Campbell Scientific TurfWeather Weather Station - Manual (Page 36)

TurfWeather Weather Station
Tools required:
• 1/2-inch wrench
• 3/8-inch wrench
• #2 Phillips screwdriver
Customer supplied materials required:
• Antenna mounting pole – 1 1/4 to 2 inch O.D. metal pipe, or tripod
assembly
• Pole/tripod mounting hardware
• Spade or ring lug connector (00 gage)
Antenna kit components required:
• High gain Yagi-directional antenna (900 MHz, pn 14205 or 2.4 GHz, pn
22072)
• Antenna mounting bracket
• COAXNTN-L50 or COAXNTN-L100 low loss antenna cable
• Polyphaser impulse suppressor module (900 MHz, IS-50NX-C2 pn 14462;
or 2.4 GHz, LCU2.4 pn 16982)
• COAXRPSMA Polyphaser-to-RF401 cable (included with pn 14462 and
pn 16982)
• Weather station grounding kit
pn 16775 Weather station grounding kit components:
• Copper clad grounding rod
• Heavy gage (00) ground cable
• Ground rod-to-cable clamp – brass
• Mast ground clamp (discard – not required for antenna installation)
• Weather station ground wire – green (discard – not required for antenna
installation)
The pn 16775 grounding kit contains basic components used for
grounding either a tripod, or a buss bar. This kit may need to be
supplemented by the user to meet the requirements of any specific
site.
1. Location Preparation:
a. Determine the best location for the antenna, assuming that the
distance from the antenna to the radio base station is equal to, or less
than, the length of the COAXNTN-L antenna cable.
b. Assure that the ground rod is installed into the soil as close to the
location of the Polyphaser as is possible.
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