ITS6000 Antenna System

Standard on Versions 6010 & 6020

The ITS6000 Highway Advisory Radio Antenna System features the standard antenna, which produces a signal intensity of 2.0 mV/m at 1.5 km, the FCC maximum field level. The signal is typically signable at 3 to 5 miles. The antenna may be mounted atop a square or round pole of wood, metal or fiberglass. This HAR antenna system is packaged with a factory-wired groundplane, pole mounts and insulators, a cabinet-protected lightning arrestor system and ground bus for lightning dissipation and groundplane connection. Components include . . .

Antenna Mount and Insulators
A galvanized-steel mount allows the antenna to be attached to any type of pole, minimum 6" diameter or 6" square. Includes split-plastic insulator mounts and stainless-steel hardware.

Lightning Arrestor, Enclosure and Ground Bus
Provided in a NEMA-4 cabinet, the lightning arrestor is bonded to an aluminum panel, which serves as support for lightning grounding and groundplane connection clamps.

Groundplane
A groundplane is the copper wire part of the antenna system buried beneath the antenna support. The PowerPlane® Groundplane is placed in a 6"-to-12" excavation that extends outward 10 to 20 feet (depending on frequency) in all directions from the pad or pole base; it is covered with backfill. The groundplane consists of a central ring of #4 bare copper stranded wire with 62 radials that extend outward in a circular pattern.

Specifications

Antenna

	Type: whip (vertically polarized, center loaded, base fed).
	Power rating: 25 watts.
	Length: 15 to 25 feet (specifications vary with frequency of antenna).
	Weight: 8 to 12 pounds (specifications vary with frequency of antenna).
	Wind rating: antennas 1230 kHz and above 100 mph, 80 miles per hour with ¼ radial ice; antennas 1220 kHz and below 80 miles per hour, 50 miles per hour with ¼ radial ice.
	Assembly: 4 sections - base, coil, midtip and tip.
	Position of loading coil: center section.
	Joints: sleeves with locking. screws, sliding tip with locking nut.
	Temperature: -40 degrees C to 85 degrees C.
	Base pipes: aluminum construction, black finish color to discourage ice buildup; UV-resistant finish; architectural-anodization process #801; 1.5-inch diameter.
	Coil: wound with copper enameled wire in white vinyl shrink tubing, 2-inch diameter.
	Adjustable tip: stainless steel with locking nut, adjustable for SWR optimization, 0.5-inch diameter.

Lightning Arrestor System

	Capacity: 18,000 amps surge.
	Clamping speed: less than 4 nS.
	Connectors: UHF (2).
	Ground connection: aluminum flange.

Groundplane

	Quantity: single PowerPlane Groundplane System, patented.
	Radials in system: 60 to 120 (specifications vary with frequency of antenna).
	Radial length: 10 to 20 feet each (specifications vary with frequency of antenna).
	Radial size: #12 bare solid copper wire.
	Bonding method: silver solder brazing with double weather resistant coating.
	Bonding ring size: #4 bare stranded copper wire.
	Lead: #4 bare stranded copper wire, 10 feet.

System Details

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Computer audio control software package - webpage.
Phone-based audio control - webpage.
Power loss notification module - webpage.
Sample network layout diagram - webpage.
Sign flash controller, pager style - webpage.
Sign flash controller, two-way style - webpage.
Transmitter - webpage.
Transmitter synchronization in real time for multi-station groupings to expand coverage - webpage.

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This page was last updated on May 05, 2008.