Pictures of House Construction:
Construction:| [Purchase] | First saw house for sale 3/5/2007. Offer made on 3/6/2007. Closed escrow on 4/17/2007. |
| [Wires] | ...still need to find them all... |
| [Old Ivy] | Took out old Ivy 4/23/2007, Planted 6/17/2007 |
| [Gas Shut-off] | Gas shut-off installed on 5/8/2007. Chimney Sweep cleaning done on 5/1/2007. |
| [Washer/Dryer] | Installed around 5/10/2007 |
| [Door To Garage] | Got estimate on 5/9/2007. Construction from 5/15/2007 to 5/31/2007. |
| [Phone/Internet/TV] | Phone & internet went in on May 30, 2007. Still need TV wiring |
| [Plumming Problem] | Occurred on May 30, 2007 and repars completed on June 1, 2007 |
| [Attic] | Installed panelling Between June 5 to June 11, 2007 |
| [Paint] | Got Estimate 5/7/2007. Painted around June 12, 13, & 14, 2007 |
| [Carpet] | Installed June 19, 2007 |
| [Storage-Stuff] | Arrived on June 21, 2007. Moved in (First night / Cat came) June 23, 2007 |
| [Dipole] | Dipole put up for Field Day June 20, 2008; Tower started Sept. 1, 2008; Taken down Aug 12, 2009 |
| [Tower/HF Antenna] | A3S & A3WS Tower Construction; start:8/5/2009; End: 9/4/2009 [Final Installation] |
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Step 1, Dig a big hole (5'9") in the backyard!:
Left: Put a wood frame on the ground to help visualize the location and size.
Right: On August 5th, the hole was started. Digging was finished the next day.
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And Here's all the dirt on this project:
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Seven loops of Rebar was placed in the hole on 8/6/2009:
Left: The Rebar was assembled and then lowered into the hole. On the left, the base plate can be seen as well.
Right: Here is the hole with the rebar.
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And the tower base plate was put in place with with a temporary frame.:
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City Inspector required rebar to be re-done.:
Left: Before the inspection. Notice two togehter at top, next one is about 1 foot down.
Right: top 3 pieces of rebar re-done, separated by 6 inches. Passed inspection on 8/11/2009.
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Dot & Rob can start to imagine the tower in the back yard becoming a reality.
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Cement was poured on 8/12/2009.
Left: A hose was run from the Cement truck and pump to the back yard.
Right: It took less than 5 minutes to fill the 5ft.9in. hole. (It took more than an hour for setup/cleanup).
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Frame was removed and the cement was smoothed out:
Left: Top view of antenna base & cement pad.
Right: Notice the leveling bolts under the antenna base. Grout will be used fill in the slace once the cement is dry.
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Now to watch the cement to dry. this will take 28+ days from 8/12/2009 before the tower can be mounted.
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Left: With the cement finally dry, at 10:30 AM on Thursday September 3, 2009, The new 33 foot crank up Tower rolled in... (US Tower TM-433HD)
Right: The bottom bolts were attached, and a raising fixture put in place.
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Yeah! The tower is up!!!
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The A3S went up first (on top)
Closely followed by the A3WS (on bottom)
Note that final assembly was done on the roof.
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