Crimping Inner Conductor

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Fig 1: Crimping Inner Conductor

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-- Select the appropriate tool head based on the antenna wire test. Refer to Checking the Antenna Wire or Replacing Tool Head .

-- Unfold the positioner -2-.

-- Open the positioning plate -3-. The positioning plate swivels upward.

-- Push the inner contact -1- all the way into the positioner and loosen the positioning plate. The inner contact is attached.

-- Fold the positioner back in. The inner contact -4- is positioned inside the tool head.

Fig 2: Crimping Inner Conductor

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-- Slide the antenna wire -1- into the inner contact -2- in the tool head. Hold the positioner tight while doing this.

-- Lock the tool until it opens by itself.

-- Open the positioning plate -3- and pull out the antenna wire.