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when we heaved on the QMS. We installed the antenna, one
person holding the QMS while the other tightened the anten-
na ferrule with a wrench.
Rear compartment. With the SG-500, Slimpak, and battery
already strapped down, we lifted our mounting board into
the compartment. We routed the auxiliary battery cables and
the control cables to their respective terminals/connectors,
and trimmed off any excess so they just reached their desti-
nations.
Figure 18 — The 500-watt system fits neatly in the
rear compartment of the GEOMetro
With a good quality wire stripper and a sharp knife, we cut
the cable to length, removed about two inches of insulation
from the end of the cable by making a small incision around
the plastic insulating sheath, being careful not to cut into the
multi-conductor wiring beneath. We exposed the wiring,
surrounded (shielded) by stranded wire braid that served as
a ground wire.
It took about 1/4 “ of exposed wire to insert into each plug-
in connector terminal on the SG-2000. We tinned the wire-
ends before inserting them.
When all of the equipment was securely in place, we con-
nected the control cables and coaxial cables. Only then did we
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