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Park Air Systems NORMARC 7000 ILS Instruction Manual

M-array glide path antenna system
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NORMARC 7000 ILS
© 2005 Park Air Systems AS
NORMARC 7000 ILS
NORMARC 3545 M-A
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P
A
LIDE
ATH
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NSTRUCTION
Name
Alf W. Bakken
Harald Sandernes
RRAY
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NTENNA
YSTEM
M
ANUAL
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AWB (sign.)
HSA (sign.)
Date
07-May-02
18-Apr-05
Instruction Manual
21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04

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  • Page 1 NORMARC 3545 M-A RRAY LIDE NTENNA YSTEM NSTRUCTION ANUAL Authority Name Signature Date PAS Author Alf W. Bakken AWB (sign.) 07-May-02 PAS Approved by HSA (sign.) Harald Sandernes 18-Apr-05 NORMARC 7000 ILS Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...
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  • Page 3 Copyright 2005 Park Air Systems AS The information contained herein is the property of Park Air Systems and may not be copied, used or disclosed in whole or in part except with the prior written permission of Park Air Systems, or if it has been furnished under a contract as expressly authorised under that contract.
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  • Page 5 Request / Error | Signed | Date | Reservation: Park Air Systems AS reserves the right to make design changes, additions to improvements in its products without obligation to install such in products previously manufactured. Limitations of use: The use of this manual is limited to the operation and maintenance of the system stated in the Title Page.
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  • Page 7 Ensure that the tongue is not blocking the throat. Blow again. Send for medical assistance if possible. NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page v of xiv...
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  • Page 9 ESD. The equipment may be damaged or suffer from reduced performance and lifetime if improperly handled during servicing and transportation. WARRANTY To obtain the Park Air Systems AS warranty the following precautions must be taken: • All semiconductor components and modules containing semiconductors shall be handled and transported as ESD-sensitive.
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  • Page 11 Documentation of the latest revision is enclosed in the manual. Please contact us if you should need information on older revisions of modules for servicing purposes. NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page ix of xiv...
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  • Page 13: Table Of Contents

    Control of vegetation in BFA ..................15 4.1.2.2 Snow removal from BFA ....................16 Corrective maintenance ....................16 .................17 DJUSTMENTS PROCEDURE General ..........................17 5.1.1 Objective ..........................17 NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page xi of xiv...
  • Page 14 Check of correct near field monitor antenna position ..........25 1: C ...........1 PPENDIX ALCULATION OF ANTENNA PARAMETERS 2: A ................2 PPENDIX TTACHED DRAWINGS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page xii of xiv © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...
  • Page 15 Side Bands Only Difference in Depth of Sum of Depth of Modulation Modulation Displacement Sensitivity Side Slope Forward Slope Transmitter Glide Path Angle NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page xiii of xiv...
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  • Page 17: General Information

    The antenna element is fastened to the mast assembly with brackets at the back of the reflector. HBK 1219 Figure 1-1 Kathrein glide path antenna element 713 316 B NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 1 of 28...

  • Page 18: Antenna Mast

    A ladder arrangement in the mast provides access to the antenna elements and the obstruction light. The mast assembly and adjustment frame are illustrated in drawing no. 16642A3. NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 2 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 19: Frangible Mast

    HBK 1221 NM3545 M-Array Glide Path Vertical radiation pattern Clearance Vertical angle (degrees) Figure 1-3 CSB, SBO and Clearance field distribution NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 3 of 28...

  • Page 20: Antenna System Signal Distribution

    (A3) Middle Antenna -6.0 0.0 (Ref) (A2) Lower Antenna 0.0 (Ref) -6.0 (A1) Table 1-1 NORMARC 3545 Antenna System Signal Distribution NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 4 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 21: Technical Specifications

    Adjustable Amplitude resolution ≤±0.1 dB Adjustable Phase resolution ≤±1° Panel connectors N (female) Dimensions 600mmX600mmX210mm plus brackets Weight, approximately 35 kg NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 5 of 28...

  • Page 22: Monitoring Combining Unit Moa 338D

    1.6.4 Monitoring Combining Unit MOA 338D Input and output return loss (50Ω) ≥20 dB Panel connectors N (female) Dimensions 600mmX600mmX210mm plus brackets Weight, approximately 25 kg NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 6 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 23: Technical Description

    The Kathrein antenna element is described in attached document no. HBK 1160. The fixture for the Kathrein antenna element is shown in drawing no. 16792A3. NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 7 of 28...

