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Nera F77
Continuing the Saturn tradition
Nera SatCom AS reserves the right to change the design and specifications of the equipment without notice.
Below Deck Equipment - BDE .................................................................. 4
Above Deck Equipment - ADE .................................................................. 5
Placing the Antenna .................................................................................. 6
Designing the Antenna mast ..................................................................... 8
Outline dimensions of Antenna radome (mast mounted version) ............. 9
Outline dimensions of Antenna radome (deck mounted version) ............ 10
Physical characteristics of main units ..................................................... 11
Upper connector panel ........................................................................... 13
Lower connector panel ........................................................................... 14
Example of BDE installation ................................................................... 15
Example of Nera F77 installation cabling arrangement ........................... 16
Placing the Main Communication Unit (MCU) ......................................... 17
Placing the Distress Alarm Unit & ISDN Handset ................................... 17
Placing the ISDN Handset as a standard telephone ............................... 17
Placing analogue telephones (option) ..................................................... 18
Grounding considerations ....................................................................... 19
Telephone wiring .................................................................................... 22
Unpacking .............................................................................................. 23
Installing the Above Deck Equipment (ADE) ........................................... 23
Mast mounted version ............................................................................ 23
Deck mounted version ............................................................................ 24
ADE - Connecting coaxial cable to Mast Mounted Antenna .................... 25
ADE - Connecting coaxial cable to Deck Mounted Antenna ................... 26
Installing the Below Deck Equipment (BDE) ........................................... 27
Location and grounding of units .............................................................. 27
BDE - Example of local or near-by installation ........................................ 28
BDE - Example of remote installation ..................................................... 29
Connection Box QUFC 911 918 (option) ................................................ 30
Mounting the Main Communication Unit (MCU) ...................................... 32
BDE - Connecting the coaxial cable to the MCU..................................... 33
Examples of Below Deck Equipment ...................................................... 34
ISDN telephones/equipment ................................................................... 35
Wall socket for analogue telephone/telefax gr.3 (option) ........................ 38
PC - asynchronous data communication ................................................ 39
NMEA-0183 input sources (complies with IEC 61162-1) ........................ 40
Mounting connector type 11N-50-3-54 (for cable RG223/U) ................... 41
Mounting connector type 11N-50-7-5 (for cables RG214/Ethernet 06230) .......... 42
Mounting connector type 11N-50-10-4 (for cable S10172 B-11) ............. 43
Mounting connector type 11N-50-12-10 (for cable RF 1/2" 50) ............... 44
Mounting connector type 11N-50-23-10 (for cable RF 7/8" 50) ............... 45
Mounting connector type 11N-50-32-2/11N-50-42-2 ............................... 46
(for cables RF 1 1/4"/15/8" 50) ................................................................ 46
Main items .............................................................................................. 47
Cable pinouts .......................................................................................... 49
Reception of L-band Broadcast signals .................................................. 51
Azimuth Angle Map ................................................................................. 52
Rev Date: October 2002
Publication No.: 101442 (PA1
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