Although not called for in the assembly manual, on recommendation from Brian W7BJN, a glue bead is placed at each nesting tube junction to prevent them from sliding back in over time. Constant movement in the wind at the top of a tower can cause them to work in according to Brian. Made sense to this crew.

OK, how to these hollow fiberglass tubes go together??

Time to pour concrete. The concrete truck can only reach one guy station, so a motorized wheel barrel is used to transport 8 yards of concrete into the main tower and guy station holes.

One of three ground tower ground rods. The are each connected to a tower leg with both a #4 solid copper wire (per NEC) PLUS a 1 1/2 inch low RF impedance copper strap. Once connections are made, the ground rod is then driven down so it is at least 6 inches below grade.

Coax switching unit. All three active elements may be driven.

Left To right: Gary W7TYQ (Yreka CA), Dave W7DJE (Florence, OR) and Steve WA7DUH install the rollers on the hazer. Gary and Dave drove up to help Steve & Linda put this antenna up on the tower.

Installing the driven element return fixture.

Driving those ground rods down at least 6 inches below grade with a power hammer.

Yea-- this is the way to handle concrete.

A very thick polifin heat shrink tube locks each joint into place.