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| G3TXF's 60ft Versatower is lowered ready to disassemble the antennas. | Fred G4BWP and Kerry G8VR dismantling the OptiBeam 9-5. |
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| Ian G3WVG prepares to dismantle the lower (and heavy) tower section. | Digger Dave attempts to break up the concrete around the base-post |
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| The G3TXF QSL Archive was at one time home to over 500,000 QSLs. | Justin G4TSH collects several poles and numerous antenna bits. |
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| G3TXF's OptiBeam 9-5 with a 6m beam above. | Ian G3WVG and Steve G0KEY dismount beam. | Ian G3WVG removes the tower's axle. |
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| The lift-off of the lower section of the tower from the base-post.... | .... and moving QTH. |
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| G3TXF's QSLs are carefully packed into boxes. | Fourteen Bisley cabinets housed the QSLs. | Wires and cables store - miles & miles of it! |
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| One of the many loads taken to the local tip .. sri, "recycling centre"... | .... and here's another van load heading for the recycling centre. |
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| Nick M0NPK's trailer all loaded up with tower sections ready to go.... | .... but it's a tight fit getting the trailer out through the front driveway. |
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| Nick M0NPK with tower section on trolley | Trying to cut the base-post with a disc cutter | Loading tower sections onto the trailer |
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| Nick M0NPK cutting off the base-post..... | .... with the two gas cylinders of an oxy-acetylene torch |
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| Bob GU4YOX, Nigel G3TXF, Ian G3WVG with two ancient Three As plaques (Bristol Trophy and Gravesend Trophy) dating from 1985. | GU4YOX/m: Bob's nice car parked at G3WVG -- sadly there was no roof-rack with which Bob could take two large QSL filing cabinets back to GU! |
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| David G3WGN : one of the two large towers. | Partially unloaded Transit-van full of radio 'stuff' | Four bikes were part of the many loads moved. |
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| 100m drum of LDF5-50 (7/8" heliax) delivered to G3WGN Contest station. | Ian G3WVG and David G3WGN at David's excellent QTH near Totnes. |