News | June 4, 2020

Benefits Of The Falcon Frequency Converter Range From ETL Systems

ETL's Falcon Frequency upconverter and downconverter range has been designed for optimum cost and RF performance.

The space saving 1U conversion chassis provides maximum reliability and resilience in service, with all major components user replaceable in the field.

Typical Frequency Converter Applications Include

  • Teleports and earth stations
  • Satellite operators
  • Government and defence
  • Telemtry, tracking and command (TT&C)

Key Features Of The Falcon Frequency Converter

Capacity
Flexible module configurations are available. Choose from modules with different operating frequencies, options include Ka, Ku, K, C, X, L and IF-band conversions. Choose all upconverters, all downconverters or a mix of both.

Compact 1U
Conversion chassis providing up to 5 hot-swap converter modules. Choose a mixture of agile and block, upconverter and downconverter modules, with the choice of different operating frequencies, in the same chassis.

Hot-Swap Integrated Redundancy
Unlike other converter chassis on the market, the Falcon offers hot-swap redundancy in the same 1U chassis. 2+1 or 1+1 redundancy configurations are available.

Resilience
In the unlikely event of failure, all active components can be hot-swapped. Including dual redundant hot-swap power supplies, field replaceable CPU, HMI and redundancy switches.

Source: ETL Systems Ltd