Radio Shack Six-Element Triple-Drive FM Antenna Owner's Manual

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Six-Element Triple-Drive FM Antenna
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before you begin installation, read this manual and the sepa-
rate Consumer Product Safety Commission information sheet.
For your safety and convenience, plan each step of the installa-
tion and purchase the necessary hardware in advance. The
hardware required and the order in which you perform the steps
depend on the mounting and connection method you choose.
Warning: When you install your antenna, use extreme caution.
If the antenna starts to fall, let it go! It could contact overhead
power lines. If the antenna touches the power line, contact with
the antenna, mast, cable, or guy wires can cause electrocution
and death. Call the power company to remove the antenna. Do
not attempt to remove it yourself.
ASSEMBLING THE ANTENNA
Assemble the entire antenna on the ground.
1. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the supplied
mast clamp assembly to the boom, as shown.
Note: To access the mast clamp holes, move the antenna's
elements out of the way as needed.
U-Bolt
Boom
Backup Plate
2. Press the supplied large end plugs into the boom.
CONNECTING LEAD-IN CABLE
TO THE ANTENNA
We recommend RG-6 cable and, if you prepare your own ca-
ble, a quality F-connector. You can also use 300-ohm flat, twin-
lead cable. (RadioShack carries a variety of suitable cables and
connectors.)
Note: If you prepare your own coaxial cable, be sure to slide
the supplied matching transformer's weather boot onto the ca-
ble before you attach the F-connector.
Using Coaxial Cable
Main
Boom
To connect coaxial cable to your antenna:
1. Thread the supplied matching transformer's spade termi-
2. Slide the spade terminals around the antenna's lead-in ter-
3. Screw the cable's F-connector onto the matching trans-
4. Slip the weather boot over the connection. If you use a
Mast Clamp
Using Twin-Lead Cable
Main
Lock Nuts
Boom
To connect flat, twin-lead cable to your antenna:
1. Split one end of the twin-lead cable for a length of about 3
2. Thread the stripped leads through the antenna's strain-
3. Wrap each lead around one of the antenna's lead-in termi-
4. Secure the leads with the supplied flat washers and large
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Lead-In Terminal
Weather Boot
Matching
F-Connector Transformer
nals through the antenna's strain-relief tab.
minals (on both sides of the boom), then secure them with
the supplied flat washers and large wing nuts.
former.
rebuilt cable without a weather boot, cover the connection
with weather-resistant tape.
Lead-In Terminal
Twin-Lead Cable
inches. Then strip about 1 / inch of insulation from both
2
leads.
relief tab.
nals (on both sides of the boom). Be sure there is enough
slack between the strain-relief tab and the antenna termi-
nals to prevent stress on the cable or the terminals.
wing nuts.
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All Rights Reserved.
Spade Terminals
Strain-Relief Tab
Flat Washers
Large
Wing Nuts
Strain-Relief Tab
Flat Washers
Large
Wing Nuts