DX Engineering 5-BTV - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Congratulations !
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Over 50 Years Ago
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Hustler
®
BTV antennas
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You gotta be kidding me......
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Basic Assembly and Enhanced Operating Assembly
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Chapter 2 - General Information
Warning and Overhead Power Line Safety
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Basic Tools Required
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Assembly Notes
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Chapter 3 - Common Starting Information
Installation Sequence
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Site Selection
9
Mounting Pipe
9
Concrete or No Concrete – That is THE Question
10
Coaxial Cable to Mounting Pipe
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Chapter 4 - Some Really Good Information
Get the Best Performance From Your New Quarter-Wave Vertical Antenna
11
Some Brief Words on Ground Mounting, Elevated Mounting, and Radial Wires
12
How to Put Radial Wires Down Without Digging
13
Radial System Considerations
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Chapter 5 - Basic BTV Assembly
Assembling Vertical Aluminum Antenna Sections & Element Clamps
17
Hustler
®
4 BTV - Package Contents & Assembly
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Hustler
®
5 BTV - Package Contents & Assembly
21
Six Blade Spider for the 4-BTV and 5-BTV only
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Three Blade Spider for the 5-BTV only
23
80 Meter Resonator and Whip Installation for the 5-BTV and 6-BTV
23
Hustler
®
6 BTV - Package Contents & Assembly
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Hustler
®
Base Assembly
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Optional Reinforced Lower Tube Assembly
27
Mating the Vertical Sections to the Base Section
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Installing Radials & Feedline on the Hustler® Base
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Coax RF Choke
30
Basic Tuning
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Chapter 6 - DX Engineering Enhanced Antenna Systems
Special Hustler
®
BTV Packages Available from DX Engineering
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Radial Plate to Mounting Pipe
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Attaching Ground Radial Wires to the Radial Plate
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DXE-TB-3P Tilt Base Mounting Plate to the Ground Mounting Pipe
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BTV Antenna Base Section to the DXE-TB-3P Tilt Base
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Testing the DXE-TB-3P Tilt Base
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DXE-OMNITILT-1P OMNI-TILT™ Tilt Base
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Mounting the OMNI-TILT™ Tilt Base to the Ground Mounting Pipe
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Mounting the Hustler BTV Base to the OMNI-TILT™ Tilt Base
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Alternate Feedpoint Connections
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The DXE-VFCC-H05-A Vertical Feedline Current Choke
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