Belco
AIR AT DG, AT No. 12(01)01/2015-D(P)/614 Cell/AT-372 dated 12/09/2016 for supply of
6 Bay Circularly Polarized Side Mount (Pole Type) VHF FM Antennas-65 Nos. AIR
Technical Specification No. 6-Bay VHF FM Antenna/6/July/2014/-D(TD/FM)
TECHNICAL MANUAL
{for Installation, Testing , Commissioning, Operation & Mainte-
nance, including theory of operation, and fault diagnosis}
of 6 Bay Circularly Polarized Side Mount (Pole Type) VHF FM Antenna
Order Placed on M/s BELCO S.r.l.
Via Lodi, 86
21042, Caronno Pertusella (Varese)
Italy
OEM M/s BELCO S.r.l.
Via Lodi, 86
21042, Caronno Pertusella (Varese)
Italy
India Contact: M/s Mark Integration & Technology
Solutions LLP, 205, Vardhman Sunrize
Plaza, 1-Local Shopping Centre,
Vasundhra Enclave, New Delhi-96
Country of Origin: Italy
Make: BELCO
Model No: BSA1206BC4A9000
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BSA1206BC4A9000
FM Heavy Duty 6 Bays CP Dipole
Antenna System
Table of Contents
Sr. Page
Items
No. No.
1 Antenna System Mounting & Safety General Recommendations 4
2 Antenna System Technical Description And Overview 5
3 Dipoles Position and Branching cables Run 6
4 Dipoles Arrangement and Fixing 7
5 Power Divider Fixing 8
6 Branching Cables Fixing 9
7 Packaging & Mounting Kits 10
Recommended Distance between Radiating Dipoles and Tower
8 11
Face
9 Fine Matcher Section Tuning Procedure 12
10 Operation & Maintenance theory of operation and fault diagnostics 13
11 Antenna System Specifications 14
12 6 Bays Antenna System Radiation Patterns 15
13 FM Heavy Duty CP Dipole Specifications 16
15 FM Heavy Duty CP Dipole Radiation Patterns 17
16 FM 6 Ways Heavy Duty Power Splitter Specifications 18
17 Branching Cable Data Sheet 19
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Antenna System
Mounting & Safety
General Recommendations
The installation has to be made strictly following the below points:
Riggers to wear personal protections (safety Belt, Helmet, Gloves and Safety
Glasses)
Keep bottom area of the installation clean and free and put isolating barricades
& caution boards to warn people crossing the area near the installation.
Proceed with the installation from the Top to the Bottom
All Dipoles to be installed on the same side of the pipe
Use Grease on the Brackets Threads
Strictly follow the label of the cables (#1 at top , #6 at bottom)
A small quantity of silicone grease should be put on the connector’s gaskets
Take care not to exceed the minimum bending radius of the branching cables
10” / 250 mm for single bend
Do not over-tighten the mounting bracket clamps to avoid deformation of the
dipole, power divider or branching cables resulting into high Reflections/
VSWR.
The whole system has to be pressurized at a 40 ÷ 80 m bar pressure.
Never stay within the section of the tower where the dipoles have been instal-
led when the RF is set at full power. The Power Splitter optimization must be
made at the lowest possible Power level.
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ANTENNA SYSTEM
Technical Description
And Overview
The supplied antenna system is composed by 6 Bays of Cir- Branching
cular Polarized Dipoles fed by a main 6 ways Power Splitter
through 6 nos. of air dielectric 7/8" branching cables
Cable
terminated with 7/8" EIA connectors at each end.
The System is completely pressurizable (including the di-
poles) and a built—in Fine Matching section is provided in the
Main Power Splitter to allow on—site VSWR optimization. CP FM Dipole
The Dipoles and the Main Power Splitter are both supplied
with mounting brackets to fit the already installed 100 mm
side mounted pipe.
The outer structure of the Dipoles is made of Stainless
Steel, the Power Splitter Body is made of painted Marine
Brass. While the internal lines of the Dipoles are made of
Silver plated Aluminum, the internal lines of Power Splitter
are made of Marine Brass.
