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Maxiva™ OP Series
High-efficiency air- and liquid-cooled, medium- to high-power digital and analog transmitters for VHF and UHF TV bands
OVERVIEW
GatesAir's Maxiva OP Series of air- and liquid-cooled transmitters are available in several versions with output powers ranging from 200W to 43kW average DTV power, or up to 84kW peak sync with analog modulation.
The Maxiva OP Series transmitter system comprises several sub-parts:
- An exciter (dual drive is optional), with Real-Time Adaptive Pre-correction, and multiple input interface options (ASI, T2MI, ETI, EDI, IP, Satellite) and an optional onboard GPS / GLONASS receiver for accurate synchronization and SFN timing;
- One or more Power Amplifier modules (Stand-alone single PA systems and from 2 to 8 per rack depending on model and the output power level);
- A control and monitoring unit, with embedded change-over system;
- An innovative, high-efficiency air-cooling or liquid-cooling system.
Maxiva OP Series transmitters support several digital modulation standards (DVB-T, DVB-T2, ISDB-T/Tb, DAB/DAB+, ATSC, and PAL/NTSC Analogue standards. Dualcast systems are also available.
Maxiva OP Series transmitters incorporate innovative World-class engineering, providing unparalleled AC-to-RF efficiency, performance, ease-of-use, and low maintenance costs.
Main Features of Maxiva™ OP Series
- Compact design: Lower power systems are stand-alone 2+1 RU or 3+1 RU 19” rack-mount. Larger systems include one or more 36RU or 42RU equipment racks.
- A wide range of output power levels and configurations are available suiting all needs worldwide
- Doherty high-efficiency wideband or broadband amplifier technology, available in UHF, VHF Band III, and VHF Band I
- Built-in ASI/RF matrix for automatic exciter switch-over, without the need of using an external switchover unit
- DVB-T, DVB-T2, ISDB-T/Tb, DAB/DAB+, ATSC, NTSC, and PAL (with NICAM) modulations are fully supported
- Embedded Re-Multiplexer/Layer Combiner/TS to BTS (188 to 204 byte) converter for ISDB-Tb
- Real-Time Adaptive Pre-correction
- Optional onboard high stability GPS / GLONASS receiver with battery
- Flexible input interfaces available:
- 4 x ASI inputs (TS, BTS, T2MI, SMPTE-310M) + Analog input
- 2 x ASI inputs and 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
- 4 x ETI or 2 x ETI + 2 x EDI inputs
- 3 x ETI inputs
- 1 x DVB-S/S2 Satellite Receiver input
- 1 x RF input
- Easy configuration for single or dual drive
- 1+1, N+1 and N+2 configurations available
Main Features of Maxiva™ OP Series
- Compact design: Lower power systems are stand-alone 2+1 RU or 3+1 RU 19” rack-mount. Larger systems include one or more 36RU or 42RU equipment racks.
- A wide range of output power levels and configurations are available suiting all needs worldwide
- Doherty high-efficiency wideband or broadband amplifier technology, available in UHF, VHF Band III, and VHF Band I
- Built-in ASI/RF matrix for
Product Literature
- Brochure for VLXTE-OP High-Efficiency VHF Liquid-Cooled Digital TV Transmitters [pdf, 3 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Liquid-Cooled Digital) [pdf, 3 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Air-Cooled Digital) [pdf, 2 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Liquid-Cooled Analog) [pdf, 2 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Air-Cooled Analog) [pdf, 2 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen1 Transmitters (Liquid-Cooled Digital) [pdf, 4 MB]
- Folleto para transmisores UHF / VHF de la serie OP Gen2 (digitales refrigerados por líquido) [Spanish] [pdf, 3 MB]
- Folheto para Transmissores de UHF / VHF Série OP Gen1 com resfriamento a ar analógico [Portuguese] [pdf, 2 MB]
- OP 系列 UHF/VHF Gen2 发射机（液冷数字）手册 [Mandarin] [pdf, 3 MB]
- Presentations
- ATSC 1.0/2.0 SFN 11/2/2022 [pdf, 2 MB]
- DAB: Complete Solutions for Total Network Deployment 4/28/2020 [pdf, 5 MB]
