DX Engineering 4-BTV - Chapter 3 - Common Starting Information

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Chapter 3 - Common Starting Information
Installation Sequence
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Site Selection
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Mounting Pipe
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Concrete or no concrete - That is THE question
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Coaxial Cable to Mounting Pipe
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Installation Sequence
1. Site Selection 7. Antenna Assembly
2. Installing a Mounting Pipe 8. Mating the BTV antenna to the base section
3. Run Coax from Radio to Mounting Pipe 9. Walk the antenna up to normal position
4. Install the Radial Plate and Radial System 10. Tuning
5. Install the Tilt Base Assembly 11. Add optional DX Engineering Add-On Kits
6. Mount the BTV base to the Tilt Base for 12, 17 and 60 meters and make adjustments
Site Selection Hole for Mounting Pipe Concrete & Level Trench for Coax
Coax to Base Gravel to keep Radial Wires Installed Rocks added for
Install Radial Plate weeds away Antenna Installed good looks
Tilt Base & VFCC
Trench Filled Shack end - Ground Rod
and new grass seeded and PolyPhaser protection
17 Meter Add-On-Kit
Tuned and on the air!
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6-BTV installation - Total installation time: 3 days
(your time may vary)