Shipping Crate
Construction
September 11, 2004

There are, as you might expect, tons of details in preparing for an adventure like the Peter One DXpedition.  Not the least among them is "How do we get all this gear to the island?!?"

Dick Hanson, K5AND, the owner of Southern Staircase, Inc. was kind enough to lend his engineering expertise and his shop to the project by designing roughly 3' x 3' x 3' wooden crates.  This size was chosen as it would permit the crates to be stacked in two rows, two-crates-high in the container.

Dick's engineering staff created the drawings,

Eleven members of the SEDXC met at Dick's plant on a Saturday morning to build fourteen crates (Dick's team had already built one to test the process).  It only took about three hours to build them all; the team signed the last one before trucking them to the Peter One Warehouse and then going to lunch at a nearby Arbys.

Thanks to the SEDXC for their support (both financial and sweat equity!) and most particularly to Dick Hanson; Southern Staircase is one of the key sponsors of the DXpedition.

Here are some photos:

At the head of the table is Dick Hanson, K5AND. The others (whose faces you can see) are Kos, N4NIA and Gene, W5LE.

That's Dave, K4SSU, entering the room (late) "What time does this meeting start?!?" Left to right is Gary, WB4SQ, Jim, K4DLI

Standing around watching our supervisor (one of Dick's guys) demonstrating proper screwing technique. Ok, wood screwing..

More of the same..

Gene, W5LE and Chaz, W4GKF in planning phase..

Sherman, W4ATL, putting his screw training to good use..

More screwing around..

The assembly line hard at work. Where are Lucy and Ethel when you really need them?

Dick, K5AND, adding is signature to the rest on Crate #15..

See, they do fit in two stacked rows..

Here's the whole Crate Crew:

• Jim, K4DLI
  
• Dave, K4SSU
  
• Bob, K4UEE
  
• Dick, K5AND
  
• Dave, KE4UW
  
• Jim, KT4MM
  
• Hal, N4GG
  
• Gordon, N4LR
  
• Kos, N4NIA
  
• Sherman, W4ATL
  
• Chaz, W4GKF
  
• Gene, W5LE
  
• Gary, WB4SQ
  

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