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THEORY OF

DVOR
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TRAINING COURSE


Course Objectives

① Theory of Doppler effect, FM modulation

② Name and locate each major assembly of the MARU 220 DVOR
Equipment, explain the function of each, and explain its contribution to
the overall signal flow.

③ Operation and alignment of the DVOR equipment in accordance with


PMI .

④ Perform ground check procedures and provide ground support for


flight checks.

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What is a VOR

1.RADIAL
2. O B S
3. C D I
4. TO , FROM

These symbols denote


different types of VORs
on aeronautical charts.

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What is a VOR

1.The courseline is selected by turning


an "Omni Bearing Selector" or
"OBS“ knob. It then shows the number
of degrees
2.TO or FROM any of the 360 compass
"radials" that emanate from the navaid.
3.Deflection is 10° at full scale, with
each dot on the CDI representing 2°.

Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) is an avionics instrument


used in aircraft navigation to determine an aircraft's lateral po-
sition in relation to a track. If the location of the aircraft is to
the left of course, the needle deflects to the right, and vice
versa.

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Determine our position

TO or FROM

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Determine our position

TO or FROM

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Determine our position
Determine our position
CONFIGURATION OF THE VOR RECEIVER

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Flight by using VOR
OBJECTIVES OF MODEL MARU DVOR IN CONTEXT OF GEN-
ERAL DVOR THEORY

• RF spectrum
• The phase relationship of the AM and FM
components
• Model MARU220 VOR component
• The characteristics of the CSB output from
the transmitter
• The characteristics of each sideband output
from the transmitter

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DVOR STATION

Ring of 48 Carrier Antenna in the The Counterpoise


Sideband center of the ring is used for clean
Antennas Reflection of RF
pattern

The Transmitter
is located in the
shelter

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PILOT’S POINT OF VIEW
An aircraft approaching a VOR station
from the South TO north.

VOR

Selected the 0 degree radial (North).


If he gets off course to the left, then
the needle moves to the right.
If he gets off course to the right, then the
needle moves to the left
The pilot’s job is to follow the needle and
. keep it centered.
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TYPICAL ON-BOARD INDICATOR
The OBS turns the bearing ring to se-
lect the direction the pilot wants to
be traveling .
VOR ONLY
In this case the pilot wants to
fly North toward the VOR from
the South. Radial 180.

Bearing If he is directly ON
ring course, the needle is cen-
tered.
A flag shows that he is fly-
ing north “To” the VOR.
Knob (The “From” flag would not
be visible in this case.)
After he passes over the
VOR, the “To” flag disap-
pears and the “From” flag
appears.

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HOW THE AIRBORNE RECEIVER
DETERMINES ITS AZIMUTH

Two 30 Hz compo-
nents.

AM.

VOR

FM.

The aircraft receiver compares the phase


of the two signals to determine its

If the AM component and the FM compo-


nent have the same phase, then the air-
craft is to the Magnetic North, which is
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HOW THE AIRBORNE RECEIVER
DETERMINES ITS AZIMUTH

As the aircraft moves around


to different radials, the Phase
of the two components
changes.
AM

FM
VOR

Direction which the air-


craft is headed does not
affect the indication of
the radial.

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HOW THE AIRBORNE RECEIVER
DETERMINES ITS AZIMUTH

At the cardinal points:

AM
FM

NORTH SOUTH
0 DEG RADIAL 180 DEG RADIAL
AM AND FM SIGNALS AM LAGS FM
ARE IN PHASE (FM LEADS AM) BY 180 DEG

EAST WEST
90 DEG RADIAL 270 DEG RADIAL
AM LAGS FM AM LAGS FM
(FM LEADS AM) BY 90 DEG (FM LEADS AM) BY 270 DEG

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COMPOSITE VOR AUDIO
The VOR signal : composite audio signal riding on an RF car-
rier.
The demodulated composite (audio) is seen below.
The 30 HZ Added to a 9960 Hz audio signal
component known as a “subcarrier”.

