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| Ten sections of Rohn 25,
hinged tower bases, a 40 foot pushup mast, and other
materials that were sealifted to Providenciales in
January. K4LT and W0CG drove all this from Ohio to Fort
Lauderdale (tough duty) at put it on a boat (Arawak
Caribbean Shipping Line).
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Goose, W8AV, beginning assembly of the Cush-Craft 40-2CD, which was sealifted form the states. Photo by Cindy, W0CG's XYL, who was helping with the antenna assembly. | Goose again, not quite believing that it's 85 degrees and sunny in February.... |
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| Doug, K4LT (left) and Goose, W8AV setting up the 40 meter beam to be raised up the tower. K4LT cleverly attached the reflector on the tower, hauled the boom up parallel to the tower, put the driven element on at the bottom, then muscled the whole yagi up over his head and onto the mast single-handed...! | Detail of one of the hinged tower bases fabricated by Steve, N8LGP, and hauled to the island by boat. This shows Steve working like mad to drill a hole in the coral to pin the tower base in place. The coral powder that resulted from the drilling was so fine that it had to be blown out of the hole with a small blowtube before the pin could be inserted. Steve'e ingenuity demonstrated once again with the blowtube. | Steve drilling away. How hard IS this island, anyway...? |
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| Geoff, W0CG, pretending to perform work on the 40 meter tower. | The 40 meter mast, nested inside the tower prior to being raised into position. | Here's the 40 meter tower, pre mast, rotor, and antenna. (We would show you pictures of the tower being raised, but OSHA would have to arrest us all.) |
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| Here's Steve, N8LGP (and others) in one of the rare instances when he looked a little worried. | Another angle on the 40 meter tower. | Jeff, KU8E, slacking off on a 40 meter tower guy rope. (Notice the proximity of the hammock at the right.) |
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Left: W8TK, an
anesthesiologist, applying one of the most basic tools of
his profession (a rock) to the removal of tower bolts
during teardown on Monday. Right: K4LT and W0CG dismantling the 40 meter tower. |
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