Installing The Tracphone Terminal - KVH Industries FleetBroadband FB250 Installation Manual

2.6 Installing the TracPhone terminal

2.6.1 Overview
Because the terminal comes in two versions, there are two sections describing
installation of the terminal:
• one section for the TracPhone terminal (this section) and
• one section for the TracPhone 19" Rack Terminal (Installing the terminal on
page 52).
2.6.2 Grounding the terminal
Antenna cable
The antenna is connected to the terminal by means of a coax cable.
For the TracPhone FB500 antenna the coax cable is connected with a TNC
connector at the terminal end and an N connector at the antenna end.
For the TracPhone FB250 antenna the coax cable is connected with a TNC
connector at both ends.
For information on antenna grounding, see Antenna grounding on page 22.
At the terminal end, it is strongly recommended to ground the antenna cable.
• If you are using the Extended cable support for the terminal the TNC
connector is grounded through the cable support, which must be
connected to the hull or other common ground. For further information on
the Extended cable support, see Mounting the Extended cable support on
page 51.
• If you are not using the Extended cable support, it is still strongly
recommended to connect the antenna cable to common ground at the
terminal end. Use a short coax cable from the terminal to the grounding
point, where the short cable is connected to the antenna cable.
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