HIDARG - PHOTOS  John Day CrossBand Site

Gary Reigel N7HTM has kindly donated space next to his 145.21 repeater at the John Day Airport.

Building that will house the cross band to Mt. Stephenson.

Looking toward Mt Stephenson... aprox..

Tower base, we have a spare conduit to use.

Gary N7HTN and Max KF7MAX looking at Gary's Repeater. Once the cross band is up and working, and the Blue Mountain hospital is tied in, we will start work on getting Garys system tied into ours. And the Oregon Connection.

Site map, shows a clear line of site to Mt. Stephenson.

Some equipment laid out and ready to go.

Bill N7RGB prepping the hard line prior to running up the tower.The Hardline not Bill....

Gary N7HTN working on expanding the breaker setup.

Mike AD7GC Unloading the truck while the rest of us watch.

Max KF7MAX working his way up the tower.

It's important to make sure your body does not block the micro-wave dishes.....

If you block the dishes, you not only leave the kids in Grant County without their school Internet, you just may cook the candy bar in your shirt pocket.

Stoping to admire the view of the eastern Strawberry range.

Almost to the top, now the real fun begins....

Mike AD7GC saying its time for lunch.

Jeff KE7ACY sending up important stuff, like pop, candy bars, and the occasional bolt or two.

The guys putting some finishing touches on the hardline prior to sending it up.

Jeff KE7ACY filling the bucket with important stuff again.

OK the VHF Yagi is secured and doing the finish work on the duel band.

LOOK MA!!! No hands...All DONE!! Now all thats left is to secure the hardline on the climb down.

A nice shot of the inside of the airports main lobby. This is a very nice place to fly into.