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Antenna Installation Guide Quad Bay Outdoor UHF/HDTV Bowtie Antenna MCM Part : 30-2426 Specifications Safety Guidelines and Procedures Frequency: 470~862MHz Listed below are extremely important safety guidelines that are to be followed - Channel: 21-69 when installing your Stellar Labs antenna. Not following these guidelines can result in death or serious injury. Impedance: 75 Locate and take actions to avoid power lines and other wires in your work space. of Elements: 2 Do not climb onto a slick, icy, or wet roof. Gain: 10-14dB Avoid installations in high areas on windy days. F-B Ratio: 22dB Inspect the ladder you plan on using to ensure it is in safe operable condition. Beam Width: H 60 Do not position your ladder at an angle steeper than 70. Length: 31.5 Do not climb on roofs that have curled or worn shingles. (Old shingles break easily or pull out.) Wear season-appropriate attire that is neither too loose or too tight. Always wear Assembly Instructions rubber-soled shoes with good grip. Wear a pair of durable gloves that also allows normal mobility of your hands. of the two reflectors Look around your work area to observe for any potential dangers. Step 1: Attach mounting brackets A (as pictured below) to one using the provided bolts and wing nuts. (as shown in Figure A) Never climb onto a high location while alone. Avoid installing your antenna underneath tree branches or other overhanging objects. Antennas should be installed away from power lines and other wires a distance equal Mounting Bracket A to at least two times the combined length of the mast and antenna. Grounding Procedure Mast Grounding The NEC mandates that the antenna mast and mount be grounded directly. There can be no splices or connections in the ground wire between the mast and the grounding rod. First, attach one end of a No. 8 or No. 10 copper ground wire to the antenna mast. One of the bolts on the antenna mount can be used as a connection point. Masts that are painted or coated can have their coating scraped off on the area where they make contact to the mount. This will ensure a proper connection between the mast and the mount. Next, run the ground wire to the ground as directly as possible. Wire staples can be used to secure the ground wire against the side of a building. Avoid making right angle or sharper turns with the ground wire. Lightning has difficulty making such a turn and therefore may discharge into the building. Make ground wire turns as smooth and as slight as possible. The ground Figure A wire must be connected to a grounding rod. Water faucets and/or pipes are not acceptable. A copper-coated steel ground rod driven at least three feet into the ground is required. Spe- cial clamps that provide a solid connection between the ground wire and grounding rod should be used. Grounding the Signal Cable TV Antennas and signal cable can accumulate static electrical charges that also increases the chances of lightning strike. To properly dissipate this static electricity, a grounding block should be used. The grounding block is connected to the signal cable at a point close to where the signal cable enters the building (a signal splitter that has a tab for ground on it will also work.) One end of a ground wire is attached to the grounding block. The other end of the wire is connected directly to the grounding rod. An antenna installation is not properly grounded unless both a mast ground and an grounding block are installed correctly.