Connection Of Vhf Antenna; Radio Battery (24 Vdc); How To Attach The M-Type Plug To The Coaxial Cable - Furuno FM-8500 Installation Manual

Connection of VHF Antenna

Radio battery (24 VDC)

Attach the connector supplied to the power cable and plug it into the
24VDC connector at the rear of the transceiver unit. Connect the wire
ends to the radio battery line.
The VHF antenna is connected to the transceiver unit with a 50 ohm
coaxial cable, type 5D-2V. Be sure to leave some slack in the cable
for future service and maintenance.
Lay the coaxial cable and attach an M-type plug to the cable (if nec-
essary) as follows.
1. Remove the sheath by 20 mm.
2. Bare 13 mm of the center conductor. Trim braided shield by 5
mm and tin.
3. Slide coupling ring onto cable.
4. Screw the plug assembly on the cable.
5. Solder plug assembly to braided shield through solder holes. Sol-
der contact sleeve to conductor.
6. Screw coupling ring into plug assembly.
Screw the plug into the ANT connector at the rear of the transceiver
unit.
Figure 6 How to attach the M-type plug to the coaxial cable
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