The Antenna is Down

Yesterday afternoon antenna 1 was lowered.  Here it is loosened and ready to drop.

Setting the cage for the tower base

Bringing it down.  It took less than an hour to lower once the prep work was done.

So empty!

Now the big task is to disassemble the antenna and prepare the parts for storage.

Had some rain today

Pouring the top of the tower base

Apr 15- Dive at Gun Beach

We had a good shore dive. My (Kristi's) favorite was the Peacock Flounder we found. Amazing creature!

Silhouette of Max

 Yellow Tang

Spotfin Lionfish

Day of Cement

Today was the day of cement.  We got the mast base poured and almost all of the anchor holes.  First on Sunday we had to get all the cages and anchors set in the holes and lined up at the right angles.  Then the holes had to be inspected before we could pour.

The portable generator to power the welder

David telling me something

Gordon helping get the anchor head lined up and Sammy working hard in the background

It took 9 trucks to fill the container and around the sides for the mast base - about 77 yards I think

The South Africans working on taking down the slew switch

More progress on the new tower sections

The container all filled up with flowable fill.  A cage and 3000 psi concrete will go on top

Pouring anchor holes

Same hole as above

One way to even out the cement - with the excavator

Another way to even out the cement - using the vibration from the roller

David checking the angle

At the end of the day 25 truckloads of cement were poured for a total of 221 yards and over 750,000 pounds.  Praise the Lord!