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- The main studio under early-construction at the "Better Living Center" in Port Townsend, Washington.
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- Our first on-air mixer (made possible by our friends at KSQM 91.5 FM in Sequim).
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- One of our Electrovoice RE27/ND Studio Microphones with "pop" filter.
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- Volunteers from Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and Poulsbo assembling the tower sections.
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- Let's see, that's Tab "A" into "Slot "B" right?
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- If it isn't going to be a tower, it might be a nice small-guage railroad.
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- Bending and wiring lots of rebar for multiple foundations!
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- Forms to keep the concrete where it belongs until it becomes rock-hard.
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- The tower sections are coming together, nicely, now.
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- What a great crew! KROH - Radio of Hope wouldn't get built without our talented and dedicated team!
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- Grady Stevens and Glenn Gately discussing the early work to be done for the transmitter building.
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- "X" marks the spot for the precise tower location.
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- Fill er' up guys!
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- Nice and smooth!
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- Getting ready for the 14kw generator.
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- Sliding down the ramp. Watch those toes!
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- Just another ten feet to go.
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- No tanks...no power! Two down and one to go.
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- Get the tie-downs, manifold and piping in place and then fill em' up!
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- Looking good!
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- Owner, Scott Kiele, has George's Electric on the job!
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- Wiring the generator.
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- Internally and externally.
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- Wires will pull-through here.
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- The new sub-panel in-place.
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- Routing to the panels.
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- Getting closer.
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- Meanwhile, back at the transmitter building, air-handling controls are installed.
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- Installing additional microwave antenna for EOC communications.
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- Installed and properly oriented.
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- The air-conditioning couldn't keep up. A unit with greater capacity needed.
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- More capacity equals greater cooling. We now have a happy transmitter!
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- Hanging Broadcast and Studio-link Antennae.
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- A Few days later...success!
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- Three 120 gallon LP tanks will go here.
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- After the drive-line is re-attached. Oops!
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- Side-mounted pipes to which other items attach.
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- Looking down.
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- The main FM antennae array.
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- Mike and Jim working the first pour into the form.
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- All parts tight and ready for years of exposure.
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- This will receive the signal when placed about 65' feet up.
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- The tower nearing final assembly on Blyn Mountain.
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- Ready to go.
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146 Definately!
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- "Partial assembly required."
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- All those erector-sets as a kid now pay off!
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- Antennae construction.
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- Upper and lower attachments.
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- This WILL stay in place!
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- A very solid wall attachment.
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- The main power-divider in our directional array. Mounted mid-tower.
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- Meanwhile, back at the studio, The microwave antenna support-pole goes up.
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- The main power-divider and some cables to run up the tower before too long.
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- The main switch.
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- Spreading the power around the building.
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- Breakers for every need.
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- Automatic generator-transfer device.
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- Extra heat...if it is ever needed.
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- The main power backup.
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- Our main bus to the inside.
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- George's brings it all in one trip.
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- Electrical plans call for a, LP-fueled, 14kw emergency backup generator.
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130. Scott Kiele - owner of George's Electric.
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- Our outstanding electrical contracter!
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- Better weather, paint, a door and some trim.
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- ...and metal roofing.
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126. Weather barrier, siding...
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- Ho!
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- Heave!
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- Ready!
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- Closing in the porch-roof.
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- R-21 keeps the cold out.
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- Don't breath that dust.
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- Winter returns!
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- A Good roof to be under.
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- Leaving a 'little" more for the next work party.
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- Only half a roof more to go.
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- Well, back to work, securing the first sheet.
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- Wow! That is quite the view!
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- Now the plywood roofing.
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- In place!
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- The last one!
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- Only a few more left to go.
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- More trusses go into place.
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- This will be solid!
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- Number one goes right here.
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- Trusses to go.
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- That air-hammer makes quick work.
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- Hot, hearty soup tastes wonderful at this temperature and altitude!
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- Taking a much-deserved break for good, hot food!
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- Lots of truss-plate for a roof to withstand all the show that may pile-on.
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- The walls are up and the roof-trusses are custom built for installation.
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- This snow and ice can stop any time now!
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- On its way around the corner.
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- More wall board ready to place.
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- Following the pencil line.
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- Measure twice...cut once!
