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Cisco Cable TV EGC GaN Segmentable Node A90201, RF Amplifier Teardown

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Teardown of Cisco Cable TV EGC GAN node and drop amplifier. Electronic Gain Control (EGC) technology and GaN (Gallium Nitride) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs}. These are modern versions running on fiber networks. These small amplifiers are used in houses where it is not practical to use a receiving antenna to get the signal from …

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Cisco Cable TV Optical Node and RF Amplifier Teardown

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Teardown of Cisco / Scientific Atlanta Cable TV optical node and drop amplifier. These are modern versions running on fiber networks. These small amplifiers are used in houses where it is not practical to use a receiving antenna to get the signal from the broadcast headend transmitter. They are also called a “service drop”. Back …

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teleste ac2000 cable tv dropbox amplifier

Teleste AC2000, teardown of a 862 MHz cable TV amplifier

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This Teleste AC2000 is a cable TV amplifier that is configurable through different insert jumpers for setting up attenuation/equalization, diplex filters, return amplifier or a transponder making it remote controllable.  This is a dual 39 dB amplifier in the range from 5 to 862 MHz which enables it of delivering 110 channels.  This particular amplifier …

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Astro HVO-Vario G 38, teardown of a 862 MHz cable TV amplifier

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These are highly modular cable TV amplifiers, they are set up by using a wide range of different insert cards with different frequency ranges or options. These are 38 dB amplifiers in the range from 47 to 862 MHz. This particular amplifier is set up for 862 MHz, 42 channels and has a return path …

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