Antenna Party
Antennas finally go up!! Antenna Party held Oct 18th and 19th, 2005
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Paul WØAIH takes rope off his monster gin pole.
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Paul WØAIH and Chris KC9DGP work on aligning the beams.
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Getting dark out! WØAIH and KC9DGP making last minute adjustments to beams.
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Tightening up the C4XL truss wire
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Almost done! Paul WØAIH is straightening out the 80m dipole.
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TOP: Paul WØAIH fixes element 3 on 6m beam that was knocked out of position, with Chris KC9DGP below. (Photo by WA9HC
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Almost done! Had to brighten up this picture, as it's after 7pm and pretty dark out.
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Paul WØAIH and Chris KC9DGP connecting a couple of the feedlines as darkness sets in.
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I chose the ProSisTel Big Boy Rotor model PST-61D to turn this stack. Rotor is from Italy, but I purchased from Array Solutions
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Michael KB9TWI came to install feedlines, rotor cable, relay box 12v lines and dress cables down the tower.
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Michael KB9TWI says 'Look Ma, no hands!!'
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Michael KB9TWI preparing the rotor loops. Note the Z-brace cut to accommodate the ProSisTel rotor. It fit fine using a spare R
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Tower and antennas,with feedline properly dressed down the side of the tower. 160m vee not installed yet.
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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
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Feedpoint of the 160m dipole, purchased from NI4L. I ordered this on a Thursday and it arrived Priority Mail on Saturday! What