The 700m long coax cable to the antenna is too short… Once the cable has been run under the road and is in the ditch, it will become clear how much more coax is needed to reach the antenna.
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After seeing how much ‘Skuggi’ my Labrador enjoyed himself in the sea, I could not resist joining him.
Today was overcast and warm, temperatures reached a whopping 15° C and the sea was quite warm, I believe the water temperature may have reached 6° to 8° – quite comfortable once I was in the water.
Must do this more often, afterwards I felt almost alive…8-)
If you visit my station, don´t forget your swimsuit.
I took my Labrador – ‘Skuggi’ to the beach. His name means ‘Shadow’. He enjoys swimming very much and he is without any doubt the strongest dog in the whole of Iceland and possibly the world.
2 cubic meters of concrete were poured into the 2 meter deep hole that had previously been made in solid rock with the hydraulic rock breaker.
The weight of the concrete is 4.8 tonnes (10,560lbs) and with the additional rocks embedded in the concrete it weighs over 6 tonnes.
In addition, the concrete is bonded to the solid rock.
I then levelled the surrounding area with my backhoe loader, only the chain can be seen coming out of the ground.
I believe this will be strong enough even in the toughest weather.
The site for the 160M transmit antenna was chosen to have the propagation path run across open waters for more than 180° of the horizon.
The photos are taken at high tide.
17 utility poles were acquired yesterday.
I use large rocks with a hole drilled through as anchors for the guy wires.
All three poles are now installed. The antenna will be fed with 700 meters (2,300 feet) of 1-5/8″ Hardline Coaxial cable.
The King has risen.
With the help of a 25 ton crawler excavator equipped with a hydraulic rock breaker, a 2.5 m deep hole was broken into the solid rock. The 27 metre long pole weighing 3 tonnes was then inserted into the hole and secured with rocks around the base and temporary guy wires.
New guy anchors will be inserted into the rock and the King will support a 160M transmit vertical antenna before winter.
The photos were taken by Finnbjörn Bjarnason using my camera.
Today I raised the vertical antenna. It is now secured with temporary guy ropes and the Phillystran top guys.
I must have had to climb the tower at least 20 times to unravel the mess of wires coming from the top section.
