Tower Progress. This is how we are building a 120 foot antenna tower to mount our radio antenna. This will serve for emergency communication to the villages. The current antenna is mounted in a tree, and the movement has broken it twice.

This project was financed by many people in the Cohutta Seventh-day Adventist Church in Georgia, and the Eureka church in Montana, USA. It will help us be able to effectively communicate with far away villages.

First groundbreaking for the tower on December 8, 2010. This is one of the 3 guy wire tie-down anchors.

The hole is minimum of 4 feet deep. 80 buckets of gravel were hauled from our pond. It is excellent for cement.

During the 2 days of gravel hauling, I welded and bent the pipe that will hold the guy cables to the concrete block.

Rebar tied in a specific box and size according to engineer's tower specifications for this size of tower. The 1" galvanized steel pipe will connect the cables. The rebar is welded to the steel tube.

Pouring the cement -- everyone helps!

The 2nd of the 3 holes. The welder is in the center, it works excellent!

The 5,500 pound block of concrete in the bottom of the hole. I poured cement around the steel pipe to protect it from rusting under the ground. This will now be filled level with dirt. At a 42 degree angle, it will take a huge amount to pull this block out of the ground! 

December 29, 2010 the last block was poured for the guy tie down. Now for the center post that will hold the tower.

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Wings Over Nicaragua Mission
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Goldendale, WA 98620

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