A metal hanger should be considered every 30 or 50m to ensure the cable remains attached to the wall under fire conditions. No additional tools are necessary. Connectors are required at feed, amplifier or splice locations. Each of the Andrew connectors and splices come with detailed instructions to simplify installation. With all the components installed, the next step is to set up and test the system to ensure operation.
Setup includes tuning the amplifier RF gains and carrier RF power levels.
The downlink power per carrier at the output of the base station feed must be high enough to overcome feeder cable and splitter losses. The maximum downlink output power for the A.C.E. and Low-IM is provided in the graph below. Downlink gain should be set to ensure that these output powers are not exceeded. For example, with 18 carriers, the maximum output power per carrier for the A.C.E. feeder would be 8.5 dBm and 15 dBm for the Low-IM unit. Setting output levels is accomplished by using a spectrum analyzer as shown in the illustration below.