ARGAMAK-I
Panoramic Field Strength Meter
Purpose:
- Measuring of electromagnetic field strength and radio signal parameters within a broad frequency range
- Panoramic spectrum analysis
- Recording of radio signals and broadcasts
- Technical analysis
- Analysis of service parameters of communication and data transmission systems: GSM, IS-95, cdma2000, EV-DO, UMTS, LTE, 5G, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, TETRA, DMR, dPMR, NXDN, APCO P25, DECT, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, Zigbee and DVB-T/T2/H, DTMB.
Radio receiving unit of ARGAMAK-I
Typical configuration:
- Radio receiving unit of ARGAMAK-I (max. simultaneous bandwidth 22 MHz, operating frequency range 0,009-8000 MHz, high-stable reference frequency generator)
- EFSU External Field Sensor Module
- AC network power supply unit
- Control and display unit with SMO-PAI, SMO-STA, SMO-ASPD Software Packages
Remote field sensor unit
Options:
- ARC-PS330 Wideband Frequency Down-Converter (operating frequency range 8 – 30 GHz)
- Measurement antenna set
- Navigation and timing equipment GLONASS/GPS for location finding, increasing of accuracy of the frequency measurement and synchronization of several units when joint operating.
- SMO-BS 3GPP Software Package for Automated Monitoring of NB-IoT, GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G Base Stations Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2021681273
- 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 Software Package for Automated Monitoring of DMR, dPMR, NXDN, APCO P25 and TETRA Network. Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2024665131
- SMO-BS DECT Software Package for Automated Monitoring of DECT Base Stations. Certificate of state registration of software packages No. 2015662411
- SMO-BS Wireless Customized Software for Automated Monitoring of short-range wireless networks (Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LoRaWan, 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
- Software Development Kit.
Features:
- Can be operated standalone as well as a part of ARSENAL-I Portable Radio Network Analyzer
- Protected design
- Powering from vehicle on-board network
- Battery-run operation up to four hours
- Option to connect antenna rotator
- Operation of the single field strength meter in motion provides for localization of base stations with the following techniques:
- TDOA, amplitude and hybrid localization methods for GSM, UMTS, LTE-FDD/TDD, 5G NR cellular communication standards
- Amplitude localization methods for other communication standards
- Socket for external reference generator
Technical Specifications
| Operating frequency range | 0.009-8000 MHz |
| Number of receiving channels | 1 |
| Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) at antenna input with input resistance 50 Ohm | 3 |
| Sensitivity (with 3.125 kHz discreteness and 10 dB signal/noise ratio) | 1 μV, max. |
| Phase noise level when mistuning at 10 kHz | -100 dBs/Hz, max. |
| Noise figure (with preamplifier on) | |
| Within 0.009 - 30 MHz range | 15 dB, max. |
| Within 20 - 8000 MHz range | 12 dB, max. |
| Input IP2, attenuation off | |
| Within 0.009 - 30 MHz range | 30 dBmW min. |
| Within 20 - 3000 MHz range | 40 dBmW min. |
| Within 3000 - 8000 MHz range | 30 dBmW min. |
| Input IP3, attenuation off | 0 dBm, min. |
| Attenuation | 0 – 30 dB, incr 1 dB |
| Central frequency of IF analogue output | 70 MHz |
| Max. bandpass at ± 1.0 dB variation: | |
| Within 0.009 - 5 MHz range | 1 MHz, min. |
| Within 5 - 25 MHz range | 2 MHz, min |
| Within 25 - 110 MHz range | 5 MHz, min. |
| Within 110 - 220 MHz range | 10 MHz, min |
| Within 220 - 8000 MHz range | 22 MHz, min. |
| Receiver tuning resolution | 1 Hz |
| Parameters of external reference generator input: | |
| Frequency | 10 MHz; 12,8 MHz |
| Level | 0±3 dBm |
