Invoking Antenna

Antenna is an operator privileged program for experienced maintenance personnel. IRIS observers and others are not permitted to run this utility.

Caution Use caution before running the antenna. Make sure the area surrounding the radar antenna is clear of personnel, who may be injured by the antenna motion or exposed to radiation.

Caution To avoid damage to the antenna, use Setup to configure the antenna limits and signal processor pulse widths.

Do not run the Antenna utility while IRIS is running because of the possibility of interference with IRIS commands to the RCP.

During IRIS operation, most of the monitoring information available in the Antenna utility is shown in the IRIS Radar Status menu.