Development of the Strafford repeater site - 2019
We break ground for the shed base
Verne N5IEP notching the corner posts
Insulated floor system under construction. The posts are sitting on bed rock just below the surface.
N5IEP burying the power line conduit
Verne N5IEP plumbing a post
Verne(N5IEP) and Bill (WB1BRE) Burden
This was the first step - our DB224 is side mounted, with a 1/2" Heliax feedline
Installing the shack
We used heavy hardwood logs, buried in a lateral trench, and covered with heavy rocks to anchor the pole guy wires. These should last many decades.
Dave WA1ZCN, hand lashing the fiber optic cable across the ravine on a bosun's chair.
Newly painted shack
100' tower and antennas