Gallery
All the photos in this gallery were taken by our team members.
Our heli pilots Sam and Craig (L to R), preparing for the project.
Going over how people and equipment will be transported and flight schedule.
Everything has to make its way to the Tillamook Rock.
Organizing equipment and materials for heli flights.
First passenger flight on its way to the Rock.
Approaching Tillamook Rock.
Coming in for landing on the Rock.
The radio team is on: Adrian, Sandro, Cezar, and Yuri (L to R).
One of several transports to bring the equipment and materials in.
A plaque indicates that the lighthouse was built in 1880.
K7TRI camp: first tent and the vertical antenna used early on 20 and then on 30 m.
A part of the the very noisy and large California sea lion colony.
One of the curious juveniles hides below the lighthouse platform.
Pelicans on the small rock just south of the main one.
CQ de K7TRI, IOTA NA-211 with Cezar at the key.
The FT8 station was operated by Yuri.
The CrankIR used on 17 and 40 m.
Aerial view of Tillamook Rock with camp K7TRI.
Camp K7TRI.
Sando is happy to see his work on installing the Urban Beam (20 m) finished.
Flies were a huge nuisance for the operators.
Sandro takes a selfie of him and Adrian, not long before the tent collapsed in the wind.
With both tents collapsed, the team was forced to move inside the lighthouse.
All our three stations operating in close proximity inside the lighthouse.
Beaming EU on 20 m.
Monitoring 30 m.
Operating 40 m.
Logging contacts.
We've done it!
All gear is prepared for extraction: Sam is balancing weight, while Craig is logging it.