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Shrink the tubing using a heat gun, or other heat source. Use caution to avoid overheating the coil form or causing
injury.
A few tips on shrinking the tubing can be found here:
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/8-ways-to-heat-your-heat-shrink-tubing
Center Insulator
The center insulator circuit board has a large hole for mounting the BNC connector as shown in the photos below.
Place the star washer on the BNC and insert the connector in this opening in the circuit board.
Place the nut over the threads and tighten to secure the BNC from rotation. You may find it helpful to use another
BNC connector such as one on a feedline to help prevent rotation.
Next, trim the 17 ft sections of the antenna to 16 ft 9 inches measuring from where it will be soldered to to the trap.
Feed the wire through the outer hole from the back side of the insulator (solder pin side) of the BNC connector and
loop back through the inner hole leaving sufficient length to make the solder connections.
Strip the ends of the wires approximately 1/4 inch, push them through the board holes and solder to the board pads
as shown below.
The connection to the BNC shell is made by contact to the circuit board and a short wire provides connection
between the center pin of the BNC to the adjacent pad on the board. This can be done with a small section of
antenna wire as shown above.
After the wire is soldered, the excess pull the excess back through the holes to secure the wire in place and prevent
movement of the solder connections.
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