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Setup:

  • 10, 15, and 20 meters (Click on thumbnail for full size image)

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Assembly of the tri-bander

 

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Attaching the rotator

 

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Attaching the Antenna to the mast

 

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Time for prayer as the tower goes up

 

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Tower going up!

 

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Adjusting the guys

 

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Partially up

 

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Fully up.

 

  • 2 and 6 meters (Click on thumbnail for full size image)

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Attaching the antennas

 

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Antennas

 

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Tower pray time

 

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Tower going up

 

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Tower up

 

  • 40, 80, and 160 meters (Click on thumbnail for full size image)

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Getting those birds off the antenna

 

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Maybe we can poke the birds off

 

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All else having failed, L.T. supports the dipole for 24 hours while shaking it to get the birds off