Installation Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. REGULATORY AND SAFETY INFORMATION
- 1.1 SAFETY SYMBOL CONVENTIONS
- 1.2 RF ENERGY EXPOSURE AWARENESS AND CONTROL INFORMATION FOR FCC OCCUPATIONAL USE REQUIREMENTS
- 1.3 Federal Communications Commission Regulations
- 1.4 COMPLIANCE WITH RF EXPOSURE STANDARDS
- 1.5 REGULATORY APPROVALS
- 1.6 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY GUIDELINES AND SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION
- 1.7 COMMON HAZARDS
- 1.8 SAFE DRIVING RECOMMENDATIONS
- 1.9 OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS
- 1.10 OPERATING TIPS
- 2. RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR LA RÉGLEMENTATION ET SÉCURITÉ
- 3. SPECIFICATIONS0F
- 4. OPTIONS AND ACCESSORIES
- 5. INTRODUCTION
- 6. INSTALLATION PROCESS
- 6.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
- 6.2 PRE-INSTALLATION VEHICLE CHECK
- 6.3 PLANNING THE INSTALLATION
- 6.4 WIRING and CABLING REQUIREMENTS
- 6.5 TOOLS REQUIRED
- 6.6 UNPACKING AND CHECKING THE EQUIPMENT
- 7. ANTENNA INSTALLATION
- 7.1 ANTENNA MOUNTING LOCATIONS
- 7.2 RF ANTENNA INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
- 7.2.1 Installing Antenna Mounts AN-125001-002, -004, and -006
- 7.2.2 Installing Magnetic Antenna Mount AN-125001-008 and 12099-0370-01
- 7.2.3 Installing All Other Antenna Mounts
- 7.2.4 Attaching the NMO Antenna Element
- 7.2.5 Installing the Coax Cable and TNC RF Connector
- 7.2.6 Install GPS Antenna (If Required)
- 7.2.7 Installing a GPS Combo Antenna
- 7.2.8 Installing a GPS Antenna Inside the Rear-Deck
- 8. FRONT-MOUNT RADIO INSTALLATION
- 9. REMOTE-MOUNT RADIO INSTALLATION
- 9.1 MOUNTING THE REMOTE-MOUNT RADIO
- 9.2 REMOTE-MOUNT RADIO’S WIRING AND CABLING
- 9.3 CONTROL HEAD INSTALLATION
- 10. OPTION AND ACCESSORY INSTALLATION
- 11. CABLES AND CONNECTIONS
- 12. INSTALLATION INSPECTION AND TESTS
- 13. CARING FOR THE RADIO EQUIPMENT
- 14. CUSTOMER SERVICE
- 15. INSTALLATION CHECKLIST
- 16. WARRANTY REGISTRATION
14221-1850-4000, Rev. A
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12. INSTALLATION INSPECTION AND TESTS
This section provides procedures for performing the initial power-up and the radio performance tests. At
the end of this section is the Post Installation Inspection (Section 12.4) checklist. This checklist must be
reviewed prior to completing the installation.
12.1 REQUIRED TEST EQUIPMENT
Table 12-1: Required Test Equipment
TEST EQUIPMENT MODEL / PART NUMBER & DESCRIPTION
Peak-Reading
Wattmeter
Bird Electronic Corp. Model 4314B (or equivalent) with Type N female
connectors at input and output ports.
Wattmeter
Element
Bird Electronic Corp. Element 50C or 100C (50 or 100-Watt max. respectively),
100 - 250 MHz frequency range (or equivalent).
Wattmeter
Element
Bird Electronic Corp. Element 50E (50-Watt max.), 400 - 1000 MHz frequency
range (or equivalent).
RF Coaxial
Jumper Cable
Pasternack Enterprises PE3661-36 (or equivalent) 50-Ohm Coaxial Cable
with TNC male connector and Type N male connector, approximately three
(3) feet in length. The utilized cable must have VSWR below 1.5:1 within
the RF passband.
N-to-TNC
RF Adapter
Pasternack Enterprises PE9090 (or equivalent) Type
N male to TNC
female adapter. Required to connect the cable of the vehicle-mounted
antenna to the wattmeter.
50-Ohm RF Terminator
(“Dummy Load”)
Pasternack Enterprises PE6106 (or equivalent) 50-
ohm RF terminator
rated at greater than 50 watts power, with Type N male connector.
Vehicle-Mounted
Antenna
Tests are performed with the vehicle-mounted antenna per the installation
described in Section 7 of this manual.