10.1Gatewaygroundconnection
Thegatewaymusthaveagroundconnectiontothetothevessel’sRFground
point,wherenoRFgroundisavailableconnecttothevessel’snegative(–)
batterysupply.
Thetopfixingholeinthegatewayisusedforthegroundconnectionpoint.
Thereare3optionsforthegroundconnection.
1.Ifthegatewayisbeingmountedonametalsurfacewhichisalready
groundedthenthefixingscrewwillactasthegroundconnection.
2.Ifthegatewayisbeingmountedonanon-groundedsurfacethenthe
suppliedringcrimpterminalandasuitablecable(notsupplied)should
beusedtocreateagroundcableandshouldbeconnectedtothetop
fixingholeusingthefixingscrew.
3.Ifthegatewayisnotbeingmountedonasurfacethenthesuppliedring
crimpterminalandasuitablecable(notsupplied)shouldbeusedto
createagroundcableandshouldbeconnectedtothetopfixinghole
usinganM4x10MachinescrewandM4nut(notsupplied).
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