Photos » Burden's Hill - Strafford, VT site 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