  • Page 24: Antenna Distribution Unit - Dia 346B (Adu)

    An input signal at port 2 is divided equally to ports 1 and 3 but not to port 4. Similar, a signal input at port 3 is divided equally to ports 4 and 2 but not to port 1. Typical performance: NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 8 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 25: Adjustable Power Dividers

    These two signals are therefore in quadratic relationship and of constant phase regardless of θ. Figure 2-2 3dB Hybrid (180°-type) Figure 2-3 Adjustable power divider NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 9 of 28...

  • Page 26: Adjustable Phase Shifter

    • Displacement sensitivity (Sector width) • Clearance NOTE: Park Air Systems recommends monitoring the lower section width (75µA fly-up), but some systems are designed for monitoring at 150µA. The values for these systems are given in brackets. 2.4.1 Mechanical description The monitor network is housed in a steel cabinet designed for wall mounting;...

  • Page 27: Near Field Monitoring

    NF antenna should be approximately 4.3 metres. The exact position of the monitor antenna can be determined only when the complete M-array system has been adjusted. NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 11 of 28...
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  • Page 29: Operation

    AT2 is required in order to retain standard DS DDM output [8.75% (17.5%) DDM 150 Hz predominance] There are no adjustments at other times (routine flight checks). NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 13 of 28...
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  • Page 31: Maintenance

    8° Typical 320m - 365m Beam Forming Area (BFA) HBK 1226 Typical 290m - 310m Figure 4-1 M-array glide path BFA NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 15 of 28...

  • Page 32: Snow Removal From Bfa

    If parts of the antenna system have been replaced or repaired, relevant parts of the adjustment procedure must be repeated. NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 16 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 33: Adjustments Procedure

    The glide path cabinet shall be aligned (calibrated) and producing CSB, SBO course and CSB clearance signals into dummy loads. RF signals from the cabinet may be used for the antenna system alignments. NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 17 of 28...

  • Page 34: Alignments Procedure

    Typical offsets are upper (A3) –35 cm, middle (A2) reference, lower (A1) +23 cm for 120 metres distance to centre line. Tolerance: ±3 cm in 3D space. NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 18 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 35: Electrical Alignments - Cable Phasing

    2. Insert the 90° phasing stub in the SBO signal path 3. Connect the portable ILS receiver (PIR) to the monitor return cable lower antenna (M1) NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 19 of 28...

  • Page 36: Preliminary Sbo Power Adjustment

    Antenna From cabinet CSB/COU A(n) BNC test-connector 10-20dB Directional Coupler M(n) HBK 1231 Figure 5-4 Phase and amplitude transfer measurement set-up NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 20 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 37: Antenna Return Loss

    6. Insert a 10 or 20 dB attenuator at the input port of the directional coupler 7. Connect a test cable from the CSB/COU BNC connector on the cabinet to the 10-dB or 20-dB attenuator NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 21 of 28...

  • Page 38: Procedure (Measurement And Verification Only)

    Normalize the vector voltmeter B-probe RF level. Move the B-probe to the L output. If necessary adjust phase shifter D3 to obtain 0.0 dB difference referenced to U output NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 22 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 39: Monitoring Combining Unit Adjustments

    Make sure that correct attenuators are installed for the actual site. Example on how to select attenuators: Glideslope Θ = 3.2 degrees: ° FSL = -0.55 degrees. NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 23 of 28...

  • Page 40: Adjustments Procedure

    The procedure for calculating initial position of the near field monitor antenna, is described in document no. 22563-1, “ILS Glide Path Systems – Calculation of Antenna Parameters”. NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 24 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 41: Near Field Monitor Antenna Position Tolerance

    0.4% DDM (4µA). A typical value is 0.2% DDM (2µA) for a well adjusted system 10. Restore the facility to normal NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 25 of 28...

