Antenna Party
Antennas finally go up!! Antenna Party held Oct 18th and 19th, 2005
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You can see 160m inverted vee hanging on left side of tower. Feedline juts out just above the rotor.
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Tower climber Chuck walking up the mast to do some antenna maintenance. Very glad that WØAIH thought to create and in
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Chuck up on the mast, amidst a lot of wire and aluminum!
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Another picture of Chuck climbing the mast. He is my hero!
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Another great telephone company relay box recycled for ham radio!
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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!!
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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.
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I have two 4 inch holes in the house for cables, but only need one of them for now.
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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
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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
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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
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Antennas all functional 2m-160m, just in time for winter!
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Yes, there IS gold at the end of the rainbow!!
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Sunrise in December 2006
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