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Building of a Radar Tower

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Photographs courtesy of Tim O'Bannon

Pic1 Concrete pad in place.
Grounding rods and cables being installed.
Pic2 First 5-meter section installed.
Second 5-meter legs gone up.
Pic3 Three 5-meter sections installed.
Final set of legs in place.
Pic4 Base to pedestal being installed.
Pic5 Protective dome being assembled.
Pic6 Radome adjacent to tower.
Pic7 Radome nearly complete.
Pic8 Antenna pedestal starting to be raised.
Pic9 Antenna pedestal in place on top of the tower.
Pic10 Radome being lifted into place.
Pic11 Radome lowered onto tower over pedestal.
Pic12 Completed NEXRAD radar tower.


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