Radio Shack VU-160XR Unfolding The Antenna’S Elements, Attaching To The Mast, Using Coaxial Cable

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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

Lead-In Terminal	Main
	Boom
Spade Terminal
Strain-Relief Tab	Spade Terminal
Matching Transformer

Lead-In Terminal

F-Connector

Flat Washers

Weather Boot

Large Wing Nuts

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

Main

Boom

Lead-In Terminal

Twin-Lead Cable

Lead-In Terminal

Flat Washers

Strain-Relief Tab

Large Wing Nuts

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.

UNFOLDING THE ANTENNA’S ELEMENTS

1.Hold the main boom’s elements near the pivot points and pull them away from the boom until they snap into the self- locking plastic support insulators.

Caution: To avoid damage to the elements, do not pull them near their outer ends. Once the elements are locked into position, do not attempt to unlock them. Doing so might break the self-locking tabs.

2.Hold each wing boom and turn its elements until they snap squarely into place (perpendicular to the boom).

3.Press the supplied small end plugs into the wing booms.

4.Bolt the triangular wing boom brackets onto the main boom using the supplied 11/2-inch screw and small wing nut, as shown.

Wing Boom	11/2-Inch
Brackets	Screw

Main Boom

Small Wing Nut

5.Insert the top and bottom wing booms into the wing boom brackets. Secure them with the four supplied 11/4-inch screws and small wing nuts, as shown.

Top Wing Boom

Wing Boom

Brackets

11/4-Inch

Screws

Small Wing Nuts

Bottom Wing Boom

ATTACHING TO THE MAST

We recommend that you enlist the help of another person be- fore you put up the mast or attach your antenna to it. How you set up your mast depends on your specific installation. Refer to the separate Consumer Product Safety Commission informa- tion sheet for recommended methods.

1.Slide the antenna’s mast clamp assembly over the end of the mast.

2.Tighten the mast clamp assembly’s lock nuts to hold the antenna in place. Do not overtighten the lock nuts.

Caution: The crossover wires must not touch the antenna boom, the mast, or each other. If necessary, carefully bend

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