DVOR 432
Operation and Maintenance
Installation
2-13
Ed. 01.04
2.4.4
Preliminary Settings and mechanical Alignment of the Sideband
Antennas
See Figs. 2-18 to 2-20.
CAUTION
Care should be taken when removing the covers from the carrier and sideband antennas
to ensure that no rain can penetrate into the lower section of the antenna or come into
contact with the antenna elements.
Remove the cover from the carrier antenna (middle antenna), secured by with of 8 self-tapping, stainĆ
less steel round-head screws 3 x 32 m m . Take the rectangular tube and pin fromthe installation acĆ
cessories for the DVOR system(Code No. 83095 90087), and install themat the center of the carrier
antenna. The pin can be used to take bearings when aligning the 50 sideband antennas.
Remove the cover from one of the sideband antennas (e.g. antenna 1). Preset the two calibration caĆ
pacitors (Fig. 2-18) of each antenna, each with 2 plates adjustable by means of a threaded shaft and
fastened by means of a lock nut. The plates should be roughly symmetrical between the antenna eleĆ
ments and spaced as shown in Fig. 2-19 (for 113 MHz, e.g. 6.7 mm). This spacing is easy to set if
a suitable twist drill shaft is used as a gauge. The lock nuts should be tightened following the setting.
Loosen the 3 mounting bolts for the antenna lower section/vertical pipe, and move the lower section
of the antenna slightly to the left and right on the vertical pipe in accordance with the oblong holes
in the vertical pipe. Using the rectangular tube (Fig. 2-20), align the various sideband antennas from
the outside of the installation ring via the pointer sights (press-fitted at the top of the antenna lower
section) to the pin (bearing marker), which is mounted on the center of the middle antenna. The 3
screws (for securing the antenna lower section to the vertical pipe) should be tightened following the
setting. Bearings should be taken with respect to the middle antenna several times if necessary, and
the adjustment repeated. When the lower section of the antenna has been secured to the vertical pipe
the cover should be installed. The 8 self-tapping screws for securing the cover should only be
screwed in roughly half way, since further calibrations are likely to be necessary during commissionĆ
ing.
Following these operations, or in the event that they are not necessary, secure the cover by means
of the 8 screws. If damage is determined in the coated polystyrene body of the lower section of the
antenna, it should be repaired immediately using the repair kit (Code No. 83095 90086).
C
A
Spacing a
Antenna element
Adjustable
Lock nuts
Suitable twist drill shaft
(e.g. 6.7 mm for 113 MHz)
C
A
Antenna dome
capacitor
ÍÍ
ÍÍ
Fig. 2-18
Calibration capacitors on the antenna elements
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