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- Can I get you anything down there?
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- And for this I skipped Florida?
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- Kerchunk, kerchunk, kerchunk!
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- A nice winter hike.
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- More skin.
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- Skinning another wall!
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- Very cool re-bar.
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87. Metal plates really bind the joints.
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- Every building should have a good porch.
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- It will be really nice to get all the skin up!
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- Hauling the tools and goods.
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- The front wall coming together.
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- Three up and one more to go.
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81. More wall lumber.
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80. I know there are tools and lumber up here...somewhere!
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79. Winter really arrived at the KROH transmitter site!
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- 6" walls, vapor barrier and lots of insulation will keep the weather out.
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- As the transmitter building goes up, the trench for the backup generator goes down.
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- Can't have too much re-bar for an 80' free-standing tower on this 2000' mountain!
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- The completed form, containing hundreds of feet of re-bar, cable conduit and, eventually 25 yards of concrete, all sit upon the bed-rock
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- Multiple layers of re-bar are tied together and conduit prepared for cable-feeds to the transmitter.
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- A few weeks later, for a "non-leaning" tower, the base-section is adjusted for "plumb".
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- Prior to the main tower-form construction a solid base for tower-leveling was poured.
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- Custom-built right on site and placed into the main pit.
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- This lumber will construct the form for the tower base. Containing 25 yards of re-bar and concrete.
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- The trencher had a long, tough path (in mostly rock) to connect our future building to the transformer.
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- Hmmm, needs to be a little deeper.
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- CAREFULLY digging cross-over holes near existing underground electrical cables.
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- Digging a path to the electrical transformer for our connection.
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- Ready to move more dirt into place.
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- This pad will support the emergency backup generator for when AC power fails.
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69.Taking photos of the photo takers.
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- All nice and smooth!
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- Getting the roof-anchors in place.
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- Down the chute!
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- Going from rough to smooth.
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- Fill it right to the corners.
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- The surface really begins to take shape.
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- Here's the plan!
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- Last-minute check of the form for the transmitter building.
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- The cement crew ready to pour.
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- Customized forms were constructed on-site to shape the tower base.
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- Hay bales and a silt fence kept loose dirt from blowing off-site and into the woods.
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- Customized forms were constructed on-site to shape the tower base.
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- The nuts, bolts and washers that hold the tower together.
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- Parts and pipes.
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- Lots of rebar cut to fit its precise location and need.
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- The conduit pipes that will pass the coaxial cables to and from the tower.
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- The close of another day with our great volunteers heading home.
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- Another, closer, view from the Southeast.
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- A view of the transmitter building and the emergency generator foundation forms from the Southwest.
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- Another trailer-load of parts off-loaded.
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- This five foot tower-base will soon be encased in 23 yards of steel and concrete.
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- The precise "spot-finder" is right HERE!
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- That orange paint really stands out!
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- Jason Woods, of Double D Electrical, arrives to locate the MANY cables hidden underground to avoid damage and nasty surprises. No high-v
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- Anybody need any extra dirt?
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- The tower base will eventually fill this spot.
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- Moving earth around the in-place forms.
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- Red lines mark the location of the main underground power lines.
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- How much deeper do you want that hole?
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- Straight and level.
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- The silt fence keeps the dirt where it belongs.
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- The hole for the tower foundation developes.
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- The foundation for the transmitter building.
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- Steel and concrete holds everything on the ground together.
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- Everything is customized for its task.
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- One of several foundation forms.
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- Cutting the pieces with precision.
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- Lots of plywood and other lumber for concrete forms and more.
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- Preparing the driveway for traffic in all kinds of weather.
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- Prayer for guidance, safety and thanksgiving for tasks well done at the end of another work-day.
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- The spur-road to our new transmitter site.
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- "X" marks the spot!
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- The BIG hole starts here.
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- More clearing.
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- The BIG hole starts here.
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- Lots of horsepower got the earth-moving equipment to the transmitter site.
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- Clearing the top of overgrowth.
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- Casselary Road Extended coming into the Maynard Peak Communications Site located on Blyn Mountain near Discovery Bay, Washington.
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- Looking back downhill, on the road headed to the transmitter site on Maynard Peak Communication.
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- One of our tall neighbors.