Megler Field Trip! - W7BU Sunset Empire Amateur Radio Club

In early March 2021 a major storm resulted in damage to the antennas and structures on Megler Mountain. Late in March, thanks to funding and assistance from KMUN, the City of Astoria, and others, SEARC members and some other interested folks were given permission to access the towers along with the rental of a bucket truck for the weekend.

Below are photos taken by Richard Henry, K4JDI; Dale Mosby,
K7FW;  Dave Neys, W7PDQ; Bob Wayne, KI7JWZ.  Click on any individual photo to see a larger version.  For photo credit, look at photo title in the new window.

Samples of damage:

ice bridge gave its life to do what it was designed to do: protect the cables!

Dale Mosby K7FW on tower replacing network cable for KMUN.

Removing the ice bridge and repairing cables:

Tower work:

60 feet up: Dale Mosby K7FW replacing the Megler repeater antenna with Lora Van Nortwick KE7ZFQ at the controls.

More of the crew:

From an earlier trip: Rusty Barrett, Cannon Beach City IT director; Bob Wayne KI7JWZ; Rick Hudson, Cannon Beach Emergency Manager; Vincent Aarts, at that time Astoria Emergency Manager.

The view:

Here is a video taken by Bob Wayne, KI7JWZ: