Preparations for setting corner posts
Corner posts and first rocky hole
Vince Eccles (l) and Mike Howsden (r), Post Hole Diggers
Partially-assembled mast
Loosening rocks for auger
Augering a post hole
Preparing the base for the mast
Corner post set in concrete, mast in background
Base plate posts are set
Base plate set
Bottom sections of mast set up to check clearances
...not straight, but upright
Jan Sojka and Don Thompson unspool wires and guys
Connections to resistor box at top of mast
Last post, straddling a buried boulder
Hard at work under stormy skies
Finishing touch to post base
How to raise a mast easily
Preparing to lift and guy mast
Going up...
Mast is held upright while guys are adjusted
Antenna system with lower wires marked with yellow CAUTION tape
CADI antenna (left middle) at BLO
Cows love antennas