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ANTENNA LEAD-IN WIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Cables
  • Electrical Power Supply
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
DEF

A single wire used to connect a single-terminal outdoor antenna to a receiver or transmitter.

CONT

[Specific sections of] the National Electrical Code [and] the Canadian Electrical Code provide information with respect to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the antenna lead-in wire to an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection to grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode.

OBS

antenna lead-in; lead-in: designations officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee (CUTEL).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles électriques
  • Alimentation (Distribution électrique)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Installations de télécommunications
CONT

[Certaines parties du] Code électrique national et [du] Code électrique canadien [...] fournissent les renseignements voulus quant à la mise à la terre correcte du mât et de la structure de support, à la mise à la terre du câble de descente d'antenne vers un bloc de décharge, au calibre des conducteurs de mise à la terre, à l'emplacement du bloc de décharge, ainsi qu'au type et au branchement des électrodes de mise à la terre.

OBS

descente d'antenne : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation des termes de l'électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

OBS

descente d'antenne : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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