field sensitivity, max. | |
| Within the range from 1.5 to 30 MHz (AS-HP-HF) | 15 µV/m (typical 9 µV/m) |
| within 20 - 110 MHz (AS-HP5) | 10 µV/m (typical 6 µV/m) |
| within 110 - 3000 MHz (AS-HP5) | 8 µV/m (typical 4 µV/m) |
| within 110 - 3000 MHz (AS-HP1) | 8 µV/m (typical 4 µV/m) |
| within 3000 - 8000 MHz (AS-HP2) | 15 µV/m (typical 5 µV/m) |
| Instrument azimuth DF accuracy (RMS): | |
| Within the range from 1.5 to 30 MHz (AS-HP-HF) | 5 max.° |
| within 20 - 110 MHz (AS-HP5) | 5 max.° |
| within 110 - 3000 MHz (AS-HP5) | 2.5 max.° |
| within 110 - 3000 MHz (AS-HP1) | 4 max.° |
| within 3000 - 8000 MHz (AS-HP2) | 5 max.° |
| Types of recorded data | Bearing, spectrum, time, signal sampling (I/Q) |
| Maximum I/Q bandwidth | 40 MHz |
| Continuous recording time | Depends on the storage volume |
| Antenna system dimensions (diameter×height) | |
| AS-HP-HF | 465×170 mm |
| AS-HP1 | 465×115 mm |
| AS-HP2 | 350×190 mm |
| AS-HP5 | 580×250 mm |
| Weight of antenna system: | |
| AS-HP-HF | max. 6.2 kg |
| AS-HP1 | 3 kg, max. |
| AS-HP2 | 3 kg, max. |
| AS-HP5 | max. 8.5 kg |
| Weight of Receiving and Processing Unit | 7 kg, max |
| Continuous run-time of internal battery | 4 hour, min |
| DC supply voltage | 10 - 32 V |
| Power supply by AC network (when power supply unit included) | 90-250 V |
| Power consumption without auxilary devices (controller, AWS etc.) | 50 W, max. |
| Operating temperature range | -40°C … +55°C |
| Maximum altitude above-sea level | 4500 m |
Typical curves of RMS and DF sensitivity vs. frequency
| Name of technical mean (antenna system) | DF RMS (degree) vs. frequency (MHz) | DF sensitivity (μV/m) vs. frequency (MHz) |
| AS-HP-HF |  |
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| AS-HP5 |  |
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| AS-HP1 |  |
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| AS-HP2 |  |
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Weights and Dimensions of AS-HP Antenna Systems
| *Antenna code | Exterior | Operation modes | Operating frequency range, MHz | Weight, kg | Dimensions (diameter×height), mm |
| AS-HP-HF |  |
Mobile, Mast mounted |
1.5 – 30 | 8.7 | 530×185 |
| AS-HP1 |  |
Manpack, Mobile, Mast mounted |
110 – 3000 | 4.4 | 530×125 |
| AS-HP2 |  |
Manpack, Mobile, Mast mounted |
3000 – 8000 | 3.4 | 365×170 |
| AS-HP5 |  |
Mobile, Mast mounted |
20 – 3000 | 7.7 | 580×255 |