User's Manual

10 Ultra Wideband Perimeter Surveillance Pole / User’s Manual
2. Pole Overview
An assembled pole is approximately 6 inches in diameter and 10.5 feet tall (Figure 8). It is
mounted on an end user provided concrete footing. The footing has four threaded studs that
protrude above its top surface. The pole’s base plate has four holes. The pole is erected by
aligning the four holes in the base plate with the threaded studs and securing the base plate
using nuts. The nuts can be adjusted to level the pole. The approach is the same as that used
to install and level light poles. Ethernet and power cables are routed through the center of the
footing into the pole. As shown in Figure 8 there are three visible components:
 Anti-bird cap
 Radome (weather covering)
 Base Plate Cover
Anti-bird cap
Weather
covering
Base plate
cover
Footing
Figure 8: Exterior view of pole
As the name implies the Anti-bird cap prevents birds from roosting on the pole top. The
interior of the Anti-bird cap features a short (~ 4”) pendulum suspended from its peak. This
pendulum dampens pole vibration induced by severe wind gusts.
The weather covering is a PVC tube that protects the pole internals from the elements. Since
the pole internals include three UWB radars the weather covering serves as a radome.