Tarheel Antennas Little Tarheel HP Instruction manual - Installation
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Installation
Before installation of this antenna there are a few
things you might have to consider. To get peak
performance you need to mount the antenna as high
as possible on the vehicle, also try to separate it as
much as possible from other antennas that might be
on the vehicle.
We designed this antenna around using a mount that
directly mounts to ground, like a ball mount (Photo 1)
or Diamond K400 (Photo 2) mount. These types of
mounts work well.
Included with the antenna is a ferrite core that needs to
be mounted on the control wire as close as possible to
the antenna. Loop the wire through the choke at least
3 times. This choke (Photo 3) does two things, first it
helps reduce antenna motor noise during tuning,
second it decouples the control wire from the
antenna; without this core, the antenna will be
untunable.
The next thing is the tuning coil (Photo 4). This coil
must go from the antenna base to the immediate
ground. Included are miscellaneous connectors for
different mounting options. You will need to scrap
away the enamel for the connectors then crimp and
solder for best results. On a loaded mobile antenna
you'll need this so the antenna will match the coax.
Next is the control box and control cable. We
preassemble everything here so you'll have a plug and
play system. If for some reason you need to cut the
wires, the color codes are as follows:
Control Switch
Red - Positive 12vdc
(
1 amp slow blow or 2 amp fast blow fuse
)
White - Negative 12 vdc
Black - Motor Control
Black with tracer - Motor Control
Antenna
Red - Motor Control
Black - Motor Control
White - Sensors (for automatic control boxes)
Green - Sensors (for automatic control boxes)
The Sensor wires are not used with the manual control
box that comes with the antenna.