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Mounting the mast – RCA Satellite System User Manual

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Mounting the Mast

Mounting the Mast

level on center
line of template

Level

Not Level

No

Yes

3. Use a level to verify that the center line is perfectly vertical.

4.

Use a pencil to mark the two center holes and the four
outside corner holes of the mounting foot.

5.

Remove the foot and drill two 1/8" holes in the two center
hole locations and four 3/16" holes in the four outside corner
locations.

6.

Use a 7/16" wrench to loosen the nuts on the mounting foot
so that you can rotate the mast to access both of the center
mounting holes.

7.

Hold the mounting foot over the holes so that the top part
of the mast will rotate and point straight up.

8.

Install two 5/16" x 3" lag screws into the two center holes on
the mounting foot. Lightly tighten the screws.

9.

Does the mounting foot fit on a single siding board?

YES Proceed to step 10.

NO Skip to the section titled “Installing a Spacer” on
page 50.

10. Put washers on the 5/16" x 2" lag screws, insert the screws

into the four outside holes and securely tighten all screws.

11. Turn to Final Approach on page 63 for instructions on

leveling the mast.

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