  • Page 42: Figure 5-6 Near Field Monitor Carrier Phase Test Set-Up

    12. Make a note of the DDM reading on the PIR as DDM LOWER 13. Calculate the phase error and check if it is within tolerance (see Section 5.2.6.2) using the following formula: NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual NORMARC 7000 ILS 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 Page 26 of 28 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...
  • Page 43 The DDM reading should not change more then 0.4% DDM (4µA). A typical value is 0.2% DDM (2µA) for a well adjusted system 25. Restore the facility to normal NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS Page 27 of 28...
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  • Page 45: Appendix 1: Calculation Of Antenna Parameters

    This appendix contains a document that provides guidelines for the following calculations: • Initial antenna heights • Antenna lateral offsets • Antenna forward shift Position of near field monitor for image glide path systems NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...
  • Page 46 YSTEMS ALCULATION OF NTENNA ARAMETERS Authority Name Signature Date PAS Author Alf W. Bakken AWB (sign.) 25-jan-02 PAS Approved by Thor Breien TBR (sign.) 25-jan-02 NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS...

  • Page 47: Glide Path

    Copyright 2004 Park Air Systems AS The information contained herein is the property of Park Air Systems and may not be copied, used or disclosed in whole or in part except with the prior written permission of Park Air Systems, or if it has been furnished under a contract as expressly authorised under that contract.
  • Page 48 NM 3545 (M-Array) ILS Glide Path system ..............10 3.4.1 Antenna heights and Near Field Monitor ..............10 3.4.2 Lateral antenna offset between antennas..............10 NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page ii of ii...

  • Page 49: Beam Forming Area

    The SSL is positive for an upslope and negative for a downslope from the ILS Glide Path antenna mast towards the runway centreline. See Figure 5. NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 1 of 10...

  • Page 50: Calculation Of Terrain Slopes

    (linear regression) can be used with points sampled along a line in front of the ILS Glide Path antenna mast. NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 2 of 10...

  • Page 51: Calculation Of Ssl

    SSL may have to be changed to coincide with the definition. ILS Glide Path antenna Figure 3 Area for SSL calculation NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 3 of 10...
  • Page 52 300m – 450m For NM 3544 (Sideband Reference) antenna system: 300m – 400m For NM 3545 (M-Array) antenna system: 300m – 350m NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 4 of 10...

  • Page 53: Forward Slope

    Figure 4 Forward slope (FSL) and antenna forward shift This figure refers to paragraphs 3.2.2, 3.3.2 and 34.2. Figure 5 Side slope (SSL) and antenna lateral offset NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 5 of 10...

  • Page 54: Vertical Antenna Element Spacing

      ⋅ ⋅ θ −   where θ vertical angle with respect to horizontal largest feed amplitude largest feed amplitude NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 6 of 10...

  • Page 55: Ratio Between Largest Csb And Sbo Feed Amplitudes

    — 0.5 A 180º 0º antenna Middle 0.5·A 180º 0º — — antenna Lower 0º 0.5·A 180º 0º antenna = 0.2·A NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 7 of 10...

  • Page 56: Near Field Monitor Position

    Lateral antenna offset between upper and lower antenna Figure 7 Lateral antenna offset (NM3543) ⋅ − ⋅ Lateral offset ⋅ Sideslope (SSL) is shown in Figure 5. NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 8 of 10...

  • Page 57: Nm 3544 (Sideband Reference) Ils Glide Path System

    Lateral antenna offset between upper and lower antenna Figure 9 Lateral antenna offset (NM3544) − ⋅ Lateral offset Sideslope (SSL) is shown in Figure 5. NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 9 of 10...

  • Page 58: Nm 3545 (M-Array) Ils Glide Path System

    ⋅ ⋅ − ⋅ Lateral offset lower to middle ⋅ Sideslope (SSL) is shown in Figure 5. NORMARC 7000 ILS Calculation of Antenna Parameters 22563-1/Rev. 1/25-jan-02 © 2004 Park Air Systems AS Page 10 of 10...

  • Page 59: Appendix 2: Attached Drawings

    16375A3 GP Installation Diagram M-array 16612A3 GP Antenna Mast Section Assembly 16642A3 Antenna Mast 15 m 16643A3 Vertical Adjustment Frame 16792A3 Adapter for Kathrein Antenna NORMARC 7000 ILS NORMARC 3545 Instruction Manual 21456/Rev. 4.2/26-Jan-04 © 2005 Park Air Systems AS...
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