Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Erecting a transmitter (cont.)


Temporary fences are installed to prevent animals from entering a transmitter site.
Here it is, a 15-m transmitter!

Erecting a transmitter (cont.)

Our would-be technician and villagers assisted David in assembling an antenna.
This had got to be the heaviest we carried up. It took these two guys almost half an hour to bring this box (where batteries will be kept inside) up.

Who says women have to stay at home and do their chores? Let's talk about gender equality...

Erecting a transmitter

Sixty villagers showed up to help carrying equipment, sand, stones, water, etc., up to the mountain where a transmitter would be put up.




The mountain is 1348 m above sea level! But we made it to the top!