N8MDP's Tower Project
(in Descending Date Order)
The
tower was raised on Saturday, September 13, 2008 on a rainy morning. Many
thanks to my friends, N8OBJ John Gibbons and N8YQM Dave Sherman for
their time to help raise the tower.
Also thanks to my In-Laws Henry & Jeanne for their assistance
and my wife Julie for taking the picture. Oh and thanks to the XYL for
feeding us!
We're done!!!
The Tower is up!
Testing the SWR on the
VHF/UHF vertical and the MA5B HF Beam.
Almost there!!!
Keep Pushing!!!
Oh my, this is heavy.
Keep pushing
Half way up!
Up it goes!
Here we go!
We're ready to go!
Getting everything
cleared to raise the tower.
Saturday, September 13, 2008. The day the tower was raised.
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The tower is ready for lifting into position, scheduled for Saturday, September 13, 2008
The
tower sections are put together 08/15/08
The
tower base and concrete is complete 08/09/08
N8MDP
John hard at work pouring concrete 08/09/08
First
pouring of concrete on 08/09/08.
Concrete delivered. Ready for pouring on 08/09/08.
Hole with Tower added for position 08/03/08
Hole with ReBars added 08/03/08
First checkout of the base in the hole 7/29/08
Me
in the hole! 07/19/08
The results of the first digging 07/18/08
The broom handle marks the spot! 06/29/08