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AB5K - Contest Station 2007

I recently moved to a 100 acre ranch North of Austin, TX where a "Texas size" contest station is being constructed.  Eighteen trailer loads of cedar were cleared and removed to make room for towers.  (Click on image for larger view). The land slopes down to the North ending at a creek and a small lake on the North side of the property. The down slope models very well in HFTA.

The front row of towers planed for this year will consist of a 200 foot R55 tower for 40 meters and 4 rotating towers for 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters.  The 20 meter rotating tower will contain a three stack of OWA's (6 elements on a 48 foot boom).  The 15 and 10 meter rotating towers will also contain three stack of OWA antennas on 48 foot booms.  Picture of the rotating tower parts on the font sidewalk.
The elevated guy posts are made from 7" pipe.  Each 10 foot section weighs 278 pounds.
The 20 meter tower ready for stacking. I know its not a recommended to store tower horizontally but it will be vertical soon.
Stack of R55 tower for the 40, 15 and 10 meter towers.
Drilling the tower bases and elevated guy anchors holes.
Section of R55 tower being pulled up by the capastan winch on the 10-meter tower.
Outer guy ring assembly being pulled up beside the base bearing and the home-made rotator.
Inner rotating ring ready to mount at the top section of tower.
Picture of the  20, 15, 10 and 40 meter towers.  Currently the 20 meter tower is at 145 feet and it will end up at 165 feet.  The 15 meter tower is at 100 feet and it will end up at 170 feet.  The 10 meter tower is complete and is 70 feet tall.  The 40 meter tower is currently at 50 feet and it will end up at 200 feet.  There is also a 50 foot tower up for UHF/VHF and a 100 foot rotating tower being built for a mult tower.
Left over tower sections and antennas for future projects. Currently there is 1350 feet of R25 in the stack plus some left over R45 and R55. There is also 200 foot of R65 tower and 1000 feet of AB105 tower.
The front 40 acres is being farmed (leased). The back 60 acres is available for towers and antennas. The back 60 acres is shared with 10 miniature donkeys whose responsibilities including mowing. The land is rich black prairie land which has a high soil conductivity which is know to produce big signals on the low bands.