User-Supplied Tools And Materials - Symmetricom TimeSource 3000 Manual

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User-Supplied Tools and Materials

For Antenna Installation
Ensure that the user-supplied tools and materials listed below are on hand for installation of
the antenna.
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• 1 inch diameter galvanized metal pipe, used as a mast to mount the antenna. Mast
should be long enough to position the antenna above any metal object on the roof.
• Screws to attach the lightning suppressor mounting plate.
• Plumb line or bubble level.
• Nonmetallic junction box for lightning suppressor (optional if lightning suppressor
mounted indoors).
• 1 inch diameter PVC pipe as conduit for outdoor cables.
• PVC fittings appropriate to the installation and cable route.
• Appropriate tools and materials for cutting, shaping, and connecting PVC pipe.
• 6 AWG ground wire.
• Spade lugs for 6 AWG ground wire.
• Crimp tool for 6 AWG spade lugs.
• Hardware to attach the ground wire to a valid earth ground.
• Fire-stopping material to seal conduit hole in roof or wall.
• Electrically conductive antioxidant compound (Kopr-Shield or equivalent) to coat
exposed connections to prevent oxidation.
• Tool to cut cable, if installation requires custom lengths of cable.
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TimeSource 3000
Engineering and Ordering
097-72000-02 Issue 6: October 2003
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