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As a sequel to  Part I of the Antenna Tower Project  here's the tower and antenna setup ... - it was a real effort with up to 10 people working on it. The photos hopefully convey how much sweat it cost to almost finish this - the beam still needs two more sleeve element sets being installed - with luck (weather, help from my fellow antenna installers) we should be able to actually complete this by next Saturday ... The tower is a  Hummelmasten Explora 500  and the beam is an  OptiBeam OB16-5  . Pretty impressive 30 feet boom and maximum element length (no traps, nowhere) of 34 feet. But: See the pictures below and enjoy! At 07:00 AM work began ... - Hummelmasten delivers the tower. Unloading stuff ... The truck-mounted crane - maximum height 55 meters / 165 feet - came half an hour early.... tower ready to be lifted to its place. My father-in-law (red shirt) and a neighbor discussing why on earth this thing has to be so lar...