[BC] Re: Satellite maintenance

[Cowboy]

On Wednesday 31 January 2007 12:45 pm, Glen Kippel wrote:
> I have found that I can do a satisfactory job without a spectrum analyser
> and most definitely without a TDR.  Just get an inclinometer (angle locator)
> from Home Depot or Lowe's and a protractor from an office supply store or
> drugstore.  And a fairly long tape measure.  You may wish to get a good
> magnetic compass, but remember that the bearing will be thrown off when you
> get it in proximity to the metal dish mount.

 Glen's right.
 Not only have I done more than I care to count just that way, "once upon a time"
 I had the dubious pleasure of instructing folks at 97 installations on changing
 from one bird to another, with NOTHING more than a tape measure and a marker.
 It was all accomplished in a couple hours of phone time.

 A Spec. An. is a fine indicator, but it's nothing more than an indicator.

-- 
Cowboy