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Amateur Radio Field Day
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Field Day Site

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Tower Base

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Our Tower

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Field Day Site

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Josh at the mike

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Josh & Devin working a contact

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Working more contacts

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Steve helps out

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Our tower with flag

Each year in June, the IAAS participates in the annual Amateur Radio Field Day Event making radio contacts all over the US, Canada, and frequently around the world. The IAAS sets up their station at the Atlas-E Missile Site Park near Greeley, Colorado. Our Amateur radio callsign is WØNHS

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IAAS painting Air Force Squadron Patches at the Greeley Atlas-E Missile Site
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Painting the Mole

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Painting the Cat

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Under the Scaffold

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The Painting Crew

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8th Grade Articulation event
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Dr. LeDoux, our principal, wants to go flying.

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Dr. LeDoux and crew

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Dr. LeDoux and the IAAS team

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Dr. LeDoux in front of our aircraft

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Our aircraft - The Morane Saulnier

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Learning about the aircraft

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Jen and Josh talk to the 8th Graders.

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Watching the vacuum chamber demonstration

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Creating a tornado

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More tornados

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Matt demonstrates the tornado machine.

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Another tornado

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The vacuum chamber in action

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The vacuum chamber in action

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A packed house

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Demonstrating the Van De Graaf generator

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Morane Saulnier construction
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Justin at the drill press

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Devin uses the grinder

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Devin begins fabrication of a gusset plate for a wing.

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Burness shows Mary proper riveting technique.

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Mary the "Riveter"

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More riveting

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Not another one!

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Brandy files a piece for the wing

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The ladies working on the wing

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Fitting the wing

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Test fit of the starboard wing to the fuselage.

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Test fit of the starboard wing to the fuselage.

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The IAAS had a work day to move our antenna equipment and materials to the roof of North High - January 2006
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The work crew

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The lift

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Loading the lift

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More loading

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Raising the tower support

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More lifting

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Last load

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Final load out of antenna equipment and materials

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Denver North Operations - The IAAS control room for our GAVRT program in connection with JPL and NASA
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GAVRT is a radio astronomy research partnership with NASA, Educators and Students.

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GAVRT students in training

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Brandy reads the script

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Preparing for data copy

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Steve helps Mary and Matt

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Waiting for more data

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Verifying data

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Copying data for a quasar run

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Brandy discussing our operations with Dr. Steve Levin

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Mary discussing our operations with Dr. Steve Levin

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The students ask Dr. Steve Levin about GAVRT and other space projects

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Our newest telescope acquisition - The 6 inch Clave reflector Telescope
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The students present Cathy Havens of S&S Optika with the final payment on our new telescope.

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Jim admires his new baby.
 

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Jim at the controls

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FINALLY! Let's celebrate! It's been a long time coming!

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The scope is readied for transport

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Removing the Takahashi mount from the tripod

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Loading the telescope tube into the van

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Steve gets a workout

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Jim pets his new "toy"

This telescope is destined for our future observatory. We will be using this telescope for lunar and planetary research.

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