Earlier in the week we had gone to the tower site to attempt to install a satellite dish.  Unfortunately we encountered some issues mounting the post to the bolts.  We came back to the site today with some additional hardware to try again.

Reid and Dan start leveling the post on the mounting bolts…

Since there was no power available at the site yet we brought a generator to power our test equipment for aiming the dish…

Adjusting the mounting bolts to level the post…

Top of the post is level…

Mounting the yoke of the dish on the post…

Joining the two halves of the dish…

Setting the dish on the mounting yoke…

The dish surface needs to be as smooth as possible to ensure optimum performance.  A credit card is swept across the seam where the halves meet to measure the match.  We left the bolts joining the halves loose enough to make fine adjustments and tighten as we go.

Reid stands with the dish and the truck…This is a BIG dish.  The large size will provide excellent performance…

Assembling the feed point of the dish…

The dish is assembled…Now to point it…

Adjusting the azimuth and elevation of the dish…

The test setup consists of a spectrum analyzer and satellite receiver.  This will allow us to point the dish for maximum signal…

Success!  This is by far the best signal I have ever seen at a site while pointing a dish.

Ready to pack up and leave for the day after a successful installation…