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Interferencefromotherradiatingsources
Interferencecanbecausedbycloseproximitytootherradiatingsources.Installing
GNSSantennasincloseproximitytosatellitecommunicationsystemsoperatinginor
nearbyGPS/GLONASSfrequencybands(1.2to1.6GHz)shouldbeavoided(i.e.SatC,
Iridium).Ideallytheantennashouldbesituatedataminimumof3metresfromother
radiatingsources.Asthisisnotalwayspracticallypossible,acompromiselocation
mustbesought.
RecommendeddistancetoSatCis2to3metreshorizontallyand0.5to1metrevertically.
Figure10RecommendeddistancetoSatC
Duringinstallation,comprehensivetestsshouldbecarriedoutforpotentialinterference
byconductingtransmissionsfromeachRFsourceforextendedperiods,individually
andsimultaneously.
4.2.2IALAbeaconantenna
TheIALAbeaconantennashouldbeprotectedfromdirectilluminationofradarbeams
andothertransmittingantennassuchasInmarsatantennas.
•Donotmounttheantennaneartransmittingantennas,radararraysorsatellite
communicationequipment.
•Donotmounttheantennanearareasthatexperiencehighvibrations,excessiveheat
andelectricalinterference.
4.2.3ProcessingUnit
WheninstallingtheProcessingUnit,notethefollowing:
•TheProcessingUnitcanbemountedonthebridgeorintheinstrumentroom.
•Theunitisdesignedforindoorinstallationandshouldnotbeexposedtoheavy
vibrations,transformersorsimilar.
•Theunitshouldberesilientlymountedina19-inchracktobeinaccordancewiththe
environmentalstandardIEC60945/EN60945.
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