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WT4FEC's avatar
WT4FEC
Sophomore
8 years ago

HughesNet and Irma.

Ok, the eye of Irma passed about 40 miles west of my location, we took a lot of wind, many buildings and homes have roof damage and power failed out at 6:12PM yesterday.   We lost a few trees, one ...
  • BirdDog's avatar
    BirdDog
    8 years ago

    I say good on ya!

     

    Very smart thinking creating an alignment pin. The mount, pole and dish are not items you ever have to return anyway. Getting the dish and radio inside out of harms way was the way to go. Chances are if left on the pole everything would have been damaged or destroyed including a bent/unset/off vertical pole.

     

    Good old American ingenuity is what made this country great back in the day. I give you kudos personally.

     

    Come to think of it an alignment pin should be something on all installs.

BirdDog's avatar
BirdDog
Assistant Professor
8 years ago

I say good on ya!

 

Very smart thinking creating an alignment pin. The mount, pole and dish are not items you ever have to return anyway. Getting the dish and radio inside out of harms way was the way to go. Chances are if left on the pole everything would have been damaged or destroyed including a bent/unset/off vertical pole.

 

Good old American ingenuity is what made this country great back in the day. I give you kudos personally.

 

Come to think of it an alignment pin should be something on all installs.

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago
    BirdDog wrote:

     

     

    Come to think of it an alignment pin should be something on all installs.

    Agreed!

     

    And for the OP to make realigning the dish practiclly foolproof like that was a great idea.  I probably would have scratched the metal with an awl or something, but the hole and bit is a MUCH better idea.    

    • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
      C0RR0SIVE
      Associate Professor
      8 years ago

      Kind of surprised there isn't an alignment pin that installers can drill the pole out for, then again, it's usually the pole that gives out in some way.

  • WT4FEC's avatar
    WT4FEC
    Sophomore
    8 years ago
    BirdDog wrote:

    I say good on ya!

     

    Very smart thinking creating an alignment pin. The mount, pole and dish are not items you ever have to return anyway. Getting the dish and radio inside out of harms way was the way to go. Chances are if left on the pole everything would have been damaged or destroyed including a bent/unset/off vertical pole.

    The pole is schedule 40 pipe it can take a beating, the dish not so much and the TRIA pole is fragile.

     

     

    While removing and resetting the antenna not in regulatory compliance, I would much rather have my antenna up and operating after the storm versus looking like this.

     

    I have done a ton of satcomm work and have a Birdog meter I don't know if ti could be used to properly align a HughesNet antenna.