Instructions: AMB-BKT-1
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
AMB-BKT-1
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Standard Heavy Duty "L" Antenna Bracket, Five Optional Antenna Bases
Thank you for your purchase; we appreciate your business and interest in our products.
These instructions describe how to install the AMB-BKT-1
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(“BKT”) "L" bracket for mobile HF/V/UHF antennas, for
mobile, fixed-base, temporary/QRP or EMCOMM purposes. It can support essentially any V/UHF mobile antenna and
smaller HF antennas up to small screwdriver or motorized types. The BKT now comes
without any antenna base
for “your
base”that will fit a ¾ hole or our five (5) interchangeable bases shown below. Our newest base fits the Buddiople
TM
Versatee for their dipole HF antennas, even with long radials.
Specifications
6061 aluminum "L" bracket, 1/4 inch thick x 4 x 4 x 2 inches wide.
18-8 stainless steel hardware: 3/8x16, 1.5 inch long, mounting bolts, 1/4x20 ground point with wing nut.
Mounting hole for antenna bases: 3/4 inch diameter, panel thickness ¼ inch.
The BKT now comes without a base, to fit your own, and can be ordered with five of our bases.
Optional bases: interchangeable, include nicely machined rust proof nuts, made of aluminum and stainless steel
components (where applicable) –all compatible ones shown below.
The following photos show the BKT in buffed aluminum (five powder coat finishes also available) with our five optional
antenna bases that fit the BKT. Other photos are included on pages 2-4.
AMB-Bkt-1 bracket, included ¾”hole
& ground point wing nut.
Optional NMO, SO239, 3/8x24 bases
Optional NMO radial base,
four removable SS radials
(135-512 MHz)
Optional “VersaBase”
for Buddiple
TM
(Versatee not incl.)
Applications
The BKT can be used by itself or with the our mounts listed below.
CLAMP-200:
clamp-on bracket for ladders and railings
BKT-NissanTrac-1 & 2
: slide-on bracket for Nissan trucks with "utility track"
Options
AMB-Arm2
: 2nd antenna arm, NMO antenna base with four ground plane radials (135-512 MHz) –see below.
AMB-GND-1 & 8:
ground counterpoise "rings" for up to eight (8) telescoping or “tuned”(e.g. “hamstick”&
“wonderlead”antennas) whips with a 3/8x24 threaded base, to form a horizontal counterpoise for HF bands. See
photo below. (
See special mounting note in Step 2-a).
Version Update:
We’ve added our “VersaBase”(for Buddipole
TM
antennas) and “NMO radial base”(135-512 MHz) as
additional bases that will fit the BKT. The latest version of these instructions with color photos can be found on our
DOWNLOADS web page, as PDF files.
