Antennacraft CCS1233 User Manual
Digital Ready
Note: This is a sample representation of your
antenna. To see your particular model, check
the end label on the antenna carton.
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 required 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 depending on which model you have. Look at your
antenna and the picture of the assembled antenna on the carton label.
Warning: When you install your antenna, use extreme cau-
tion. 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.
WARNING: Installation of this product near
powerlines is DANGEROUS. For your
safety, follow the installation directions.
2. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the supplied mast clamp
assembly to the main boom as shown. If your antenna has a support
boom, attach its mast clamp assembly, facing it the same direction as
the main boom’s mast clamp assembly.
Note: Some antenna models may have the mast clamp
pre-attached.
ASSEMBLING THE ANTENNA
1.
If your antenna has more than one main boom section, use the supplied
splint hardware to assemble the sections as shown. If necessary, lift one
end of the main boom so the wires reach the threaded posts of the next
section.
Note: Some antenna models may have straight wires that connect
across the splint instead of crossover wires.
3. If your antenna has a support boom, align its support straps and mast
clamp with the main boom’s strap holes and mast clamp. You may have
to ip the support boom ends to get the correct hole alignment. Attach
the support straps to the main boom using the two supplied 1½-inch
screws and large wing nuts.
4. Press the supplied large end plugs into the main boom and support
boom. If your antenna has wing booms, press the supplied small end
plugs into the wing booms.
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Main Boom
Main
Support
Brackets
Support Boom
Delta Wings
Delta Wings
CONNECTING LEAD-IN CABLE TO THE ANTENNA
We recommend RG-6 cable, and if you prepare your own cable, a quality
F-connector.
Note: If you prepare your own cable, slide a 300 to 75 Ohm matching transformer’s weather boot onto the cable before you attach the F-connector.
1. Thread a 300 to 75 Ohm 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
at 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.
3. If your antenna has triangle shaped delta wings on some of the elements,
unfold each pair of them so that one wing points upward and one wing
points downward.
ATTACHING TO THE MAST
We recommend you get the help of another person before you put up the
mast or attach your antenna to it. How you set up your mast depends on
your specic installation.
Refer to the Consumer Product Safety Commission information on pages 3
and 4 of this manual for recommended methods.
1. With the antenna’s locking support brackets on top of the boom, slide
the antenna’s mast clamp assembly or assemblies over the top of the
mast. If your antenna has a support boom, make sure the main boom
is on top and the element’s support brackets are on top.
UNFOLDING THE ANTENNA ELEMENTS
1.
If your antenna has a UHF dipole, pull the dipole’s two halves from the
main boom until they lock into place. Place each unattached end over
each of the antenna’s lead-in terminals .
Note: Both sections of the isolation network should remain parallel to
the main boom.
2.
If your antenna has a UHF wing boom, hold each wing boom and turn
its elements until they snap squarely into place.
3. Fold out the wing booms and secure them into position with the two
supplied 1¼-inch screws and wing nuts.
4.
Hold the main boom’s elements near the pivot points and pull them away
from the boom until they snap into the locking support brackets.
Note: You may wait to unfold the elements until you get the antenna up on the
roof. Do not pull the elements near their outer ends or you could damage them.
Once the elements are locked into position, do not attempt to unlock them.
2.
Tighten the mast clamp assembly’s lock nuts to hold the antenna in place.
Do not overtighten the lock nuts.
Caution: The crossover wires must not touch the antenna boom, the
mast, or each other. If necessary, carefully bend the crossover wires to
provide at least 1/2 inch of clearance.
3. Set up the mast, then rotate it so the antenna’s shortest elements point
toward the stations you want to receive.
ROUTING THE CABLE TO YOUR RECEIVER
Use plastic tape to secure the coaxial cable to the mast at about 3-foot
intervals.
Use coaxial nail clips every few feet to secure the cable between the
mast and where the cable enters the house.
Use a 75-ohm grounding block at the point where the coaxial cable
enters the house. Read the Consumer Product Safety Commission
information for grounding instructions.
Use a drip-loop before the cable is routed into the house.
Use a wall-through tube to neatly route the coaxial cable through the
wall.
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