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Install the lower antenna mast section into the existing roof-mounted tripod, free-standing mast or antenna tower. Slide the rotor motor onto the lower mast section, insert U-bolts, add washers and nuts, and then tighten with the wrench.
Install the beam antenna onto the upper mast section using U-bolts, washers and nuts. Slide the upper mast section into the top of the rotor motor. Use a compass to determine which direction is north, and point the antenna in that direction. Tighten the nuts and washers onto the U-bolts to secure the antenna while it is pointing north.
Open the wire compartment on the rotor motor, and attach the four-conductor rotor control cable wires to each of the four terminals on the rotor. Observe the textural pattern in the controller cable, and remember which wires are used for terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4 so that you can use the same wires for the respective terminals inside, at the rotor controller box.
Leave a sufficient amount of excess antenna coaxial cable slack, to allow for full antenna rotation 360 degrees above the rotor motor. Use plastic zip ties to secure both cables to the mast below the rotor, and to prevent cables from whipping in the wind. Send cables into the building via an existing hole or wire-way entrance. Sometimes, ridge vents allow wire access to the attic of residential dwellings.
Plug in the rotor controller box to an electrical power source. Push the appropriate button, or turn the directional dial to the north before attaching the controller cable. Unplug the unit, and attach the controller cable -- keeping in mind the pattern you observed previously for terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4. Plug the controller box back in. Turn the directional control to a direction other than north. Go outside and check with a compass, to make sure your new directional antenna is pointing in the right direction. Adjust if necessary.