[BC] Re: Temporary roof mount for STL dish

[Glen Kippel]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com> wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> I know of a new un-used heavy duty 2M dish mount at a local station.  But
> they need the block pads to secure the ballast to the mount.
>
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I faced such a dilemma when relocating KHCS from Rancho Mirage to Palm
Springs.  I borrowed a Miniflector for a couple of hours while I moved one
of our STL transmitters (dual mono) and the Mark transmit dish to the new
location.  But, how to mount the Miniflector?  After thinking it over, I put
it in a large cardboard box, set it on the roof (one-story building) and
shimmed it up with a couple of two-by-fours to get the polarity close.  If
there had been any wind, I could have thrown a couple of rocks or bricks
into the box.

The receive dish should have been simple -- just swing the dish around.
Oh-oh -- the other tower leg is in the way.  I pulled a 14-foot ratchet
tie-down strap out of the back of the car, secured it to the top of the dish
and to a crossmember about 10 feet higher.  Unbolted the dish, swung it over
to the other the leg, and bolted it down.  We had to be off the air for a
bit until the dish was aimed properly toward the new location, but it wasn't
too long.