You dont need to attach the antenna. This does not hurt. Even at full power. Just do the complete settings in lab.
You should have the FCC paper to see the parameters. At least you need to know what side is the Low/High Frequency. TX power and ATPC may be regulated. Do an exact calculation of elevation and azimuth and use a compass/electronic spirit to have a good starting point for installation. A 4 footer has a very narrow beam. You never know which side is off until you get a signal. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy via Af Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 4:42 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] SAF CFIP Lumina 11ghz setup We havent used SAF or done licensed before Im getting ready to bench configure this link, are there any caveats to it? As I understand it from the manual, these ship with transmit turned off, so powering them up wont hurt anything, I just set them side by side with the flanges facing upward and turn the power on to the minimum tx power, this wont hurt them to be transmitting with no antenna load attached? If I leave them on for an extended timeframe will it harm them in this fashion? Im assuming the license gives use permission to install these at maximum radio power? we dont have anything in hand from FCC so I dont know, all I know is we have approval on the link. Any gotchas to setting these up or installing them, beyond figuring out how to get a 4 foot antenna to the top of the grain elevator without denting it -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
