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Taiyo TD-L1550 Direction Finder
Taiyo are the recognised leaders in the design and manufacture of Automatic Direction Finders. The TD-L1550 is a compact VHF Direction Finder featuring a unique homing indicator and digital readout.
The homing indicator consists of 18 LED's and the digital readouts are in 1 degree increments. The digital display shows the bearing, VHF channel number in use and signal strength indicator. The Adcock antenna is easy to install and 10 metres of antenna cable are supplied as standard.
Specification
Power supply: 10-16v. DC
Antenna: Adcock H type EA351A c/w 10 metre cable.
Antenna Weight: 3Kgs.
Frequency Range:
International VHF Channels:
Ship to Ship: 01-28 and 60-88
Ship to Coast: 01-28 and 60-88
US Weather Channels: (W1, W2,W3, W4)
Distress Frequency: 121.5Mhz
Channel 0: By special Request
Scanning reception: 100 channels, Instant lock function for 100 channels in 10 groups
Receiver System: Double Superheterodyne
Sensitivity:
For DF: Minimum field strength 1uV/m
For receive: 12dB SINBAD 0.5uV
Selectivity: More than +/- 5Khz. at 6dB. Less than +/- 12.5Khz. at 40dB.