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It was a grey, cloudy day when these photos were taken. The conduit
running up the side of the penthouse is new, as is the railing on the
near side of the penthouse - before, the railing on top of the penthouse was
open to the west.
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New conduit penetrating the roof to the floor below. The larger conduit
might be used for feed line.
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A new tower pad for N5XU.
This pad is twice as thick as the one our current tower sits upon.
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Another view of the tower pad.
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Looking down at the tower pad from the staircase. The new tower will
be bracketed to the penthouse at this point.
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A large NEMA box that terminates the conduit from inside the building.
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The new three meter dish.
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A small Glen Martin Engineering antenna roof mount. It is bolted to the
concrete roof, but does not yet have anything attached to it.
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A closeup of how the antenna support structure is attached to the
roof of the penthouse.
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The rotation mechanism of the big three meter dish.
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A closeup of how the three meter dish is attached to the roof of the
penthouse. Notice that the control cables are not ready yet.
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Another view of the dish rotation mechanism. Notice that the
dish does not yet have a feed.
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The new view facing west and looking at the UTARC shack.
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The new view to Darryl K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium.
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A view of the N5XU
satellite antenna system on the east penthouse.
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Looking from the east penthouse to the new satellite dish on the west
penthouse.
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The satelite station at N5XU
uses cross-polarized yagis on 144 MHz and 435 MHz, and a "barbecue grill"
style dish for 2.3 GHz. The black cross-boom is fiberglass and non-conductive.
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