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	(LEFT) Moments after the tower trailer is backed into position. Bob - N7CZ and Cam - N7NBB start to unload. (BELOW LEFT) Kelly -KC7CSB and Roy - W7MBV on trailer tongue, start assembling the beam and rotator. (Below Right) "almost done" !

All elements, and cables in place... and "UP SHE GOES!" Bob - N7CZ manning the Crank, while Cam, Roy, and Kelly maneuver the guy lines into position.
	(LEFT) With the tower safely in place, the set-up crew moved on to assemble and mount the vertical antenna. The outside work is done! Note the all band vertical in the foreground (left of the flag) and the beam on the tower.
(LEFT) The initial "Smoke Test" - Event coordinator Bob Avritt - N7CZ tunes up the the special event station at the National Weather Service Building. (RIGHT) the rest of the set up crew: (standing left to right) Kelly Bersch - KC7CSB - Roy Patte - W7MBV, and Cam Smith - N7NBB. Not Pictured: Barry Fields - KD7GKJ - event photographer.
	The final set up and equipment compliment. Bob - N7CZ readies the logging program, TRlog, on his IBM/486. HF radio was an ICOM 751 that was fed into a Heathkit SB-201 Amplifier, and out to the antenna. A Heathkit antenna Tuner, below the radio, was also placed into operation from time to time. Monitors in the background were part of the NWS equipment and not part of W7W.
	(LEFT) Dawn Peterson-Smith - KD7FMT takes a turn mike side, while Barry Fields - KD7GKJ logs the contacts. Mya Avritt also took her turn at logging and did a great job! (ABOVE) Cam Smith - N7NBB logs for his wife and enjoys an essential part of any contest operation... SNACKS and CAFFEINE.

(Left Photo) Oscia Linville - KC7WBI Operates the station while Don Loose - KD7CWY looks on and Dawn Peterson Smith - KD7FMT logs. (Center Photo) Coleen Avritt - K7LRF handles the contacts as Oscia Logs while hubby Todd Linville - KE6NVV awaits his chance to operate. (Right Photo) Don watches Bob - N7CZ work the pileup on 15m. (the three photos above by Joe Heide - WB7TNH)
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Certificates of appreciation and participation exchanged
between GFAARC Special Event Coordinator Bob Avritt - N7CZ
and National Weather Service Representative Joe Goudsward - KD7CSI