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Needed a drawing to figure out needed cables and connectors. Made this in PowerPoint, of all things!
Date: 07/22/2005
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Trencher almost done with 300 foot long trench, which will contain 8 runs of hardline, 3 runs of three conductor direct bury ele
Date: 12/17/2004
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Trench was about 3 feet deep. Trenching was done on December 16th, 2004, perhaps a day or two before the ground froze.
Date: 12/17/2004
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The house end of the trench. Radio room is behind window to the left. Two 4 inch PVC pipes going into the house can be seen to
Date: 12/17/2004
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Dick K0MN rolling out 4 inch drain tile that will be buried in trench.
Date: 12/17/2004
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Trencher finishes up his work, while ground crew finishes rolling out hardline.
Date: 12/17/2004
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My friend Gary from the phone company doing the trenching thing.
Date: 12/17/2004
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Ron N9OY, Mark N9UNW and Bill KE9XQ roll out some 3/4 inch CATV 75 ohm hardline (donated by local cable company)
Date: 12/17/2004
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View of front of the cable box, which is telephone company surplus. 4 inch PVC pipes that go into the closet near the radio room
Date: 06/11/2005
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Side view of cable box. Radio room is behind window on left side.
Date: 06/11/2005
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Back side of cable box. Have not backfilled yet.
Date: 06/11/2005
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Cut the hardline & drain tile just so it fit. Still have to install connectors, lightning protection, etc.
Date: 06/11/2005
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This is the box by the house, with feedlines and conduits from tower coming in. Poly Phaser lightning protectors are installed b
Date: 10/31/2005
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Close-up of the hardline coming from the tower, then transitioning to PolyPhaser lightning protectors, then to RG8-equiv into th
Date: 10/31/2005
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Mounted aluminum sheet to back of cabinet, then used aluminum channel (bent into L brackets and drilled) to mount the Polyphaser
Date: 06/04/2006
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Closeup of PolyPhasers mounted to aluminum sheet. Back row is all the 7/8" Andrew, and the front row is the 3/4" CATV
Date: 06/04/2006
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Another close-up of the PolyPhaser mounting, and the transition from hardline to RG-213.
Date: 06/04/2006
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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: 06/04/2006
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I have two 4 inch holes in the house for cables, but only need one of them for now.
Date: 06/04/2006
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Another great telephone company relay box recycled for ham radio!
Date: 02/23/2006
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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: 02/23/2006
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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: 02/23/2006
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