Vertical HF monoband antenna PST-40VF
Assembling instructions:
After unpacking antenna, you will find the main lower tubes Od 40mm having Male-female plug-in
connection and upper parts of telescopic tubes pre-assembled already, following step down
diameter.
Tilting it down, do in the way to have all tubes heads coming out from the main tube.
The fastening of the elements takes place by inserting the bolt from the wider hole side so that the
bolt cylindrical head passing thoroughly, sit and rests on the inner tube.
Assembly the telescopic tubes joints as in the picture below.
Lightly lubricate the threads of all bolts before installing (the SS tends to be nailed very easily).
Tighten the nut. Make sure that all bolt heads are on the same side.
Using the same way, extract and connect all sections, less than the larger diameter that has to be
assemblend before on the antenna base and then proceed to final assembly.
Some sections of tubing and the tip, have multiple holes that serve to make a fine tuning. Longer
element lower frequency, shortening element increase frequency.
After completing the assembly of the radiator, proceeding to the assembly of the base which
presents a whole series of holes, which have to be equipped and prepared following the pictures
sequence.
Install the 8 bolts 4x25MA in the holes in X shape and 4x16 bolt in the side hole as pictures.