Radio Shack Six-Element Triple-Drive FM Antenna Owner's Manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL — Please read before using this equipment.

Six-Element Triple-Drive 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.

ASSEMBLING THE ANTENNA

Assemble the entire antenna on the ground.

1. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the supplied

mast clamp assembly to the boom, as shown.

Note: To access the mast clamp holes, move the antenna’s

elements out of the way as needed.

2. Press the supplied large 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

connectors.)

Note: If you prepare your own coaxial cable, be sure to slide

the supplied matching transformer’s weather boot onto the ca-

ble before you attach the F-connector.

Using Coaxial Cable

To connect coaxial cable to your antenna:

1. Thread the supplied matching transformer’s spade termi-

nals through the antenna’s strain-relief tab.

2. Slide the spade terminals around the antenna’s lead-in ter-

minals (on both sides of the boom), then secure them with

the supplied flat washers and large wing nuts.

3. Screw the cable’s F-connector onto the matching trans-

former.

4. Slip the weather boot over the connection. If you use a

rebuilt cable without a weather boot, cover the connection

with weather-resistant tape.

Using Twin-Lead Cable

To connect flat, twin-lead cable to your antenna:

1. Split one end of the twin-lead cable for a length of about 3

inches. Then strip about 

1

/

2

 inch of insulation from both

leads.

2. Thread the stripped leads through the antenna’s strain-

relief tab.

3. Wrap each lead around one of the antenna’s lead-in termi-

nals (on both sides of the boom). Be sure there is enough

slack between the strain-relief tab and the antenna termi-

nals to prevent stress on the cable or the terminals.

4. Secure the leads with the supplied flat washers and large

wing nuts.

U-Bolt

Mast Clamp

Backup Plate

Boom

Lock Nuts

Lead-In Terminal

Weather Boot

F-Connector

Matching 

Transformer

Strain-Relief Tab

Flat Washers

Large 

Wing Nuts

Spade Terminals

Main 

Boom

Lead-In Terminal

Strain-Relief Tab

Twin-Lead Cable

Flat Washers

Large 

Wing Nuts

Main 

Boom

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