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On Oct 30 or 31st 2010 the wind flipped the dish over and moved it some 10 meters and it is now now resting in a three! See pics down here

As of today August 5, 2011 nothing has happened yet.

 

 


The 8m dish project

 

The new mount arriving to the EME shack

 

Unloading the 5 ton mount

 

Close up of the drive, 2m in diameter

 

The 8m dish has been taken down for repairs and will be prepared for re-installation on the new mount

 

 

 

The dish has now been turned over again and repairs is in progress. Nov, 2011

Picture taken from under or inside the dish Jan 16th 2011 with 1½ feet of snow on the ground

Picture is taken early Nov 2010 from the original position of the dish!


From down to up in Oct 2010

 

This was before the antenna was taken down in September 2007.


In the background you can see my 90 ft tower with different antennas. They are also grounded for repairs.

 

The new 8m mount finally secured to foundation

 

A view of the bottom of the mount