Ranger Communications RCI-6300F HP, Service Manual

Page 1: ...Ranger Communications Inc RCI 6300F HP RCI 6300F TB 10 Meter Amateur Radio Ranger Service Manual ...

Page 2: ...ransmit 8 2 4 Alternate Microphones And Installation 9 CHAPTER 3 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION 3 0 Introduction 10 3 1 PLL Circuit 10 3 2 Receiver Circuit 10 3 3 Transmitter Modulation Circuit 10 3 4 Transmitter Amplifier Circuit 10 CHAPTER 4 ALIGNMENT 4 0 Required Test Equipment 15 4 1 Alignment Procedures 15 4 1 1 PLL Alignment 15 4 1 2 Transmitter Alignment 16 4 1 3 Receiver Alignment 17 CHAPTER 5 MAINTE...

Page 3: ...0W RCI 6300F TB RF Transmit Modes AM FM AM Modulation High and low level Class B Amplitude Modulation Spurious Emissions 50 dB Audio Frequency Response 300 to 2500 Hz Antenna Impedance 50 Ohms Output Indicators Meter shows relative RF output power receive signal and SWR Transmit LED glows red when transmitter is in operation 1 2 RECEIVER Sensitivity For 10dB S N AM 0 5 µV Sensitivity For 12dB S N ...

Page 4: ...dio on rotate the knob clockwise Turning the knob further will increase the volume of the receiver 2 SQUELCH CONTROL This switch is used to eliminate background noise being heard through the receiver which can be disturbing when no transmissions are being received To use this feature turn the switch fully counterclockwise and then turn clockwise slowly until the background noise is just eliminated...

Page 5: ...E CONTROL This time control is used to control the intervals of the echo sound 9 TALKBACK CONTROL Adjust this knob for desired volume of Talkback This is used to monitor your own voice For example you could use this feature to compare different microphones 10 RF POWER CONTROL This control allows the user to adjust RF power output 11 CHANNEL SELECTOR This control is used to select a desired transmi...

Page 6: ...miter in the audio circuits are also activated The Noise Blanker is very effective in eliminating repetitive impulse noise such as ignition interference 19 R B OFF SWITCH In the Roger Beep position the radio transmits an audio tone at the end of your transmission to indicate that transmission has ended As a courtesy to others use the Roger Beep only when necessary 20 10KHz OFF SWITCH When the swit...

Page 7: ...black and red wire The black goes to negative and the red goes to positive 3 PA SP This jack is for PA operation Before operating you must first connect a PA speaker 8 ohms 4W to this jack 4 EXT SP This jack accepts 4 to 8 ohms 4 watts external speaker When the external speaker is connected to this jack the built in speaker will be disabled 2 1 3 FREQUENCY CHART FR POOL CHANNEL 1 MHz 2 MHz 3 MHz 4...

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Page 9: ...lector switch to the desired channel 7 Set the RF GAIN control fully clockwise for maximum RF gain 2 3 2 PROCEDURE TO TRANSMIT 1 Select the desired channel of transmission 2 Set the MIC GAIN control fully clockwise 3 If the channel is clear press the push to talk switch on the microphone and speak in a normal voice 2 4 ALTERNATE MICROPHONES AND INSTALLATION For best results the user should select ...

Page 10: ...rol Figure 2 3 Your Transceiver Microphone Schematic Figure 2 4 Microphone plug pin numbers viewed from rear of pin receptacle RCI 6300F HP RCI 6300F TB CHAPTER 3 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION 3 0 INTRODUCTION This section explains the technical theory of operation for the RCI 6300F HP RCI 6300F TB mobile transceiver ...

Page 11: ...signal is fed into the mixer circuit Q18 Q19 and then into the IF section of the receiver depending on the mode of operation The signals is then detected by either the AM detector or FM detector and then fed to the audio amplifier section of the receiver and finally out to the speaker 3 3 TRANSMITTER MODULATION CIRCUIT i The transmitter modulation circuit modulates the low level RF signal from the...

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Page 14: ... 13 RCI 6300F HP RCI 6300F TB FREQUENCY COUNTER CIRCUIT DIAGRAM ...

Page 15: ... 14 RCI 6300F HP RCI 6300F TB ECHO BOARD EB 99 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM ...

