Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 501 Novatel
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WARRANTY POLICY NovAtel Communications Ltd. warrants that its Global Positioning System (GPS) products are free from defects in materials and workmanship, subject to the conditions set forth below, fo.
GPSAntenna™ Model 501 Introduction The NovAtel GPSAntenna Model 501 is designed to provide superior performance over a wide range of GPS applications.
Figure 4 Antenna/Tripod Mounting Non-Standard Platf orm Mounting In some cases it will be necessary to custom fabricate your own mounting platform. The base of the GPSAntenna has provisions for four mounting screws (#6-32 UNC) for mounting onto a flat surface platform and six screws for mounting onto a ground plane.
LNA Assembl y The LNA board inside the antenna assembly filters the received signals from the antenna, thereby rejecting any chance of interference degrading the GPS signals. A Low Noise Amplifier section providing a gain of 23 dB and a noise figure of 3.
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