Maverick Internet, Spring 2004
Every tower starts with a big hole
Big, deep, hard-to-dig hole, it was
Must have a good ground connection
Scientific installation of ground rod
Fill with concrete, haul off debris
Just a few steps from the front door!
Tower before assembly - and it's raining
Different day, and it's coming together
Second section installed and bolted together
The top of the second section is about 18 feet
Yep, that's near about 18 feet
One section added, and Randall thinks it's done
Randall threatens tower with a hammer
Just a few more feet to the top - HELP!
Elroy engineering the structural brace
Hmmm, this is pretty comfortable!
Time to add the remaining sections
Getting in position to grapple the tower
Elroy fitting three more sections to the first two
The sections are adjusted with a hammer
Bolting the top and bottom sections together
The crane still has control of the tower
Checking the next section attachment
Checking section attachment higher up
It's finally up! Time to come down
It's much faster going up....
Only 20 more feet to go - almost home
Another day, another task to complete
Elroy mounts the parabolic antenna
Now it must be aimed at the big tower
Elroy mounts the omnidirectional antenna
TexxaStar is ready for testing!
We can now see Center Point
Adding more antennae