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4 Installation
4.3 Power Supply
The power supply used with a GPS170 has to provide only one output of +5V. The output voltage should be
well regulated because drifting supply voltages reduce the short time accuracy of the generated frequencies and
timing pulses. The power supply lines should have low resistance and must be connected using both pins a and
c of the rear connector.
4.4 Mounting the GPS Antenna
The GPS satellites are not stationary but circle round the globe in a period of about 12 hours. They can only be
received if no building is in the line-of-sight from the antenna to the satellite, so the antenna/converter unit must
be installed in a location from which as much of the sky as possible can be seen. The best reception is given
when the antenna has a free view of 8
◦
angular elevation above horizon. If this is not possible the antenna should
be installed with a mostly free view to the equator because of the satellite courses which are located between
latitudes of 55
◦
North and 55
◦
South. If even this is not possible problems occure especially when at least four
sattelites for positioning have to be found.
The antenna/converter unit can be mounted on a pole with a diameter up to 60 mm or at a wall. A 45
cm plastic tube, two holders for wall-mounting and clamps for pole-mounting are added to every GPS170. A
standard coaxial cable with 50 ohm impedance should be used to connect the antenna/converter unit to the
receiver. The maximum lenght of cable between antenna and receiver depends on the attenuation factor of the
used coaxial cable.
Up to four GPS170 receivers can be run with one antenna/converter unit by using the optional antenna diplexer.
The total length of one antenna line between antenna, diplexer and receiver must not be longer than the max.
lenght shown in the table above. The position of the diplexer in the antenna line does not matter.
High voltage protectors must be installed directly after reaching the indoors. The optional delivered protec-
tion kit is not for outdoor usage.
Note:
If the antenna cable was assembled by the user: before powering up the system, make sure that there is no
short-circuit between the inner and outer conductor of the antenna cable, because this could cause a fault of
GPS170.
4.4.1 Example:
Type of cable
diameter Ø
Attenuation at 100MHz
max lenght.
[mm]
[dB]/100m
[m]
RG58/CU
5mm
17
300
(1)
RG213
10.5mm
7
700
(1)
(1)This specications are made for antenna/converter units produced after January, 2005
The values are typically ones; the exact ones are to nd out from the data sheet of the used cable
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