WARNING (cont)

TM 11-5985-371-12&P

WARNINGS

Operator and maintenance personnel should be familiar with TB SIG 291 before

attempting installation or operation of the antenna. Failure to follow the require-

ments of TB SIG 291 and the following warnings could result in injury or DEATH.

Never erect the antenna directly under power lines. If you must erect the antenna

near power lines, power-line poles or towers, or buildings with overhead power-line

connections, never erect the antenna closer than 100 feet from the base of power-

line, pole, tower or building. If you suspect that power lines have made accidental

contact with your antenna, do not touch any part of the antenna, stop operating,

rope off the antenna area, and notify your superiors.

DO not try to erect, teardown or work on the antenna during an electrical storm or

when a storm is imminent.

Never attempt to erect or teardown the antenna with less than two people. When

erecting or tearing down the antenna, allow only team personnel in the

erection/teardown area.

Do not erect the antenna if any

Before erecting the antenna, inspect all the parts.

parts are missing or damaged.

Rf radiation hazard to personnel exists when the antenna is connected to a

transmitter and is especially hazardous when the rf power is 100 watts and personnel

are within 8 inches of the antenna wire. If the antenna is connected to a

transmitter, make sure the rf radiation hazard area is bounded by the safety area

rope with the caution plates and warning strips attached. Before entering the area

bounded by the safety area rope, make certain the transmitter is not transmitting

and will not be "turned on".

In addition to the radiation hazard, when transmitting at 100 watts of radio fre-

quency power, contact voltage potentials at selected points on the antenna wire are

high enough to induce electrical shock.

Wear protective goggles while driving mast base, guy stakes, antenna stakes and

safety rope stakes into the ground.

When selecting sites for erecting the antenna, try to avoid traveled areas and roads,

and marshy or sandy terrain. If you cannot avoid traveled areas and roads, get spe-

cific instructions from your supervisor as to what clearance guys, ropes and antenna

wire must have. If the ground in which the mast base, guy stakes and antenna stakes

are to be inserted is marshy or sandy, get specific instructions from your super-

visor on how to reinforce the mast base and stakes.