- Flexible Low-Power TV Transmission Systems 4/16/2020 [pdf, 8 MB]
- Advances in Television Transmission Solutions 4/7/2020 [pdf, 9 MB]
- Press Releases
- GatesAir To Demonstrate 5G Passthrough to Mobile Devices at IBC2024 9/12/2024
- GatesAir Unveils Trio of New Intraplex Solutions at IBC2024 8/19/2024
- GatesAir Expands Maxiva Transmission Family at 2020 NAB Show 3/10/2020
- GatesAir to Unveil New DAB Radio Innovations at IBC2019 9/3/2019
- GatesAir to Unveil Expanded TV Transmission Product Family at IBC2019 8/21/2019
- GatesAir Brings Over-The-Air Leadership Message to BroadcastAsia 2019 6/11/2019
- GatesAir Acquires ONEtastic 5/31/2019
Product Literature
- Brochure for VLXTE-OP High-Efficiency VHF Liquid-Cooled Digital TV Transmitters [pdf, 3 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Liquid-Cooled Digital) [pdf, 3 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Air-Cooled Digital) [pdf, 2 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Liquid-Cooled Analog) [pdf, 2 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen2 Transmitters (Air-Cooled Analog) [pdf, 2 MB]
- Brochure for OP Series UHF/VHF Gen1 Transmitters (Liquid-Cooled Digital) [pdf, 4 MB]
- Folleto para transmisores UHF / VHF de la serie OP Gen2 (digitales refrigerados por líquido) [Spanish] [pdf, 3 MB]
- Folheto para Transmissores de UHF / VHF Série OP Gen1 com resfriamento a ar analógico [Portuguese] [pdf, 2 MB]
- OP 系列 UHF/VHF Gen2 发射机（液冷数字）手册 [Mandarin] [pdf, 3 MB]
- Presentations
- ATSC 1.0/2.0 SFN 11/2/2022 [pdf, 2 MB]
- DAB: Complete Solutions for Total Network Deployment 4/28/2020 [pdf, 5 MB]
- Flexible Low-Power TV Transmission Systems 4/16/2020 [pdf, 8 MB]
- Press Releases
Photo Gallery
Press and Accolades
Articles
- OTA TV Transmission Technology Update (The Broadcast Bridge, 9/18/2020)
- Liquid-cooled VHF and DAB (Pro AVL MEA, 7/6/2020)
Press and Accolades
Articles
- OTA TV Transmission Technology Update (The Broadcast Bridge, 9/18/2020)
- Liquid-cooled VHF and DAB (Pro AVL MEA, 7/6/2020)
- All TVR channels are fully available in digital format throughout Romania (Stiripesurse.ro, 7/1/2020)
- All SRTV channels will be fully available digitally throughout Romania (News.ro, 7/1/2020)
- MTIC: Romania has completed the transition process from analog to digital television (Nmedia, 7/1/2020)
- Radiocom has completed the project for the implementation of digital terrestrial television, in DVB-T2 standard, in Romania (Adevarul, 7/1/2020)
- From today, all SRTV channels will be fully available digitally throughout Romania (Good News, 7/1/2020)
- Trasmisores Gates Air apoyan TV digital y radios en Latam (TV y Video, 5/12/2020)
- GatesAir expande la familia de transmisión Maxiva (Produ, 4/15/2020)
- Interview with Ray Miklius, Vice President and General Manager, Television Products, GatesAir (TM Broadcast, 4/14/2020)
- GatesAir Expands Maxiva Transmission Family (The Broadcast Bridge, 4/1/2020)
- GatesAir Rolls Out New VHF and DAB Transmitter (Radio World, 3/30/2020)
- GatesAir To Expand Maxiva Transmission Family (Radio & Television Business Report, 3/23/2020)
- GatesAir adds new products to its Maxiva transmission family (TM Broadcast, 3/18/2020)
- GatesAir Expands Maxiva Transmission Family At 2020 NAB Show (Broadcast & CableSat, 3/12/2020)
- RadioVisie’s DAB+ weekrapport 2020-10 (RadioVisie, 3/12/2020)
- GatesAir to Unveil Maxiva VHF TX Series, 3.0 Software (TV Technology, 3/10/2020)
- ONEtastic acquisition expands range of high-efficiency DAB Radio transmitters and solutions (Broadcast Film & Video, 9/3/2019)
- GatesAir To Unveil Expanded TV Transmission Family At IBC (TVNewsCheck, 8/21/2019)
- GatesAir Adds To TV Transmission Product Range (InBroadcast, 8/21/2019)
- GatesAir in BroadcastAsia 2019 (TM Broadcast, 6/11/2019)
- GatesAir acquires ONEtastic (Radio World, 6/3/2019)
- GatesAir acquires Italy’s ONEtastic (Broadcast Film & Video, 6/3/2019)
- GatesAir acquires ONEtastic (TM Broadcast, 6/3/2019)
