Antennacraft FM6 - Manual

BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Read this manual and Consumer Product Safety Commission informa-
tion. For your safety and convenience, plan each step of the installation
and purchase the necessary hardware in advance. The order in which
you perform the steps and the hardware required depends on the
mounting and connection methods you choose.
We recommend two people assemble the entire antenna on the ground,
then mount the assembled antenna on the mast.
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
1. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the supplied mast clamp
assembly to the main boom as shown.
2. Press the supplied large end plugs into the main boom.
HD Radio-Ready
WARNING: Installation of this product near powerlines
is DANGEROUS. For your safety, follow the installation
directions.
UNFOLDING THE ANTENNA ELEMENTS
Hold the main boom’s elements near the pivot points and pull them away
from the boom until they snap into the locking insulators.
Note: You may wait to unfold the elements until you get the antenna
up on the roof.
Caution: Do not pull the elements near their outer ends or you could
damage them. Once the elements are locked into position, do not at-
tempt to unlock them.
Matching transformer and
mast not included.
FM6
FM ANTENNA
Towards radio station
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CONNECTING LEAD-IN CABLE TO THE ANTENNA
We recommend RG-6 cable, and if you prepare your own cable, a
quality F-connector. Note: If you prepare your own cable, slide a (not
supplied) matching transformer’s weather boot onto the cable before
you attach the F-connector.
1. Thread the (not supplied) matching transformer’s spade terminal
ends through the antenna’s strain-relief tab.
2. Slide the spade terminal ends around the antenna’s lead-in terminals
marked CONNECT LEAD-IN HERE. Secure them with the supplied
flat washers and large wing nuts.
3. Screw the cable’s F-connector onto the (not supplied) matching
transformer. Then slip the weatherboot over the connection. Note:
If you use a cable without a weatherboot, cover the connection with
weatherproof tape.