Antennacraft Y10713 - Manual

BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Read this manual and Consumer Product Safety Commission
information. 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 re-
quired 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. The
following steps are required to assemble your antenna depend-
ing on which model you have. Look at your antenna to see which
steps you will need to follow.
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.
2. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the supplied
mast clamp assembly to the main boom as shown.
3. Press the supplied large end plugs into the main boom.
CONNECTING LEAD-IN CABLE TO THE ANTENNA
We recommend RG-6 cable, and if you prepare your own cable,
a quality F-connector. You can also use 300-ohm flat, twin-lead
cable. Note: If you prepare your own cable, slide a matching
transformer’s weather boot onto the cable before you attach the
F-connector.
Using Coaxial Cable
1. Thread a 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 matching transformer.
Then slip the weatherboot over the connection. Note: If you
use a cable without a weatherboot, cover the connection with
weatherproof tape.
ASSEMBLING THE ANTENNA
1. If your antenna has more than one main boom section, use
the supplied hardware to assemble the sections as shown. If
necessary, lift one end of the main boom so the wires reach
the threaded posts.
YAGI SERIES
VHF Antenna
HDTV-Compatible
Y10-7-13
Y5-2-6
Y5-7-13
WARNING: Installation of this
product near powerlines is
DANGEROUS. For your safety,
follow the installation directions.