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The two pieces of angle iron on the trailer. The two extensions on the end were used to hang the
insulators. They are now 6 feet under and helping to resist any twist that may occur.
As well as support when the dish is in its early construction phase this rope is gradually tightened and
draws the dish up so as the rim can be fitted.
I had to get down the hole to see if I had really dug through to China.
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was in Adelaide 1500 kilometres away.
Well transport companies are there for
such events, and a week later I had four
cardboard boxes, two of them 8 feet long
and the other two about 3 feet long. A big
steel ring that weighed about 30 kilos and a
9-ft pole 5 inches in diameter.
What have I done? Here I am looking at
A$900.00 worth of scrap aluminium, a dirty
big heavy ring, and an equally as heavy and
long pole. The reason for buying a larger dish
was to enable me to receive signals from
PAS-4 to the West and Intelsat 701 to the
East. I have always dreamed of this. As I live
in a built up area I need to raise the antenna
above the fence line and the neighbours’
bushes and now low fruit trees.
The 9-ft pole supplied was supposed to go
in the ground and the dish was to be just
above the surface of the ground. No good—I
needed a 3 metre head start. A suitable
extension was needed that would be strong
enough to support the dish. Ideas were floated
around and it was decided two pieces of
6 inch channel iron would do the trick. They
would need to be 5 metres long, 2 metres
in the ground and 3 meters above. The cost
for mild steel channel was A$270.00. Hmm,
would be better galvanised as well—another
100 bucks. It was then suggested that two
pieces of 5-inch angle would do the trick.
I was told to try the salvage yard of the local
electric supply company. Yes, they had two
pieces of angle, galvanised but slightly bent
in the middle—hangers for 32 kV power
lines that when used for their original purpose
do hang straight. The guy in the salvage
yard was helpful and calculated the two
pieces 5.4 metres each at A$500 each... but
because they were bent it was just A$20.
The bend was even helpful for my purpose.
When put in the ground they were 200 mm
apart and nearly joined at the top giving me
a good footing at the base. The two pieces
This shows the strings on the side of the tower
with the centre pole extended about a metre.
When the dish is mounted this pole telescopes
out the top of the tower 2 metres. The pole
retracts for servicing as well.
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