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OWNER’S MANUAL — Please read before using this equipment.
Omnidirectional Outdoor FM Antenna
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before you begin installation, read this manual and the sepa-
rate Consumer Product Safety Commission information sheet.
For your safety and convenience, plan each step of the installa-
tion and purchase the necessary hardware in advance. The
hardware required and the order in which you perform the steps
depend on the mounting and connection method you choose.
Warning: When you install your antenna, use extreme caution.
If the antenna starts to fall, let it go! It could contact overhead
power lines. If the antenna touches the power line, contact with
the antenna, mast, cable, or guy wires can cause electrocution
and death. Call the power company to remove the antenna.
Do
not attempt to remove it yourself.
PREPARING THE ANTENNA
Assemble the entire antenna on the ground, including attaching
it to the mast.
1. Hold the boom’s elements near the pivot points and pull
them away from the boom until they snap into the self-
locking plastic support insulators.
Caution: To avoid damage to the elements, do not pull
them near their outer ends. Once the elements are locked
into position, do not attempt to unlock them. Doing so might
break the self-locking tabs.
2. Press the supplied end plugs into the boom.
CONNECTING LEAD-IN CABLE
TO THE ANTENNA
We recommend RG-6 cable and, if you prepare your own ca-
ble, a quality F-connector. You can also use 300-ohm flat, twin-
lead cable. (RadioShack carries a variety of suitable cables and
other components.)
Notes:
• If you use coaxial cable, you will need a 75-ohm to 300-
ohm matching transformer (not supplied).
• If you prepare your own coaxial cable, be sure to slide the
matching transformer’s weather boot onto the cable before
you attach the F-connector.
Using Coaxial Cable
To connect coaxial cable to your antenna:
1. Slide the 9-inch intercoupler’s ring terminals over the
antenna’s lead-in terminals. One of these terminals is
labeled with a white paper tag that reads, “CONNECT
LEAD-IN & INTERCOUPLER HERE.”
2. Slide a matching transformer’s spade terminals around the
same lead-in terminals described in Step 1.
3. Secure the ring terminals and the spade terminals with two
of the supplied flat washers and wing nuts.
4. Screw the cable’s F-connector onto the matching trans-
former. Then slip the weather boot over the connection.
Note: If you use a cable without a weather boot, cover the
connection with weather-resistant tape, available at your
local RadioShack store.
Lead-In
Terminals
Weather Boot
F-Connector
Matching
Transformer
Flat Washers
Wing Nuts
Spade Terminals
Boom
Ring Terminals
Permanently Attached —
No Hardware Required
9-Inch Intercoupler
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