Thrane&Thrane SAILOR 6110, Installation Manual

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Chapter 3: Installing the system
16 Mounting the SAILOR 3027
3.2 Mounting the SAILOR 3027
3.2.1 Placing the SAILOR 3027 GMDSS Terminal
Place the terminal outdoors on the ship. Before mounting the terminal,
consider the following:
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Safety distance: 1 ft. (0.3 meters).
Place the terminal so that no person can accidently get closer to the
terminal than the safety distance 1 ft. (0.3 meters).
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Distance to exhaust fumes.
Do not place the terminal close to the funnel directly exposed to exhaust
fumes.
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Distance to other equipment.
Keep the following distances between the terminal and other equipment:
• Compass Safe Distance: 5 m (distance to magnetic compass)
• HF antennas: > 5 meter
• VHF antennas: > 4 meter
• Other Inmarsat C terminals: > 0.5 meter