TOWER: Paul WØAIH on the Gin Pole with Chris KC9DGP below. GROUND: (l-r) Scott KA9FOX and Eric KB9TKF prepare 2m antenna for fin
Date: 10/23/2005
Ground Crew (L-R) Bill KE9XQ, Mark N9UNW and Jerome WA9HCZ. Note the WØAIH 220v electric winch attached to truck tow
Date: 10/20/2005
Home of KA9FOX in background. Eric KB9TKF manning the ropes. Note how the wind is blowing the rope -- it got VERY windy in the
Date: 10/20/2005
An extra rotor plate was installed to help keep mast centered during any future maintenance. An old TB3 bearing was put on but s
Date: 10/20/2005
(L-R) Paul WØAIH and Chris KC9DGP working on tower. Note guy wires are Polygon Fiberglass Rod. Also note rope going
Date: 10/20/2005
(L-R) Bill KE9XQ, Jerome WA9HCZ, Mark N9UNW and Eric KB9TKF watch as Paul WØAIH attaches rope to Cushcraft 6 element
Date: 10/20/2005
Mastic and Scotch Super 33 will attempt to keep the water out of the 6 meter beam feedpoint.
Date: 10/20/2005
(L-R) Bill KE9XQ, Scott KA9FOX, Eric KB9TKF and Paul WØAIH as the 6m beam is about to be pulled up the tram line. (pi
Date: 10/23/2005
(L-R) Bill KE9XQ and Mark N9UNW assist as the 6m beam is pulled up the tram line. (pic courtesy WA9HCZ)
Date: 10/23/2005
Eric KB9TKF, Bill KE9XQ, Scott KA9FOX and Paul WØAIH prepare to raise F12 80m dipole for testing. Note temporary mast installed
Date: 10/23/2005
Another shot of the 80m CW/SSB relay box. Also shows hairpin helical match and Force 12 1:1 bead balun.
Date: 10/20/2005
Chris KC9DGP just can't get enough of that pole sitting. Especially when the winds gust to 30 mph.
Date: 10/20/2005
WØAIH and KC9DGP attach the Force 12 EF-180C 80m Rotatable Dipole to the mast. The EF-180C is about 85 feet long.
Date: 10/20/2005
Paul WØAIH and Chris KC9DGP attach Force 12 80m dipole to the mast. (Photo by WA9HCZ)
Date: 10/23/2005
Paul WØAIH and Chris KC9DGP attaching the 80m Dipole to the mast. I sure like this Kodak DX6490 with 10x optical zoom
Date: 10/20/2005
Picture of WØAIH's truck and 220v Winch mounted to towing receiver. (picture courtesy WA9HCZ)
Date: 10/22/2005
Force 12 C4XL on Tram Line being tested. Due to problem with the Force 12 40m relay box, we were unable to install this antenna
Date: 10/22/2005
(laying down) KA9FOX, (L-R) Bill KE9XQ, Eric KB9TKF and Paul WØAIH preparing C4XL for installation. (pic courtesy WA9
Date: 10/22/2005
Force 12 C4XL is on Tram Line. C4XL is 7 elements for 10m-20m, plus a 2 element linear-loaded 40m beam on the same boom.
Date: 10/20/2005
CW/SSB Relay switch for the 40m portion of the C4XL. It just did not work! Thanks to advice from NM5G via cell phone, we remove
Date: 10/20/2005
Paul WØAIH mounting 2 meter beam at the top of the mast. Approximate height is 108 feet.
Date: 10/20/2005
Laurie, XYL of KA9FOX, brings out soup, sandwiches and munchies for the hungry hams.
Date: 10/20/2005
Paul WØAIH installs hardline connectors onto the Andrew 7/8" Heliax. (picture courtesy WA9HCZ)
Date: 10/22/2005
Paul WØAIH (top) and Chris KC9DGP (bottom) ride up the tower on the Gin Pole rope. (pic courtesy WA9HCZ)
Date: 10/22/2005
Paul WØAIH (top) and Chris KC9DGP (bottom) ride up the tower on the Gin Pole rope. (pic courtesy WA9HCZ)
Date: 10/22/2005
TOP: Paul WØAIH fixes element 3 on 6m beam that was knocked out of position, with Chris KC9DGP below. (Photo by WA9HC
Date: 10/23/2005
Almost done! Had to brighten up this picture, as it's after 7pm and pretty dark out.
Date: 10/20/2005
Paul WØAIH and Chris KC9DGP connecting a couple of the feedlines as darkness sets in.
Date: 10/20/2005
I chose the ProSisTel Big Boy Rotor model PST-61D to turn this stack. Rotor is from Italy, but I purchased from Array Solutions
Date: 10/22/2005
Michael KB9TWI came to install feedlines, rotor cable, relay box 12v lines and dress cables down the tower.
Date: 10/31/2005
Michael KB9TWI preparing the rotor loops. Note the Z-brace cut to accommodate the ProSisTel rotor. It fit fine using a spare R
Date: 10/31/2005
Tower and antennas,with feedline properly dressed down the side of the tower. 160m vee not installed yet.
Date: 10/31/2005
Close-up of the nicely made 160 dipole purchased from Chris NI4L at http://ni4l.com. This will be installed in an inverted vee c
Date: 10/31/2005
Feedpoint of the 160m dipole, purchased from NI4L. I ordered this on a Thursday and it arrived Priority Mail on Saturday! What
Date: 10/31/2005
You can see 160m inverted vee hanging on left side of tower. Feedline juts out just above the rotor.
Date: 02/21/2006
Tower climber Chuck walking up the mast to do some antenna maintenance. Very glad that WØAIH thought to create and in
Date: 02/21/2006
Big thanks to Terry KB9YXV for fashioning the tower mount for this box, and for punching the holes in the bottom of the box!!
Date: 02/21/2006
Inside the box. FYI, those are 4-inch drain tile pipes that run from tower to house. Only one has anything in it so far.
Date: 02/21/2006
I have two 4 inch holes in the house for cables, but only need one of them for now.
Date: 06/05/2006
All the cables are routed into the house via this 4 inch PVC. Big thanks to KB9YXV for cutting the hole in the box, and constru
Date: 06/05/2006
Mounted aluminum sheet to back of cabinet, then used aluminum channel (bent into L brackets and drilled) to mount the Polyphaser
Date: 06/05/2006