| Panorama spectrum analysis rate when scanning over 220 - 3000 MHz frequency range (with 12.5 kHz spectrum discreteness) | 10 GHz/s, min |
| Minimum duration of single signal detected within simultaneous bandwidth (receiver tuning frequency doesn't change) | 1 µs |
| Types of recorded data | Spectrum, time, signal sampling (I/Q) |
| Continuous recording time | Depends on the storage volume |
| Maximum I/Q bandwidth | 22 MHz |
| I/Q output interface | Ethernet 1G |
| External equipment control interface | RS-485 |
| DC supply voltage | 10 - 30 V |
| Voltage of AC power supply | 90-250 V |
| Power consumption | 40 W, max. |
| Dimensions, max. | |
| Remote sensor unit | Ø 200×360 mm |
| Radio receiving unit | 355×270×195 mm |
| Weight of radio receiver | 7 kg, max |
| Continuous battery run-time | 4 hours, min. |
| Operating temperature range of radio receiving unit | -20°C … +45°C |
| Operating temperature range of external field sensor unit | |
| When measuring signal parameters, | -40°C … +55°C |
| When measuring field strength | -20°C … +55°C |
| Relative humidity at 25°C | max. 98% |
| Maximum altitude above-sea level | 4500 m |
Metrological Specifications
| Operating frequency range | 9 kHz - 8 GHz |
| Limits of allowable relative error of sine signal frequency measurement | |
| when external frequency standard is used | Depends on frequency standard |
| when external frequency standard is not used | ±2×10-8 |
| Limits of signal level measurement at antenna inputs: | |
| at "0.009…30 MHz" input within the range from 0.009 to 1 MHz | from 0 to 100 dBμV |
| at "0.009…30 MHz" input within the range from 1 to 30 MHz | from 0 to 110 dBμV |
| At “20…3000 MHz” input | from 0 to 110 dBμV |
| At “2.4…8 GHz” input | from 0 to 110 dBμV |
| Limits of allowable relative error of sine signal level measurement: | |
| by antenna inputs | ±1 dB |
| at IF input | ±0.5 dB |
| Limits of allowable relative error of field strength measurement (ΔK means measuring antenna calibration factor error) |
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| using external field sensor unit | ±3 dB |
| using external measuring antennas | ±(1+ΔK) dB |
| Error of power flux density of radio signal electromagnetic field (ΔK means measuring antenna calibration factor error) |
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| when using the integrated field sensor | ±3 dB |
| when using switch inputs for external antennas | ±(1.5+ΔK) dB |
| when using switch inputs for external antennas with calibration | ±(0.5+ΔK) dB |
| Relative error of non-modulated signal and AM-signal frequency measurement | max. ±5×10-7; max. ±1×10-9 with an external reference generator |
| Frequency measurement error for signals with broadband frequency modulation (broadcast stations) | Max. ±10 Hz with EFG |
| Relative frequency measurement error for signals with narrow-band frequency modulation | max. ±1×10-7; max. ±1×10-8 with an external reference generator |
| Relative frequency measurement error for digital signals with non-coherent modulation (FMn) | max. ±5×10-7; max. ±2×10-7 with an external reference generator |
| Relative frequency measurement error for digital signals with coherent modulation (MMS, FMn) | max. ±5×10-7; max. ±1×10-8 with an external reference generator |
| Frequency measurement error for digital signals without specific frequencies and with the bandwidth above 300 kHz | ±5 kHz, max. |
| Bandwidth measurement error using X dB method | max. ±5% |
| Bandwidh measurement error for β/2 method | max. ±5% |
| Amplitude modulation factor measurement error | max. ±7% |
| Frequency deviation measurement error for signals with frequency modulation | max. ±5% |
| Error of FMn signal frequency distribution measurement | max. ±5% |
| Modulation rate measurement error | max. ±1% |
| Relative error of sub-carrier frequency for stereo FM broadcasting | max. ±10-5 |
| Limits of allowable error of frequency channel occupancy measurement | max. ±1% |