10440

9960 9960 9960

9480

The 9960 component varies its frequency


throughout the cycle of the 30 Hz.
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SOURCE OF 30 HZ FM SIGNAL

9960 Hz AUDIO WITH


30 Hz FREQUENCY
MODULATION

30 Hz AUDIO FROM
DISCRIMINATED
9960 AUDIO

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VOR SIGNAL AS SEEN BY AIRBORNE RECEIVER
(SPECTRUM ANALYZER)
AM FC
9960 Hz amplitude modulation
forms upper and lower 9960Hz
AM sidebands

FC – 9960 Hz FC – 30 Hz FC + 30 Hz FC + 9960 Hz

(FC – 10440 Hz) (FC + 10440 Hz)


(FC – 9480 Hz) (FC + 9480 Hz)

30 Hz amplitude mod-
ulation forms upper
FM and lower 30 Hz AM
sidebands
FM
The frequency deviates
from 9960 by 480 Hz The 9960 Hz sidebands vary in
each direction frequency at a 30 Hz rate.

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VOR SIGNAL AS SEEN BY AIRBORNE RECEIVER
(SPECTRUM ANALYZER)
FC
The Upper Side Band (USB)
The Lower Side Band (LSB)
CW RF is transmitted from
CW RF is transmitted from
the opposite side of the ring.
one side of the ring.

FC – 9960 Hz FC – 30 Hz FC + 30 Hz FC + 9960 Hz

The Carrier and 30 Hz sidebands form the CSB sig-


nal, which is transmitted from the center antenna.

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One-half of the 9960Hz AM
modulation is formed by the USB If the sideband antenna
sum of the Carrier with the were stationary, then the
USB in space. 9960 Hz signal would not
vary in frequency.

The Doppler Effect causes


As the sideband antenna ro- the 9960 Hz to deviate
tates, it approaches and then above and below its cen-
departs the receiver 30 times ter frequency.
per second (30Hz).

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The other half of the 9960 AM
modulation is formed by the USB
sum of the Carrier with the
LSB.

When both sidebands are


summed to the carrier in
space, they assert 30%
amplitude modulation onto
the carrier at 9960 Hz.

LSB
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ROTATION OF SIDEBAND ANTENNAS
Antennas are not moving physically.
USB
2 1 48 47
CCW direction. 4
3
46
5 45
6 44
At any given moment,
7 43
two USB, and two are
8 42
radiating the LSB. 9 41
North is Sideband An- 10 40
tenna #1. Numbered 11
39
counterclockwise from
there.
12 CSB 38
13 37
14 36
Radiation from all five an-
15 35
tennas mixes in space,
forming the composite 16 34
seen by the aircraft. 17 33
The two sideband signals
18 32
are sometimes called
19 31
Sideband Only (SBO).
20 30
21 29
22 28
23 24 25 26 27

LSB
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SIDEBAND BLENDING To make a smooth transition from one an-
tenna to the next
Power reduces gradually USB
on one antenna as it 3 2 1
rises gradually on the
1 3 next antenna.

2 4

One generator pro-


duces the RF signal for
the odd antennas.
Another produces RF
signal for the even an-
tennas.
At the same time, this process
occurs on the opposite side with 25 26 27
the other Sideband. LSB
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BLENDING OF TWO LOWER SIDEBAND SIGNALS
IN ADJACENT ANTENNAS

ODD ANT 1 3 SIDEBANDS 1 and 3

EVEN ANT 48 2 4 SIDEBANDS 2 and 4

SUM IN SPACE

The Sine wave which produces


these lobes is 360 Hz.