All contact are silver plated and the spring contacts (i.e. bul-
lets) are all in Beryllium Copper or Phosphor Bronze. All in-
sulators are in virgin PTFE and the gasket are made of sili- Main 6 Ways
con rubber.
Power Splitter
The supplied branching Cables are Factory—Phased to allow
the requested Down Tilt (1 deg) as well as the null filling
(10%).
Power Splitter
The System is designed for a continuous average power
Integrated
rating of 40 kW input Power and it is virtually maintenance
free. Fine Tuning
Section
The whole system is adequately protected for heavy rain
and tropical humidity climate and against dust as well as
desert conditions and extreme temperature variations (as per
clause 2.2.8 of Tender specifications)
All components have been individually Factory tested for VSWR,
High Voltage, Pressurization etc. before shipment.
100 mm pipe
(Already installed)
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Dipoles Position and Branching cables Run
DIPOLE 1
DIPOLE 2
DIPOLE 3
DIPOLE 4
DIPOLE 5
DIPOLE 6
All dimensions are in mm Note: the inter-bay distances are designed to
optimize the SWR and Diagram performance
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DIPOLES ARRANGEMENT AND FIXING
Max. gap 10 mm
FEEDING POINT
ALWAYS UPWARDS
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POWER DIVIDER FIXING
Power Splitter Mount detail
Triple Stub Built-in
Tuning Section
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BRANCHING CABLES FIXING
CABLE 1
1 Turn*
“Click” Branching Cable Fix
CABLE 2
2.5 Turns*
CABLE 3
3.5 Turns*
CABLE 4
3.5 Turns*
Stainless Steel Strip
use type 60-80 W2 for cables 3 & 4
use type 50-70 W2 for cables 2 & 5
CABLE 5 * Gently adapt the Bending Radius to
allow correct matching of the cable to
the Power Splitter Output
2.5 Turns*
Cables Length and Phase
Theoretical
CABLE 6 Cable Label Cable Size
Phase (°)
Length (mm)
1 7/8" air 0 (ref.) 7340
1 Turn* 2 7/8" air -4 7370
3 7/8" air 20 7195
4 7/8" air 16 7225
5 7/8" air -18 7465
6 7/8" air -22 7500
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Packaging & Mounting Kits
Branching Cables
CP Dipoles
Power Splitter
Mounting Hardware
BRANCHING CABLE FIXING HARDWARE
(cable “Click fix and Stainless Strips)
POWER SPLITTER
CP DIPOLES MOUNT MOUNT
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Antenna System Mounting
Recommended Distance between Radiating Dipoles and Tower Face
for Different Tower Side Dimension
For Tower face Min. Distance
< 24” / 0.6 m 12” / 0.3 m
24”÷60” / 0.6 ÷ 1.5m 24” / 0.6 m
> 60” / 1.5 m 36” / 0.9 m
2” IPS to 4” IPS [ 2 3/8” ÷ 4 1/2” (60 ÷ 100 mm) OD]
Metal mounting pipe to be provided by the Customer
NOTE: the above adviced distances are provided in order to optimize the
actual radiation pattern of the Antenna system according with the AIR Ten-
der Spec’s (para 2.1.12)
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Fine Matcher Section Tuning Procedure
Stub internal view
C
Tuning Range
A
5 ÷ 40 mm
1. Switch the RF transmitter ON at the lowest possible output Power
2. Remove the covers A
3. Release the Nuts B
4. Smoothly operate in turn with the three threaded Stubs C by screwing or
unscrewing them, pursuing the better value of the reflected Power (SWR)
5. Do not Exceed the indicated range (5 ÷ 40 mm)
6. Once reached a suitable value, tight the Nuts B
7. Reposition the Covers A taking care that the O-Rings D are correctly positioned
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Operation & Maintenance
theory of operation and fault diagnostics
Maintenance
The antenna system, due to the
heavy duty design and materials
quality, is almost maintenance
free.