Page 16: ...are used in part or total during the following adjustments and refer to Figure 4 3 for adjustment location 4 1 1 PLL ALIGNMENT ITEM U U T SETTING ADJUST POINT MEASUREMENT VCO Voltage Disconnect the short PCB from TP7 TP8 and TP9 Set radio to Fr Pool 6 CH 40 AM RX mode Set the 10KHz switch to OFF position Connect Multimeter to TP2 Connect Oscilloscope to TP3 L14 L15 6 5 VDC 0 1 Maximum Output and B...

Page 17: ...Pool 2 CH 19 AM TX mode Set SWR S RF switch to S RF position Modulation off VR9 Adjust RF Power meter needle until it is in between the green and red bar on PWR scale AM Modulation Set radio to Fr Pool 2 CH 19 AM TX mode Set Mic Gain Fully Clockwise AF signal 30 mV 1 KHz to microphone VR16 90 FM Deviation Set radio to Fr Pool 2 CH 19 FM TX mode Set Mic Gain Fully Clockwise AF signal 30 mV 1 KHz to...

Page 18: ...io to Fr Pool 2 CH 19 FM RX mode Set MODE switch to FM mode RF SG setting 28 915 MHz 0 5uV Mod 3KHz L4 Audio output Max S N 20 dB NB Adjust Set radio to Fr Pool 2 CH 19 AM RX mode RF SG setting 28 915 MHz 100uV Mod off Set NB ANL OFF switch to NB ANL position Connect Voltmeter to TP1 L1 DC voltage to max 2 0V AM Squelch Set radio to Fr Pool 2 CH 19 AM RX mode Set SQ control fully clockwise RF SG s...

Page 19: ... 18 Figure 4 2 Receiver test setup ...

Page 20: ... 19 Figure 4 3 Main PCB Adjustment Location ...

Page 21: ...without periodic inspection and maintenance Important points to be checked regularly are as follows Check Item Action Whip antenna option If cracked or broken replace it Coaxial cable If sheath is cracked seal with vinyl tape If immersed with water install new coaxial cable Coaxial power plug connections If loosened reconnect If corroded clean contacts Battery connection If corroded clean power te...

Page 22: ...al parts is included in the parts list The reference designators are in alphanumeric order 6 1 ORDERING REPLACEMENT PARTS Parts orders should be referred to the Parts Department at Ranger Communications Inc 3377 Carmel Mountain Road San Diego CA 92121 Tel 858 259 0287 Fax 858 259 0437 ...

Page 23: ...25 D331 D336 RCY010004Z 0 OHM 0 1W 3 R312 R325 RCY011024Z 1K OHM 0 1W 4 R327 RCY012224Z 2 2K OHM 0 1W 5 R326 RCY014724Z 4 7K OHM 0 1W 6 D340 EDSS00355Y DIODE 1SS355 7 Q304 TY2SC2712G TR 2SC2712GR 8 J303 J305 EX07N48223 PCB CONN S 2PIN 9 J301 EX07N48209 PCB CONN S 10PIN 10 S301 EWRT32000S ROTARY SW REMARK LEFT COMPONENT SIDE BLUE RIGHT COPPER SIDE BLUE ...

Page 24: ...012224Z 2 2K OHM 0 1W 8 R12 RCY014724Z 4 7K OHM 0 1W 9 R7 RCY011034Z 10K OHM 0 1W 10 C5 RCY012234Z 22K OHM 0 1W 11 C7 CK1059AB1A 0 5PF 50WV 12 C6 CK1030AB1A 3PF 50WV 13 C3 C4 CK2104AB7R 0 1uF 25WV 14 C1 C2 CK1103AB7L 0 001uF 50WV 15 Q1 TY2SC2712G TR 2SC2712GR 16 D3 EDSS00355Y DIODE 1SS355 17 D1 D2 EDHM0198SY DIODE HSM198S 18 D4 EDMA0028TY DIODE MA28T 19 L1 ECRFZ10053 RF COIL C3RH0610 20 VR1 RE1030...

Page 25: ...Z 1 OHM 1 4W 3 R905 R906 RCU141004Z 10 OHM 1 4W 4 R909 RCP141034Z 10K OHM 1 4W 5 R902 RCM141024A 1K OHM 1 4W 6 R911 RCP121034Z 10K OHM 1 2W 7 R903 RCP202204Z 22 OHM 2W 8 R901 R909 R910 RE10200046 S F R 1K OHM 9 BETWEEN C901 GROUND RCP141024Z 1K OHM 1 4W 10 T901 T902 RFP202214Z 220 OHM 2W ITEM REFERENCE NUMBER RANGER PART DESCRIPTION ...

