An Tenna Po Lar Iza Tion; An Tenna Place Ment - Telex RADIOCOM BTR-300B Operating Instructions Manual

AN TENNA PO LAR IZA TION

The Telex Wire less In ter com Sys tem is "Ver ti -
cally Po lar ized". This means both the trans mit -
ting and re ceiv ing an ten nas should op er ate in
the ver ti cal po si tion.
Fig ure 10
Ver ti cally Po lar ized An tennas
The an ten nas can be remoted for better sig nal
path. A Telex coax as sem bly is re quired. See
"Ac ces sory" sec tion for or der in for ma tion.
NOTE: If your BTR-300 trans ceiver is to be
lo cated in a shielded rack mount en clo sure or
other poor RF lo ca tion, you must re mote the
5/8-wave an ten nas with coax as sem blies.

AN TENNA PLACE MENT

Proper an tenna place ment prob a bly has the
most ef fect on your TELEX Wire less In ter com
Sys tem's over all per for mance. The fol low ing
sug ges tions will re sult in op ti mum per for -
mance.
Proper place ment of the TR-300 can be crit i cal.
The trail ing an ten nas should "dan gle" freely.
"Wadding" the an ten nas up and plac ing them
in a pocket, etc., will re duce sys tem dis tance.
It is sug gested that the unit be worn on the belt
or pocket with both an tenna's hung ver ti cally
for best op er at ing range and per for mance.
Proper Dress ing of the An tennas
Keep the dis tance be tween the base (BTR-300)
and the belt packs (TR-300) an ten nas as short
as pos si ble. The greater the dis tance, the
weaker the sig nal. How ever, the portables
should be a min i mum dis tance of 10 feet from
the base sta tion and each other for best per for -
mance.
Make sure the "sig nal paths" be tween the
BTR-300 and remotes are un ob structed. You
should al ways be able to vis i bly lo cate the an -
ten nas for best per for mance.
Keeping Site Clear to An tenna
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