Installation Location - Furuno FAR-3320W Installation Manual

1. INSTALLATION
1.1.3 How to assemble, mount the antenna unit for FAR-3330SW,
FAR-3230SW-BB

Installation location

If an S-band antenna unit ins installed near the end of a platform to provide sufficient
rotation clearance for the radiator, the antenna unit, because of its weight, swings up
and down by ship's vibration and rolling. This exerts excessive levels of stress at the
base of the radiator, which can damage the radiator. To prevent this, relocate the an-
tenna unit or, if relocation is not possible, reinforce the platform.
Mast for DF, etc.
Mounting
position
How to assemble the antenna unit
The antenna unit consists of the antenna radiator (w/antenna support) and the
antenna unit chassis, and they are packed separately. Fasten the antenna radiator to
the antenna unit chassis as follows:
1. Remove the protective waveguide cap
from the waveguide on the radiator
bracket.
2. Put the radiator on the radiator bracket
so the guide pins of the antenna support
fit in the guide pin holes on the radiator
bracket. (Orient the logo of the radiator
to the side with the bow mark on the
bracket. If reversely oriented the radiator cannot be set to the bracket.)
Antenna radiator
Antenna support
Antenna unit chassis
1-8
EXAMPLE
Remarkable
vibration
(pitching)
Guide pin holes
Front
Mast for DF, etc.
Mount the antenna
unit directly on the
mast or on the
platform, as near as
possible to center of
the mast.
Bow Bow
Waveguide cap
Radiator
bracket
Antenna
chassis
Bow mark Bow mark