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Table of Contents
Introduction & Features
2
Warning
3
Tools Required
3
Manual Updates and Information
3
Installation Sequence
4
Site Selection
4
Mounting Pipe
4
Coaxial Cable to Mounting Pipe
5
Radial System
6
Assembly Notes
6
Radial Plate to Mounting Pipe
7
Attaching Ground Radial Wires to the Radial Plate
7
Overall Pivot and Antenna Base Assembly Drawing
8
Pivot Base and Lower Antenna Assembly
8
Mounting and using the Optional DXE-VRW-1 Manual Winch
15
General Information about Aluminum Tubing
18
Assembling the Vertical Sections
19
Mating the Vertical Elements to the Pivot Base Assembly
26
Base Series and Shunt Coil Assembly and Installation
28
Capacity Hat Information
30
Capacity Hat Assembly
31
Installing the Capacity Hat on the Antenna
36
Capacity Hat Bottom Wires
37
No Slip Knots
39
Guy Rope Installation
39
Tuning
42
Locking the Pivot Base
44
DXE-160VA-1 Base Exploded View with Parts Numbered
45
DXE-160VA-1 Part Lists
46
Additional Material Required, Not Supplied
47
Suggested Parts Not Included
47
Optional Accessory Items
48
Technical Support and Warranty
51
