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W1UJ Barnstormer WRTC test site 2012
Updated 16-July-2012


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First PileUp of the weekend!



Picking up the antennas and supplies



N1WK Arrive on site 11a EST



W1UJ



W1UJ



W1UJ it was hot with no shade



W1UJ



N1WK supervising W1UJ



N1WK & K1EBY Building the Cycle-24 tribander



NB1U filing the galvanizing drips from the brand new Rohn-25



WRTC falling Derrick tower erection system



NB1U still filing....



NB1U still filing..................



Vehicles.



WRTC official falling Derrick custom hinged base plate



Raising cable too long



W1UJ KB1H



W1UJ N1WK KB1H



W1UJ NB1U N1WK



W1UJ NB1U N1WK



W1UJ KB1H N1WK



N1WK NB1U N1WK KB1H



NB1U & Broken helmet



W1UJ KB1H N1WK



Nice!



Nice!



NB1U KB1H N1WK W1UJ



The Cycle24 beam is up! ~4p



N1WK NB1U W1UJ Leveling things up



5 Hours later... Ready for some RF!!!!!
EU on 20!



Without any of the contesting radios on-site, NB1U fired up the mobile Yaesu.



NB1U



N1WK



NB1U



KB1H NB1U K1EBY (K1RX Photo)



NB1U Dubbed this the World Radio Torture Chamber with the WX/Heat



In true Barnstormer fashion!
Melted the 15m section of the brandy-new Dunestar Triplexer.



Repair #1



Repair #1



Repair #2



This was tidy at some point!



The Site (K5ZD Photo)



The Site (K5ZD Photo)



K1EBY in the Chamber (K5ZD Photo)



NR1X & K1EBY in the Chamber (K5ZD Photo)



The Site (K5ZD Photo)



W1UJ taking a break.... (K5ZD Photo)



W1UJ N1WK Connor NB1U Taking a break... (K5ZD Photo)



NR1X Running the high bands (K5ZD Photo)



K1EBY (K5ZD Photo)



W1UJ with cucumbers donated by Community Garden (K1DG Photo)



NB1U (K1DG Photo)
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