MRS3000D

V/UHF WIDE BAND RECEIVER

♦ Frequency Range 20 to 3000 MHz
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♦ 10 MHz Instantaneous Bandwidth
♦ 30 GHz/s Scan Speed
Key Features
• Frequency range 20 - 3000 MHz
• Instantaneous bandwidth 10MHz
• Scanning speed up to 30 GHz/s
• Instantaneous Frequency, Amplitude and
Time activity waterfall display
• Selectable Detection Algorithms
• Zoom functions for Frequency domain
analysis
• Slaved (optional) narrowband receiver for
immediate demodulation
• Recording of Spectral Activity to disk
• Built-in Fixed Frequency, Frequency
Hopping and Burst detection modes with
definable duration limits
• Detection of V/UHF frequency hopping
transmissions up to 500 hops/second
• Peak select facility
• State-of-the-art detection sensitivity
• Multi-level BITE
• AC or DC power options
• Software components designed for stand-
alone use and easy system integration
with:
¾ TCP/IP based Application Interfaces
¾ Manual and Automatic Tasking and
Process Flow
¾ User Interface support for Spectrum
Recording and Playback
¾ Pool management of valuable
resources
¾ Switch-On-Stand-Alone Functionality
¾ Simultaneous Multi-Client
Application Support
¾ Fault tolerant interface management
The "MRS" Advantage:
Meeting the challenge of the modern
frequency agile and time-varying signals
scenario, the MRCM® MRS wideband
receiver series utilises the latest technology to
achieve outstanding scanning performance and
high detection sensitivity.
High dynamic range circuitry, Digital Signal
Processing and sophisticated man-machine
interface graphics combine in a cutting edge
solution to modern V/UHF ESM
requirements.
Expansion Options
• Monitoring receiver, with handoff
• Digital audio recorder – using hard disk/s
• Integrated GPS
• Additional operator workstations
Applications
• Spectrum Surveillance to identify new
transmissions anywhere in the 20 MHz to
3000 MHz range
• Stand-alone or integrated in system
• Search Task to locate frequencies of
known transmissions that changed
operating frequency
• Band scanning to identify new activity in
a specific band
• Scanning receiver for tasking handoff
receivers in a system
• Front end for jamming systems
• Frequency monitoring and management
systems
• Search Task with slaved narrowband DF
equipment
• Comprehensive functionality, flexibility,
and compact dimensions ease integration
into any system, platform or environment
General Hardware Description
The MRS3000D wideband receiver consists of
an RF front end for block down-conversion of
the received spectrum connected to a Digital
Signal Processor in a computer workstation.

The RF signal at the antenna is routed to the

wide band front end. The Intermediate
Frequency (IF) signal is sampled and
processed by the Digital Signal Processing
equipment, which includes calculating real-
time Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT).
The detection algorithm is performed in real
time on the DSP processors.
The FFT data is displayed on the Computer
Workstation using user-friendly software that
runs under the Windows® operating system.
A narrow band receiver can be slaved to the
frequency cursor, being tuned to the frequency
of interest when the operator clicks on the
signal. This allows fast selection of newly
acquired signals and ensures that intercepts are
performed on signals of real interest.
With MRCM Intelligence Flow System
software, seamless interfacing to Direction
Finding equipment is possible. This gives a
Line-of-Bearing indication on a polar display,
slaved to the frequency cursor.
Wideband and zoomed waterfalls with amplitude
spectra and control panel dialogs, simultaneous VHF
hopper signals shown.
The operator may set the scanning limits in the
wideband controls, adjust the gain settings or
select automatic gain control.
Once a signal of interest is located, the
operator can drag the position of the
instantaneous window to that of the signal of
interest. The display can be frozen and time
and frequency domain measurements, such as
bandwidth and dwell time can be made using
selectable cursors.
Filters may be set to automatically trigger on
signals with a specified duration thus allowing
event triggering.
Frequencies and sub-bands can be specified in
a list and blocked from the display in order to
avoid detection reporting on known channels.

User Interfaces
The user interface software runs under the
Windows® operating system on a computer
workstation. The typical displays show the
instantaneous (zoom) window with a time-
waterfall display as well as a wide band
scanning window with a similar time-waterfall
display.

Searching for signals in a dense signal environment

 Specification Summary
Parameter MRS3000D
Frequency Range 20 to 3000 MHz
Instantaneous Bandwidth 10 MHz with 12.5 kHz resolution.
Effective Scan Speed 30 GHz/s (25 kHz resolution)
Scan/Zoom Frame Bandwidth 10MHz 10MHz 5MHz 2.5MHz 1MHz
Corresponding Resolution Bandwidth 25kHz 12.5kHz 6.25kHz 3.125kHz 1.25kHz
Selectable Scanning Frequency Range Multiples of Frame Bandwidth
Sensitivity (10dB SNR) ≤ -110 dBm @ 12.5kHz RBW
≤ -130 dBm @ 1.25kHz RBW*
IF and Image Rejection > 80 dB
A/D Spurious Free Dynamic Range ≥ 75 dB
Analogue IF Bandwidths 10 MHz and 1.2 MHz
Gain Control AGC or MGC, in the range -8 to +52dB
Frequency Reference Input/Output 10 MHz
Control Interface: RF High Speed Synchronous Serial, RS232C
User Interface Windows® XP, XGA ≥ 1280 x 1024
Power Supply 110/240 VAC 50-400Hz or
24 VDC nominal (19 – 30 VDC)
Weight RF Front End Unit 10 kg
DSP/PC Unit 16 kg
Dimensions RF Front End Unit ½ 19” x 3U x 500mm
DSP/PC Unit 19” x 4U x 555mm
Operating Temperature -10°C to +55°C
Storage Temperature -30°C to +70°C
* With advanced sampling and integration.

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Version 0.00 24 January 2007
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