Antenna Tuning Hut

I was told that a front end loader machine drove under guy wires.
The witness also said that the mast was heading for him until a guy wire limited the fall towards him.

On the way down.

Mast digs hole

Most mast sections damaged and insulators gone or chipped.

Pivoting ball joint from sectionalising insulator ¾ of the way up the former tower.
The insulator is broken at the lower end.
See photo below for mating part.

Copper pipe in foreground was
wound around tuning coil metal former frame.

Fully collapsed state.

I think that the new mast may be ready by 5 September 2009.
Zero XY until then.

On the way up again with a new mast made by Future Engineering of Perth, W.A.

New base insulator

Bottom of new mast

New mast sections & lightning catcher

Crane arrives on site used to erect the tower after getting oversize road permit.

Going up

Back On Air

The station was heard testing on late afternoon of Wednesday 9-9-2009.
The plan is to recommence transmission the following morning.

P.S. " Isichia" is the Greek word for Silence.
(Thanks to Mr George Papadopoulos.)

Bill the Mast Master erected it. This is an article from a Melbourne paper from about 17 years earlier.

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Background colour to match Greek flag's blue.