Installing An Antenna - Icom i2730A Instruction Manual

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INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

■ Installing an antenna

• Antenna location
To obtain maximum performance from the transceiver, select
a high-quality antenna and mount it in a good location.
Connect the antenna to the antenna connector on the rear
➥
panel of the main unit.
Antenna connector
NOTE:
• Make the coaxial cable as short as possible.
• Be sure to seal the antenna connection.
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D About Coaxial cable
For radio communications, the antenna is of critically impor-
tance, along with output power and receiver sensitivity.
Select a well-matched 50 ˘ antenna and coaxial cable feed-
line. We recommend 1.5:1 or better Voltage Standing Wave
Ratio (VSWR) on your operating bands.
D About the internal duplexer
The transceiver has an internal duplexer, and you can easily
connect a dual band antenna.
If you separately connect the VHF and UHF antennas, use a
separate duplexer.
When you connect the VHF and UHF antennas separately:
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Duplexer