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FIVE RF OUTPUTS FROM THE TRANSMITTER CABINET

Sideband 1 : Low number, odd number


: Lower Sideband, odd antennas

Sideband 2 : Low number, even number


: Lower Sideband, even antennas
Sideband 3 : High number, odd number
: Upper Sideband, odd antennas

Sideband 4 : High number, even number


: Upper Sideband,even antennas

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FIVE RF OUTPUTS FROM THE TRANSMITTER CABINET

1.CSB
– RF at FC, amplitude modulated by 30 Hz + 1020 Hz + VOICE
2.SIDEBAND 1
– RF at FC-9960Hz, amplitude modulated by rectified sine wave
3.SIDEBAND 2
– RF at FC-9960Hz, amplitude modulated by rectified cosine wave
4.SIDEBAND 3
– RF at FC+9960Hz, amplitude modulated by rectified sine wave
5.SIDEBAND 4
– RF at FC+9960Hz, amplitude modulated by rectified cosine wave

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ALFORD LOOP ANTENNA
What is a antenna

INTENSITY OF ELECTONIC

INTENSITY
OF MAG- DIRECTION
NETIC

An antenna (or aerial) is a transducer that transmits or receives electromagnetic waves.


In other words, antennas convert electromagnetic radiation into electric current, or vice
versa. Antennas generally deal in the transmission and reception of radio waves, and
are a necessary part of all radio equipment.

Transducer : Device that converts one type of energy to another


S Parameter of Antenna

1.Stepped impedance filter by Mi-


cro strip (LPF)
2. Open circuit
- Resonate in specific frequency
- Convert Electromagnetic wave

1.The point of Frequency that antenna acts


2.S11 becomes low
In this frequency, electric power inputted to antenna is
radiated maximum to outside through antenna without be-
ing
reflected

Resonate Graph
30/15

Low band Wide band


Antenna Resonance

Resonance is the tendency of a system to oscillate with larger amplitude at some


frequencies than at others. Even small periodic driving forces can produce large ampli-
tude oscillations, because the system stores vibrational energy.

In the case of dipole antenna


Make stick length λ/2
For example, if signal of 1GHz, wave is ( )
㎝.
Dipole antenna Length is ( ) ㎝ .

Occasion of monopole makes λ/4


because Ground has image efficiency.

Size of antenna depends thoroughly on


frequency “ smaller wave length = shorted
resonator
Principle of Antenna communication

Step 1 : what is signal ?


Information has loaded in some periodic wave energy
that we say 'Signal'.
Waveform created by oscillator
oscillator

Love
modulation you

Pure sine wave


Principle of Antenna communication

Step 2 : Reciprocal

RECEIVING ANT TRANSMITTING ANT ( ELECTRIC


(ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL ⇒ POWER ⇒ ELECTROMAGNETIC
ELECTRIC POWER) SIGNAL)

All antennae can use commonly by TRANSMITTING and RE-


CEIVING
Step 3 : Antenna beam
Antenna beam has particular direction and shape, the shape
beam pattern (beam pattern) or radiation pattern

Electromagnetic wave service area Sig-


nal is radiated or received by antenna
Step 4 : Basic of communication
Antenna A beam Antenna B beam
pattern pattern

Same frequency

Electromagnetic wave
interchanges in the
duplicated area of
two signals Love you

Love you
Love you Love you
Beam pattern = Radiated pattern

Beam pattern (beam pattern, or radiation


pattern) that is validity electromagnetic
wave.
Concept of direction (directivity) of an-
tenna
(using electromagnetic wave to specifica-
tion
Isotropic antenna direction and position)

Electric field intensity of electromagnetic wave in 360 radia-


tion to omnidirectional
Beam pattern = Radiated pattern

Beam pattern in specification plane Distance itself from at the center in


polar chart is electric field intensity
Read and connect electric field intensity of an-
tenna by each angle in same distance
This is radiation pattern of antenna
antenna

Beam pattern Seen from above


Omni directional

The power radiated is maximum in


horizontal directions, dropping to
zero directly above and below the
antenna
Beam pattern Seen from side
Two directional
Antenna gain & HPBW

DC A
power

A
A A

Amp is Active circuit ANT is Passive circuit


“Gain” “Gain”?

