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New Tower and SteppIR Antenna I recently raised an new 65 foot crank up Aluma tower and new 3 element SteppIR antenna. The following are a few of the pictures and story. |
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 A meeting with Keith LaBorde, K4KAL and Bill Barr, N4NX. After seeing Keith's 3 element SteppIR go up, I decided to get one. But first, I needed to put up a new tower. |
 Charles Turner, K0CZR volunteered to help take down my 30 year old 50 foot Rohn 25. Here he is helping me. |
 Dave Johnson, K4SSU takes down my old Rohn 25 and Cushcraft X7. On the top is a Diamond 2 meter and 70 cm. vertical. I framed up and poured concrete in a base that was 4 feet by 4 feet and 5 feet deep. It's loaded with rebar. It has 5 stainless steel threaded rods embedded in the concrete. It's not going anywhere. The top is U-bolted to a pressure-treated 2 X 6. |
 Here is my new extra heavy duty Aluma Crank-up. I can lower it and do work on any antenna standing on my roof. |
 Keith, K4KAL is the Project Manager and was a great help putting the SteppIR together and wiring it up. |
 Furman Lanier, WD4MKU gives technical advise and helps me assemble the fiber glass elements on the roof. It was cold and raining with a 20 mile per hour wind. Our hands were numb and sleet hit me in the face. |
 
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