This week after a few false starts and cancellations the team of W1UUQ, W6AMS, and KD6VEX got to Diablo Peak on a space available basis for one day. Contractor for this project was AllTech who removed >20,000 lbs of batteries, racks and electronics equipment using both the 206 and 212 helicopters from Aspen Helicopters. New batteries were delivered to the site by helicopter from Prisoners Harbor. The 212 helicopter lifts were from a 100 ft sling. Some loads exceeded 1000 lbs. The winds picked up requiring some tricky approaches. In one lift as the helicopter lifted off the load got caught in the wind and slammed into the K6TZ rigging pulling the concrete based tower out of the ground. There was some damage to the antennas which can be fixed. A come-along was used to bring the tower back into alignment. None of the new batteries are for K6TZ.