Antenna gain relates the intensity of an antenna in a given direction to the inten-
sity that would be produced by a hypothetical ideal antenna that radiates equally
in all directions (isotropically) and has no losses.

The gain of an antenna is directly related to its directivity, the antenna gain is a
measure that also takes into account the efficiency of the antenna
Antenna gain & HPBW

Two patterns have same


amount of energy

Isotropic beam
pattern
Real Ant beam
Efficiency of
radiation

Isotropic beam Dipole


beam pattern Real beam pat- Most of the time, it is de-
pattern
tern sirable to express directivity
in decibels instead of dimen-
sionless quantities. There-
fore:
DdB = 10log10

0 dBd = 2.15 dBi , dBi = dBd + 2.15


Antenna gain & HPBW

LOW GAIN HIGH GAIN


WIDE BEAM NARROW BEAM WIDTH
WIDTH

Half power beam width


10*log(0.5) = -3Db Diagram showing directivity
Antenna array

Single ant beam


pattern

 Array Ant beam pattern patch antenna array


 Each beam added in space
to get sharp beam pattern

Main lobe

null 3Db point

side lobe
Antenna array type

broad side End fire chevyshev

An antenna array is a group


of isotropic radiators
The currents running
through them are of different
amplitudes and phases.

Beam is formed
by adjusting the phase characteristic of Antenna
POLARIZATION

 The polarization of an antenna is the orientation of the electric field


(E-phase)of the radio wave with respect to the Earth's surface
 Determined by the physical structure of the antenna and by its
orientation

horizontal vertical

direction direction

Same polarization of antennas Different polarization of antennas


GPS L-band antenna elements (helical) are right-handed

Circular Polarization

The electric field vectors The


of a traveling circularly rose chafer's
polarized electromag- external sur-
netic wave face reflects
almost only
left circularly
polarized
light.
GPS L-band an-
tenna elements (he-
lical) are right-
handed

direction
EIRP&ERP
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power
(ERP) is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF) energy[1] [2]
using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding sys-
tem gains

In case that distance between transmission and reception is fixed


higher antenna gain makes higher field intensity to receiver

TX RX TX RX

EIRP = Pt * Ga (Pt : Transmitter Output, Ga : Antenna GAIN)


EX, TX Output :30dBm Ga: 8dB 라면 EIRP 는 30 + 8 = 38 dBm

ERP = EIRP - 2.15 dB : 2.15(dipole ant Gain)


OBJECTIVES

OF ALFORD LOOP ANTENNA LECTURE

• The physical makeup of the Alford Loop antennas (Carrier and Side-
band)
• The basic propagation theory of the Alford Loop antenna
• Tuning points of the Alford Loop antenna

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History

 Andrew Alford
 Born Aug 5 1904 - Died Jan 25 1992
 Birthplace: Samara, Russia
 Andrew Alford invented and developed antennas for radio navigation systems,
including VOR and instrument landing systems featuring the 'Alford Loop.'
(1983)
TOP VIEW OF CARRIER ANTENNA

Hole for DME


antenna mast

GLASS CAPACITOR

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TOP VIEW OF SIDEBAND ANTENNA

GLASS CA-
PACITOR

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Coax balun

This can induce RF currents into other electronic


equipment near the radiating feedline, causing RF
interference

To prevent this, dipoles fed by coaxial


cables have a balun between the cable
and the antenna, to convert the unbal-
anced signal provided by the coax to a
balanced symmetrical signal for the
antenna.
A coax balun is a cost effective method to
eliminate feeder radiation, but is limited to a
narrow set of operating frequencies.
One easy way to make a balun is a (λ/2)
length of coaxial cable.
Impedance Matching Network

In electronics, impedance matching is the


practice of designing the input impedance
of an electrical load or the
output impedance of its corresponding
signal source in order to
maximize the power transfer and mini-
Disc GND mize reflections from the load
Capacitor
“S1”

L2

“T” N-Connector
& N-Elbow
BALUN Cable

Open Stub Length


“S2” = L1+L2
L1

20~30m

Open Stub
Cable
Antenna
Feed Cable
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PHYSICAL MAKEUP OF THE ALFOR LOOP ANTENNA

THE ALFORD LOOP IS


TWO ORTHAGONAL
FOLDED DIPOLES.

