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Raising the Vertical
DANGER: Make sure you have not inadvertently located the
antenna underneath power lines.
Residential power lines are often less than 40' high.
Contact With Any Power or Utility Lines Can Be Lethal !
The tilt-base certainly makes it easier however, this antenna can be challenging to put up the first
time or with gusty winds. If you have properly laid out your optional guy system in advance, it will
help keep the vertical stable as you raise it – and stop you from going beyond vertical at the apex of
the lift. See the Guying a Vertical Antenna System section of this manual for guy rope details.
Make sure the optional guy ropes are in the clear before you begin. Under optimum conditions, this
is usually a one-person operation.
Starting from mid way up the antenna, walk it up
slowly using an overhead hand-over-hand motion,
maintaining a slow and steady pace.
Once you get the antenna near the SAF-T-TILT™
base,
lift and slide to the right (as shown) until the top
bolt will,
drop into the SAF-T-TILT™ base slot. Once in
place, tighten the upper and lower bolts to secure
the antenna in place.
Figure 14 - Raising the SAF-T-TILT™ Base
The antenna mounting channel must be kept in parallel alignment with the tilt-base plate to prevent
binding until it is positioned in the tilt-base. Once the antenna is vertical, lift and slide the antenna
to the right (as shown above) toward the tilt-base mounting pipe to allow top bolt to line up and
drop down into the SAF-T-BASE™ slot. Once the antenna is fully raised, tighten the tilt base
hardware.
When lowering the antenna, it is only necessary to loosen the upper and lower nuts 1/2 turn or so,
eliminating the chance of dropping and loosing loose hardware on the ground, or trying to reach it
when dropped beyond an arm-length away - un unsafe situation.
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