The only point that could be kept
under oservation is the central
part of the external feeding line
This point should be kept free of
birds nest and dirt possibily
brought from the atmosphere.
Fault diagnostics
Normaly after a correct installation and commissioning the
system is supposed to run without problems, the fault dia-
gnostic is kept under control through the data which are avai-
lable from :
I. The Reflected RF level at the FM transmitter
II. The pressure level at the dehydrator
In case of one of the relevant alarms should turn on, the first
inspection should be made through all the RF junctions i.e.
1. Branching cables to Antenna inputs
2. Main Splitter outputs to Branching cables
3. Main Feeder run to Main Splitter
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FM Heavy Duty 6 Bays CP Dipole
Antenna System Specifications
Type BSA1206BC4A9000
Frequency Range 87.5÷108 MHz
Impedance 50
< 1.2 over 100÷108MHz
V.S.W.R. < 1.1 over operating channel
via built-in fine matcher on site optimisation
Gain 5.5 dBd
Null filling 10 %
Down Tilt 1 deg.
Polarization Circular
Input connector 3 1/8" EIA
Max power Up to 40 kW
Survival Wind velocity 200 km/h
Wind load at 180 km/h
Frontal 87 kg
Lateral 275 kg
Vertical Dimension “s” 13.3 m
Net Weight 260 kg
Operating Conditions -40 ÷ +50 °C , RH 95% Non-Condensing “s”
Gain dBd
VSWR Performance
Upon Fine Tuning, with the help of Fine Matcher
provided alongwith Power Divider, a value of the
VSWR less than 1.1 will be achievable.
Typical Tuned VSWR Performance
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6 Bays Antenna System
Radiation Patterns
Horizontal Radiation pattern Vertical Radiation pattern
Horizontal Component Horizontal Component
Horizontal Radiation pattern
Vertical Component Vertical Radiation pattern
Vertical Component
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BAN0241AH.01
FM Heavy Duty
CP Dipole
Type BAN0241AH.01
Frequency Range 87.5÷108 MHz
Impedance 50
V.S.W.R. < 1.2 over 100÷108 MHz
Gain > -1.5 dBd (see plot below)
Polarization Circular
Input Connector 7/8" EIA
Max Power Handling 7 kW
Survival wind velocity 200 km/h
Wind load at 180 km/h
Frontal 14.5 kg
Lateral 46 kg
Dimensions 1553 x 857 x 857 mm
Net weight 15 kg
External structures are made of stainless steel as well as nuts and screws.
All metallic parts are connected to the ground.
Each antenna is sealed and pressurizable.
Input connector material: marine brass (finishing: white bronze)
Internal lines material: aluminium (finishing: silver plating)
Gain dBd
MOUNTING SYSTEM
The antenna is supplied with pipe mount
Standard option for pole:
φ 90 ÷ 140 mm
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Radiation Patterns
Horizontal Radiation pattern Vertical Radiation pattern
Horizontal Component Horizontal Component
Horizontal Radiation pattern Vertical Radiation pattern
Vertical Component Vertical Component
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3186T
FM 6 Ways
Heavy Duty Power Splitter
With integrated fine matching section
87.5÷108 MHz
Type 3186T
Frequency 87.5÷108 MHz
Impedance 50
V.S.W.R. ≤ 1.06 dB (over 87.5÷108MHz )
Insertion losses ≤ 0.06 dB
Input connector 3 1/8” EIA
Max power 40 kW
Fine Tuning Triple Stub Built-in Section
Survival wind velocity 200 km/h
Dimensions 1690 x 320 x 210 mm
Net weight 25 kg
Body material: painted marine brass (finishing: white bronze)
Connectors material: marine brass (finishing: white bronze)
Internal lines material: brass (finishing: silver plating)
All metallic parts are connected to the ground.
Fully sealed and pressurisable.
MOUNTING SYSTEM
The Power Splitter is supplied with pipe
mount
Standard option for pole:
φ 90 ÷ 140 mm
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Branching Cable Data Sheet
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mail: [email protected]
phone: +39 02 963981
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