satellite dish installation

Last saturday a new satellite dish was installed on the roof of one of the buildings of my ex-employer Multichoice in Randburg (South Africa). Thanks to an ex-colleague, I had access to the roofs of the buildings.

Below some impressions, all taken with the DA18-55WR. I added that at the last moment to my bag as I had the suspicion that the FA31Ltd would not cut it this time.

The 'driver' (or whatever he's called in english)
Unfortunately the camera was still on MF, so it needed a bit of extra sharpening in 'the gimp'.



The first 2 supports ready to go up



Not much margin for errors



The main column



Needs to be tilted first



I'm an electronic engineer by trade and think in M3 or M4 for nuts and bolts. This is M42 (and it does not fit on my camera).



There it comes



Coarse alignment



Trying to get it in place



Nearly there but not quite yet



Done, now make sure that it does not fall over



Is it level?



And the main course



Hook it up



There it goes



Nearly there



Fix it and we're done

Now all you have to do is wait for the man from Sky to connect it to your TV!

Very interesting and (apart from the first one) sharp shots. Crane drivers really do have nerves of steel... I'd be worried that I'd smoosh the ground crew to pate, and take out a couple of neighbouring buildings!