6.2.2.

3 Status Paired Carrier™

The Paired Carrier™ section of the Status screen is displayed and continually updated
with the following information while Paired Carrier™ is enabled:

• Paired Carrier™ status. This is shown as Locked when Paired Carrier™ has
locked to one of the two overlapping carriers and is shown as Unlocked when
Paired Carrier™ is attempting to acquire the carrier (refer to Section 6.2.3 for
potential causes).

• Paired Carrier™ frequency offset. This is the measured offset between the
expected centre frequency for the wanted carrier and the actual centre frequency.
An unexpectedly large offset may indicate a false lock, where Paired Carrier™ is
locked to something other than the wanted carrier.

• Paired Carrier™ satellite delay. This is the measured round-trip delay to the
satellite. Once this value has been established then the carrier acquisition time can
be optimised by setting the Paired Carrier™ minimum and maximum satellite
delays accordingly. It is recommended that these are set to the measured delay -
/+0.5ms respectively (via the Edit->Paired Carrier menu).

• Paired Carrier™ near/far power ratio. This indicates the power spectral density
ratio of the two overlapped carriers. It may be useful during deployment and
whenever degraded performance is being experienced to check that the power ratio
is as expected in relation to the level of power asymmetry. The power ratio should
be in the range -10dB to 10dB for normal operation.