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Opal Flight Construction - May 10, 1999
Opal's antennas are tuned up at Lars Karlsson's workshop.

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Opal during antenna tuning. Yes, that's a Gateway computer box. See, we need something non-metallic to support Opal during testing. Opal is supposed to be in "free space". We thought about suspending it from a wooden support structure. In the end, we went with simplicity. And it worked...sort of.
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Close up of Opal during tuning.
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Opal on test stand. That's a pool in the background.
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Opal on test stand.
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Opal on test stand (that's Jamie in the reflection).
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Opal on test stand.
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Opal on test stand with Guttorm in the background.
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Opal on test stand.
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View from Lars' place.
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More of the view. Not bad eh?!
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Guttorm and Lars check out the tuning.
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Opal on the test stand.
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Guttorm tunes the bottom antenna.
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Guttorm tunes the bottom antenna.
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Self portrait.
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Opal on the stand.
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Yep, its night. It took a couple days.
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