HILLTOP SETUP PICTURES

April 1998

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Fred Yeger Looks Over The Radio Site

Eva ( WA6YQT ) gets permission from local residents to setup hilltop radio site

Temporary Home for the Hilltop Crew

Fred  and John ( WB6YQT )

The hilltop radio system uses two yagi antennas to cover the entire race course.  One yagi points to Las Vegas via a secrete R.F. propagation wave guide tunnel through the mountains. The other yagi points to the starting line in Baker and then is used to track the follow vehicle as it negotiates the race course.

John & Fred tighten guy wires on one of the antenna systems

Fred & John setup lower yagi on fifth wheel

Dark clouds start to form over the site. Winds on the mountain top can reach as high as 70 miles an hour at times.

John ( WB6YQT )  takes time out to practice one of his weight lifting poses