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802.11 2.4Ghz Low-Power 5dBi Vertical Collinear Antenna

              

Building the Aerialix ARLX-OM2400 Collinear 

Antenna Kit

Revision 1.5

September 27th, 2002

For the:

ARLX-OM2400-5
ARLX-OM2400-8

ARLX-OM2400-12

© 2002, Aerialix.

(C) Aerialix 2002  (1 of 13) 

Summary of Contents for ARLX-OM2400

Page 1: ...Power 5dBi Vertical Collinear Antenna Building the Aerialix ARLX OM2400 Collinear Antenna Kit Revision 1 5 September 27th 2002 For the ARLX OM2400 5 ARLX OM2400 8 ARLX OM2400 12 2002 Aerialix C Aeria...

Page 2: ...made an effort to keep exposure to any of this fiberglass dust to a minimum and the radome has been treated with a black acrylic urethane paint further reducing fiberglass dust rubber gloves should b...

Page 3: ...r phase reversal coils and an round base SMA connector Your kit may contain more or less than the number of element tubes and phase reversal coils as shown Review the checklist for the correct number...

Page 4: ...her color of acrylic urethane paint first sand lightly with 220 grit sandpaper and apply the new coat Materials and Tools Required The following are common mechanical and electrical tools and should b...

Page 5: ...the now very hot center conductor and then pull the soldering tip up and away from the center pin Take care in ensuring you didn t create a solder bridge between the center conductor and the Grounding...

Page 6: ...he base of the feedline tube Once the solder is molten press down lightly until you feel the feedline resting flat on the surface of the SMA connector Remove the heat and wait for the joint to cool an...

Page 7: ...are reading the hardcopy version of this document as provided from Aerialix the template is to scale Cut out the three templates setting T2a and T2b aside for later We will assemble all four element s...

Page 8: ...embly insert an unsoldered bent coil lead of one of the element assemblies into the feedline using Template T2a T2b as a guide Then continue to slip the next unsoldered coil lead into the previous ele...

Page 9: ...s This should only be done if rattling is of concern Figure 13 Anti rattling tape applied to the coils You will notice that one end of the radome has a larger inner diameter than the other end Insert...

Page 10: ...nto the mixing container and prepare in accordance with manufacturers directions If you chose fast acting epoxy you probably have only 5 minutes or so before the epoxy begins to SUDDENLY harden Starti...

Page 11: ...epoxy hardens as shown in Figure 17 Once the epoxy sets you can proceed to the next task Figure 17 Centering antenna in radome while epoxy sets Dispense another 10ml 338 oz or 1 4 of the container of...

Page 12: ...Figure 19 Figure 19 Holding the antenna on the cap until epoxy cures Congratulations You have completed the antenna kit The antenna should be let to cure overnight before being installed If you have a...

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