Page 26: ...1 C909 CD5008214Z 820PF 500WV 22 C904 CD1001024Z 0 001uF 100WV 23 C919 CX0071037Z HV DISC C 0 01µF 24 C922 CE0162277Z 220uF 16WV 25 C938 CE0352277Z 220uF 35WV 26 TR903 T2SD02531Z TR 2SD2531 27 TR901 TR902 T2SC02290Z TR 2SC2290 28 D903 D904 ED1N04148Z DIODE 1N4148 29 D901 D902 ED1N04001Z DIODE 1N4001 30 L903 L904 ECSPG18069 SPRING COIL 31 L901 ECBAD18553 BEAD COIL 32 L902 ECCHK16098 CHOKE COIL 33 T...

Page 27: ...PCB CONN S 2PIN 7 J7 J10 EX07N48350 PCB CONN S 3PIN 8 J6 EX07N48490 PCB CONN S 4PIN 9 J9 EX07N48224 PCB CONN S 7PIN 10 J11 EX07W48824 PCB CONN S 3PIN 11 J3 EX07W48826 PCB CONN S 5PIN 12 J4 EX07W48827 PCB CONN S 6PIN 13 JP3 WX01070705 JUMPER WIRE 14 JP1 WX01070710 JUMPER WIRE 15 MIC RF RV10203524 VR 1KB 1KA 16 TALK BACK RF PWR RV20303560 VR 20KB 5KB 17 VOL SQ ECHO TIME RV50303522 VR 50KB 50KA W SW ...

Page 28: ...ON REMARK 1 EPT690050Z MIC P C B 2 C502 C504 CC0501027L 0 001uF 50WV 3 C501 CC0501027L 0 001uF 50WV RCI 6300F HP 4 C505 C506 CC0501037L 0 01uF 50WV 5 L501 ECCHK16001 CHOKE COIL 5 6uH 6 L502 ECBAD18526 BEAD COIL 7 1 4 EX06N41020 MIC JACK 8 MIC GND PTT EX07N48903 WIRE CONN H 3PIN REMARK COPPER SIDE BLUE ...

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Page 30: ...C29 C31 C32 C33 C35 C36 C28 CK2104AB7R 0 1uF 25WV 15 C5 C7 C16 C20 C22 C25 C38 C40 CK1103AB6U 0 01uF 50WV 16 C13 CK1102AB7L 0 001uF 50WV 17 C9 C18 C27 C30 C34 CK5105AA7R 1uF 16WV 18 U3 YNRG0GX3SP IC LC7232N 18PIN 19 U2 YNTA04073B IC TC4093BFN 14PIN 20 U4 U5 U6 YNR006250F IC BA6250F 16PIN 21 U1 YNT011650U IC TK11650U 3PIN 22 Q3 TY25C2714Z TR 2SC2714 23 Q1 Q2 TY2SC2712G TR 2SC2712GR 24 D2 D3 EDSS003...

Page 31: ...DISPLAY 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 EX03N40476 LED DISPLAY 4 TX RX EX01N40004 LED 5 ON NB ANL R B S RF SWR 10K EWPS33033X PUSH SW 6 DISPLAY PCB EX07N48928 PCB CONN S 12PIN 7 TOJ10 10K S RF M M EX07N48223 PCB CONN S 2PIN 8 TOJ2 TOJ6 EX07N48350 PCB CONN S 3PIN 9 RX G TX EX07N48947 PCB CONN S 3PIN 10 TOJ13 EX07W48824 PCB CONN S 4PIN REMARK TOP COMPONENT SIDE BLUE BOTTOM COPPER SIDE BLUE ...

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Page 33: ...5A 560PF 50WV 14 C12 C14 CK1102AB7L 0 001uF 50WV 15 C4 C11 C23 C34 CK2103AB7R 0 01uf 25WV 16 C2 C3 C10 C16 C28 C29 C30 C32 C33 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C18 C35 CK2104AB7R 0 1Uf 25WV 17 C6 C31 C20 C22 CK510AB7R 1uF 16WV 18 C13 CK1152AB7R 0 0015uF 50WV 19 C19 CK1472AB6U 0047uF 50WV 20 C25 CK5105ZZ7R 1uF 16WV 21 C1 CK5225AA7R 2 2uF 16WV 22 IC1 YNJR04558M IC NJM4558M 8PIN 23 IC2 YNES56033S IC ES56033S 16PI...

Page 34: ... 33 RCI 6300F HP RCI 6300F TB MAIN PCB REMARK COPPER SIDE WHITE ...

