Pasternack introduces a new line of portable bench top amplifiers that can withstand harsh environments and cover wide frequency bands up to 40 GHZ. Because these rugged amplifiers were designed to meet MIL-STD-202F environmental test conditions for humidity, shock, vibration, altitude and temperature cycle, they are ideal for use inside high traffic test labs in aerospace, defense, optical, industrial, telecom and R&D industries, according to the company.
The amplifiers offer an operating temperature of -40 to +85 degrees Celsius, storage temperature of -40 to +100 degrees Celsius, up to 60 dB small signal gain, high dynamic range, lower noise of 5 dB, output compression ranges from +10 dBm to +22 dBm, an internal power supply of 115 to 120 VAC, and more. The amplifiers also offer internal voltage regulation, fuse protection and convenient front panel access.