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The K-Tek antenna mount (the Shark) is made from a single piece of anodized aluminum tube with a mounting bracket that allows the antenna mount to be affixed to a boom pole or c-stand.
There is a central mounting bracket that hold the aluminum tube. This mounting bracket has a a long cold shoe that holds a shoe mount (the K-Tek KSA) that allows for mounting right on the bracket. The Shark also come with two mounting rings that are moveable along the aluminum tube.
These mounting rings have two 3/8×16 threaded studs for mounting sharkfin antennas. With the stock configuration, the user can mount up to four sharkfin antennas and an IFB antenna on the Shark antenna mount. There are two versions of the Shark: the “T”, and the “L”. The “T” has the main mounting bracket right in the middle of the aluminum tube that is designed for used if the antenna mount will be affixed to the back of a sound cart and in the middle.
The “L” has the main mounting bracket on one side so that when the antenna mount is affixed to the side of a sound cart, the majority of the aluminum tube is over the sound cart and not sticking far out from the side.