My neighbor Finnbjörn took these photos on his Canon camera during the erection of the King.
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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.
Several BIG insulators and 19″ racks await future projects.
A few more huge insulators have found their way to my station. I expect to use them in my 160M transmitting antenna project.
I have acquired a few rather large insulators. I believe I will use them for the 160M transmit antenna.
The insulator in the photos is 150cm long and weighs more than 30kg.
Today, with the help of Finnbjörn Bjarnason from Litlaeyri, I moved the King´s pole to Litlanes, it´s final resting place.
The King will support a transmit vertical similar to Lazy H Vertical as described by N6LF for 160M and the antenna will be erected as close to the seaboard as possible.
This antenna uses top loading and elevated verticals.
The arrival of the King´s pole to Tálknafjörður by ship.
Finnbjörn from Litlaeyri and I transported the King across the mountain.
Litlanes is a small peninsula which juts into the sea on my property. Positioning a Low Band transmitting antenna there gives me tremendous gain for 180° of the horizon. The sea shore basically runs North/South, so the coverage of the antenna will be from 0° to 180°.
These are the photos taken today:
Photos by Finnbjörn Bjarnason, Litlaeyri
