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Step-7: Install the antenna guy supports.
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[ ] Find a large worm clamp and install loosely on tube BD 3" below the junction with tube BE.
[ ] Find the three (3) guy brackets and slide them under the worm clamp band as shown (FIG-7A).
[ ] Position brackets around BD for equal spacing (120-degrees apart).
[ ] Tighten worm clamp to secure guy brackets firmly in position.
Place worm clamp loosely around
tube 3" below BD/BE junction.
[ ] Find three (3) guy-line thimbles. Using a large flat-blade screwdriver, pry open ends (FIG-7B).
[ ] Install a thimble on each of the three guy brackets. Re-close end to secure in place.
[ ] Find the 100-foot coil of Danscord guy line. Uncoil and cut into three equal lengths (33' 4" each).
[ ] Thread a line around each of the three thimbles, tying off as shown (use half hitches or a sailor's knot).
[ ] Heat free end of each line with a match or small torch to prevent unraveling (do not touch until cool).
[ ] Pull-test each line to ensure knot is secure.
Pry guy thimbles open.
Step-8: Install capacitive hat rods on resonator assembly.
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[ ] Install a vinyl end cap on one end of each rod. Lubricate with soap--as needed--to insert.
[ ] Loosen radial-ring hardware and install eight (8) rods, as shown (FIG-8).
[ ] Tighten all hardware.
Install a tip on each rod
Large worm clamp
Guy bracket
Guy rope thimble
Guy line, coil 100' coil of Danscord-30D
Slide 3 guy brackets under clamp,
position 120-degrees apart
around tube.
BD
BE
3"
FIG-7A: Installation of Guy Brackets
Install a thimble on each bracket.
Compress thimble
back to shape.
FIG-7B: Installing Thimbles and Guys
Radial-rod, 0.1" x 48"
Vinyl end cap
FIG-8: Radial Rod Installation
120-degrees
Tighten
clamp
Thread line over thimble
and tie securely.
Heat free
end of line.
Insert rods
to inside rim
of ring
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