Page 35: ...2 Ω 1 4W R243 244 RCP121514Z 150 Ω 1 2W R239 RCP121034Z 10KΩ 1 2W C1 49 108 119 122 279 147 CC0501004L 10PF 50WV C224 CC0501504L 15PF 50WV C195 CC0501804L 18PF 50WV C24 287 CC0503304L 33PF 50WV C8 CC0508204L 82PF 50WV C4 53 CC0501015L 100PF 50WV C137 CC0501515L 150PF 50WV C56 222 CC0501815L 180PF 50WV C28 CC0502215L 220PF 50WV C31 136 CC0502715L 270PF 50WV C11 14 CC0503315L 330PF 50WV C23 CC050561...

Page 36: ...RING COIL L30 ECSPG18077 SPRING COIL L29 ECSPG18075 SPRING COIL L31 ECSPG18365 SPRING COIL L35 ECSPG18001 SPRING COIL L38 ECRFZ10048 RF COIL L13 39 41 ECBAD18526 BEAD COIL VR16 RE10200041 S F R 1K VR14 18 RE50200042 S F R 5K VR1 5 RE10300031 S F R 10K VR9 RE10400043 S F R 100K VR4 RE50400087 S F R 500K RA1 RCS0870014 R ARRAY RA2 RCS0970015 R ARRAY RA3 RCS0670025 R ARRAY C165 R223 WL0007009Z LEAD W...

Page 37: ...OB PT9000040E INNER KNOB PT9000050E OUTER KNOB PT3600080A SIGNAL METER HOLDER PT9000070E BAND KNOB PT2100031C COUNT WINDOW PT2100041C DISPLAY WINDOW PT7001070C PUSH KEY MT9000010X FRONT CHASSIS MT3600040S CHANNEL BRACKET MT3600061X TOP HOUSING MT36000710 BOTTOM HOUSING MT3600030S HANDLER XZZZ90004Z FOAM XZZZ90005Z FOAM XZZZ90367A SPONGE GZZZ50000Z CLAMP XZZZ90098Z SOLDER PLATE XZZZ90021Z FOAM XZZZ...

Page 38: ... RCP168244Z 820KΩ 1 16W R106 RCP161054Z 1MΩ 1 16W R193 RCP161554Z 1 5MΩ 1 16W R124 RCP161064Z 10MΩ 1 16W JP264 RCP142204Z 22 Ω 1 4W R244 RCP121514Z 150 Ω 1 2W R239 RCP121034Z 10KΩ 1 2W C1 49 108 119 122 279 147 CC0501004L 10PF 50WV C224 CC0501504L 15PF 50WV C195 CC0501804L 18PF 50WV C24 287 CC0503304L 33PF 50WV C8 CC0508204L 82PF 50WV C4 53 CC0501015L 100PF 50WV C137 CC0501515L 150PF 50WV C56 222 ...

Page 39: ...ECIFT12492 I F T L4 ECIFT12526 I F T L503 504 ECCHK16000 CHOKE COIL T1 ECCHK16004 CHOKE COIL L37 33 ECCHK16070 CHOKE COIL L47 ECCHK16176 CHOKE COIL L16 ECCHK16246 CHOKE COIL L28 ECSPG18003 SPRING COIL L30 ECSPG18077 SPRING COIL L29 ECSPG18075 SPRING COIL L31 ECSPG18365 SPRING COIL L35 ECSPG18001 SPRING COIL L38 ECRFZ10048 RF COIL L13 39 41 ECBAD18526 BEAD COIL VR16 18 RE10200041 S F R 1K VR14 RE50...

Page 40: ...64Z INSULATING PLATE BA0112010P MIC PLATE COUNTER XZZZ90363Z PVC STAND OFF COUNTER JS013016WH SET SCREW FRONT PANEL 4 JS033008MN SET SCREW CH BKT 2 CHASSIS 12 JS053006MN SET SCREW SPK 4 JS053008MN SET SCREW MAIN PCB 5 JS053006TN SET SCREW SPK 4 JN263035ZS NUT XZZZ90008Z MIC STOPPER XZZZ90007Z MOUNTING SCREW JS015010WH SET SCREW JS013509TH SET SCREW JW315510CN OUT TOOTH WASHER XZZZ90188Z FIBER WASH...

Page 41: ...RCI 6300F HP SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM ...

Page 42: ...RCI 6300F TURBO SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM ...

Page 43: ...RCI 6300F HP EXPLODE DRAWING ...

Page 44: ...RCI 6300F TURBO EXPLODE DRAWING ...

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