Specifications include, but are not limited to: The following are specifications for an AVL Technologies 1278k mobile vSat, or equivalent, which must include all of the specifications listed below: 1. 1.2 meter auto-deploy two-way broadband satellite communication system 2. 1.2 meter precision composite mobile Vehicle Mounted Satellite (VSAT) antenna 3. Auto-Acquisition Controller (AAQ) antenna controller with “one button” auto-acquisition used to validate initialization status 4. vBUC (block up converter – transmitter) converter to the antenna feed support 5. iDirect X7 satellite router 6. Compatible Universal BUC mounting kit to mount the vBUC iDirect X7 satellite router 7. Six (6) Watt universal Ku band vBUC (transmit a sufficient amount of power needed for large data transfers) 8. Ku band LNB (Low noise block down converter – receiver) 9. Capable of using 120 AC voltage, AC voltage and 12 DC 10. An input receiving frequency of 10.95 GHz – 12.75 GHz 11. An output transmit frequency of 13.75 GHz –14.5 GHz Specs of preferred satellite: Length of sixty-eight and a half (68.5) inches, width of fortyeight (48) inches and height of seventeen (17) inches. The weight is approximately one hundred fifty-five to one hundred eighty-five (155 to 185) pounds 12. Must withstand forty-five (45) mph winds when operational 13. Must withstand sixty-five (65) mph winds when deployed 14. Must withstand eighty (80) mph winds when stowed 15. Position loss due to wind: at twenty (20) mph .4 dB, between thirty (30) and forty-five (45) mph .8 dB 16. Must maintain performance when operational between negative twenty-two (-22) degrees and one hundred and twenty-five (125) degrees Fahrenheit 17. Must withstand temperatures between negative forty (-40) degrees F and one hundred forty (140) degrees F when not in use .
