there appears to have been an hiatus in public wiq activities during july 1912, perhaps due to focus on the construction of vib. prior to the commencement of vib, wireless experimentalists had only sporadic nearby transmitters to listen to for strong signals. with the advent of vib strong signals were routinely available. the 160 ft mast was erected on saturday, 13 july 1912, with scott the officer-in-charge and munson the assistant. both officers had been already involved with several coastal station projects and were about to embark on establishment of a full network for queensland (including vir, vit, vic and vii) and papua (vig). the process of raising the mast with a secondary jury mast was a visual spectacular and would have attracted a large audience including many wireless experimentalists.