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The Tower Erection
(group 2)
| Here, the crew is just beginning the work of constructing
the actual radar tower. Each section stands five meters in height
(almost 15 ft). Our radar stands six sections high. |
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Further along in the tower erection phase of the
Doppler construction. Workers tether themselves to the structure and
guide each piece to its proper place and bolt the components
together. These guys act like it's natural to be walking along
narrow beams at 100 foot above the ground (and...look mom no net!). |
| With the first five sections now complete, the tower
stands above everything else on the mesa west of El Paso. The
"thing" extending through the center of the tower and
above it, is the waveguide; which transports the radar signals from
the radar pulse generator to the radar dish and back. One more
section will be built (on the ground) and raised to the top and
bolted on. |
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