Antenna Position; Distance With The Other Satellite Ptt Transceivers - Icom IC-SAT100 Reference Manual

3. Antenna position

• Hold the transceiver with its antenna straight up and pointing to the sky.
• If you hold the transceiver with a chest harness, make sure the antenna is pointing to the sky. Otherwise, you
may lose the signal from the satellite.
• When you transmit and hold the transceiver in your hand, always keep it in front of your face.
 Hold the transceiver above your shoulders and vertical while receiving and transmitting.
8°
8°
 When using the transceiver and the chest harness, we highly recommend that you use with our speaker microphone.
360°
8° 360°
8°
8°
8°

4. Distance with the other satellite PTT transceivers

Keep a minimum of 1.5 m (4.9 feet) away from other transceivers. Using within a closer range may cause
interference.
8°
1.5 m
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