Document Outline

• Installation Manual for .98 m Ku-band Upgradeable Antenna Model AN6-098P
• Important safety information
  • Types of warnings used in this manual
  • Product warning labels
  • Antenna installation safety
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• About this document
  • Scope and audience
  • Organization
  • Related publications
  • Revision record
• Overview
  • The model AN6-098P antenna
  • Antenna installation summary
  • Tasks related to antenna installation
    • Selecting the installation site
    • Installing the antenna mount
    • Installing the IDU
    • Grounding
    • Approved cables
• Antenna parts and required tools
  • Antenna kit components
    • Related components
    • Two antenna kits for two radio types
    • Inspecting the antenna parts
    • Description of main components
      • Az/El and reflector bracket assembly
      • Antenna reflector
      • Feed support tube and feed rods
      • Feed horn and waveguide transition
      • Radio mounting adapter
      • Radio mounting brackets (for J-type radio only)
  • Radio assembly types
    • J-type radio assembly
      • Vertical shim kit (if required)
    • Cradle-type radio assembly
  • Small hardware parts lists
    • Additional parts for J-type radio
  • Tools
• Assembling the antenna
  • Determining the pointing values
  • General instructions for assembling the antenna
  • Installing the Az/El and reflector bracket assembly
  • Attaching the reflector
  • Installing the feed support tube
    • Attaching the feed rods
    • Securing the feed support tube
    • Tightening the hardware
• Installing a J-type radio assembly
  • Installing a shim for vertical transmit polarization
  • Installing the radio assembly
    • Attaching the upper mounting bracket
    • Attaching the feed horn and transition to the radio assembly
    • Mounting the radio assembly on the feed support tube
• Installing a cradle-type radio assembly
  • Installing the radio assembly
    • Attaching the feed horn
    • Mounting the radio assembly on the feed support tube
  • Setting polarization for the cradle-type radio
    • Calculating the radio polarization setting
      • For a horizontal uplink /vertical downlink
      • For a vertical uplink / horizontal downlink
    • Setting the radio polarization
• Cabling and connections
  • Previous cabling work
  • Routing the cables at the ODU
  • Ground connection
  • Connecting the transmit and receive cables
    • Transmit cable
    • Receive cable
• Pointing the antenna
  • Antenna pointing overview
    • Using the installation software
    • Peaking the signal (description)
    • Personnel requirements
    • Pointing parameters
  • Prerequisites for antenna pointing
  • Outdoor pointing interface
    • Installing the OPI
      • OPI block
  • Adjusting the antenna
    • Adjustment locations on the antenna
  • Setting coarse elevation
  • Fine elevation adjustment
  • Receive pointing
    • Initial elevation setting
    • Setting polarization
    • Setting azimuth
      • If you cannot detect a signal
    • Peaking the signal (procedure)
  • Isolating the transmit signal
    • Manual ACP test
    • Automatic ACP test
  • Final steps
    • Remove the OPI
    • Check for safety labels and signs
    • Subsequent steps
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Index