ONE DIPOLE IS
HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

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PHYSICAL MAKEUP OF THE ALFOR LOOP ANTENNA

THE OTHER
DIPOLE IS
HIGHLIGHTED
HERE.

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REMAINING CURRENTS WITH INTERNAL CURRENTS CANCELLED

CONSIDER A MOMENT IN THE INTERNAL CUR-


TIME. CURRENT FLOWS RENTS PRODUCE
IN THE PICTURED DIREC- FIELDS OF OPPOSITE
TIONS. ASSUMES 180 AND EQUAL FIELD
DEGREES OF PHASE DIF- STRENGTH.
FERENCE BETWEEN THE
TWO FOLDED DIPOLES.

THEY CANCEL OUT


EACH OTHER, LEAVING
ONLY THE FIELDS GEN-
ERATED BY THE EX-
TERNAL ANTENNA SUR-
FACES

THE RESULTING RF PATTERN IS OMNIDI-


RECTIONAL
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TRANSMITTER CABINET
BLOCK DIAGRAM

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OBJECTIVES

OF TRANSMITTER CABINET BLOCK DIAGRAM LECTURE

• The main physical components of the MARU


220 Transmitter Cabinet
• The primary function of each module
• The flow of RF, Audio, and Control signals

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

ANT
AES
(ANTENNA ELECTRONICS SUBSYSREM)

PDC
(POWER DETECTOR
&CHANGEOVER)

MAS
MODULATION AMPLFIER SUBSYSTEM)

CMS
(CONTROL & MONITOR
SUBSYSTEM)

RMM

PSS

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CABINET

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PDC Rear Panel
PDC

ASU

Outside installation
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ASU SM Path

Selection
Signal from SM CONTROL
SIGNAL 2EA
SM

S1-S12 CONTROL
SIGNAL

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ASU Interface

SIDEBAND
+7V ASU
ASU ANTENNA
PSU Side Band ANT
PSU -24V
12
GND 12
12
SM
SM 12

/Sel_Even0~3

/Sel_Odd0~3
CSU
CSU
COS_Toggle
SIN_Toggle

TM
TM

USB COS
LSB COS
PDC
PDC USB SIN
LSB SIN

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MAS (Modulation Amplifier Subsystem)

SMA executes : generating, modulating


and amplifying the sideband RF signals.
CMA executes the functions of generating,
modulating and
Left side becomes the SMA for LSB
amplifying the carrier RF signal. Right side becomes the SMA for USB.

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MAS configuration & interface

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CMS (Control & Monitor sub system)

MON: monitors the transmitted signal


and analyze the major parameters

MSG: Generates the carrier wave, sideband


modulation signals and supplies them to MAS&AES

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CMS (Control & Monitor sub system)

LOCAL
CONTROL
UNIT

CONTROL&
STATUS PANEL
CONTROL SELECTION UNIT

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Interface between units

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PSS(POWER SUPPLY SUBSYSTEM)

Converts the +28V DC in to the respective


DC voltages ( +5V, +7V,+15V,-15V,+28V)

After converting the AC 220V


INTO THE dc+28V, it supplies it to
the DC/DC converter and
PDU: Distribute the respective
Charges the backup batteries
voltage To TX1, TX2, NON1,MONT

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Interface between units

PDU

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Others

Air baffle is the sucking holes of


Drawing in the external air to radiate the
internal air.
They are located in 3 places

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