4.6m Multi-Band FlyAway Antenna
AvL's 4.6m multi-band high-gain motorized flyaway antenna is a custom design. This antenna was designed at the request of a key customer and several versions were developed to for specific applications. The antenna's multi-band operation capabilities are custom, as is the pack-up, which was designed to be air freightable by a commercial carrier. The antenna can be assembled by four people in less than three hours with standard operation in C-band and optional operation in Ku-, Ka-, X-, S- or S/L-band, or C-band troposcatter. The antenna is motorized with auto-acquisition and can operate in 30 mph (48 kph) winds with gusts to 65 mph (105 kph). The standard configuration antenna packs into 24 air-freightable cases excluding feeds.
Key features:
- Packs into 24 cases (excluding feeds)
- Cases are 2-man lift and stack onto 4 pallets for air freight
- Can be assembled by a 4-person team in less than 3 hours
- 4.6m axi-symmetric ADE 17-piece carbon fiber reflector
- Standard feed: either 4-Port standard C-band (CP or LP) or C-band INSAT band
- AvL AAQ Auto-Acquire Antenna Control System with one-buton auto-acquire
- Zero Backlash AvL Cable Drive positioner for azimuth
- Machine screw for elevation
- Compact rugged polarization gear drive; polarization managed with rotation of feed
- Rotary joint on pol axis
Options include:
- Flex waveguide from pol axis to BUC
- Interchangeable Rx/Tx Feeds
- Ethernet remote interface
- Inclined orbit step tracking
- TLE tracking
- 2-port Ku-band mode-match feed (enhanced off-axis cross-pol)
- 4-port Ku-band precision or mode-match feed
- 2- or 4-port Ka-band feed (CP or LP)
- 2-, 3- or 4-port C-band standard feed (CP or LP)
- 2-port extended C-band feed (LP)
- 2-port C-band troposcatter feed
- 2-port X-band feed
- 3-port S-band feed
- 2-port S/L-band feed
- Ku-band H/V switch
- BUC/HPA mounting (elevation range may be restricted by these options)
- Custom RF/IF I/O cabling configurations
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