COBHAM EXPLORER 8100 Ku, Hardware Installation Manual

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To modify the Antenna
98-155944-A Chapter 1: Conversion to Ku-band 13
Conver
sion to
Ku
-band
6. Continue to place strips at regular distances to hold the 2 cables together up to the Feed
arm.
7. Turn the OMT as far as possible in both directions in order to make sure the cable length
is sufficient.
8. Attach the 2 cables for the Polarization unit with the 3 dedicated screw-mount ties. Use
the screws already mounted on the Polarization unit to attach the cables in the three
positions shown (two along the side and one at the bottom of the Polarization
unit.Tighten the 3 screws to torque 2.5 Nm.
Figure 27: Cable strips on LNB and OMT cables
Figure 28: Attach cables to the
Polarization
unit
Screw-mount ties