Getting Started Guide

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Saf
ety Information
⚠ Ne
ver allow unsupervised children to play in the vicinity of your mobile radio or
antenna installation.
⚠ Be certain to w
rap any wire or cable splices thoroughly with insulating electrical
tape, to prevent short circuits.
⚠ Do not route c
ables or wires through door jambs or other locations where, through
wear and tear, they may become frayed and shorted to ground or to each other.
⚠ Do not stand in fro
nt of a directional antenna while you are transmitting into that
antenna. Do not install a directional antenna in any location where humans or pets
may be walking in the main directional lobe of the antenna’s radiation pattern.
⚠ In mobile installatio
ns, it is preferable to mount your antenna on top of the roof of
the vehicle, if feasible, so as to utilize the car body as a counterpoise for the antenna
and raise the radiation pattern as far away from passengers as possible.
⚠ Dur
ing vehicular operation when stopped (in a parking lot, for example), make it a
practice to switch to Low power if there are people walking nearby.