Last saturday a new satellite dish was installed on the roof of one of the buildings of my ex-employer Multichoice in Randburg (South Africa). Thanks to an ex-colleague, I had access to the roofs of the buildings.

Below some impressions, all taken with the DA18-55WR. I added that at the last moment to my bag as I had the suspicion that the FA31Ltd would not cut it this time.

The 'driver' (or whatever he's called in english)
Unfortunately the camera was still on MF, so it needed a bit of extra sharpening in 'the gimp'.


The first 2 supports ready to go up


Not much margin for errors


The main column


Needs to be tilted first


I'm an electronic engineer by trade and think in M3 or M4 for nuts and bolts. This is M42 (and it does not fit on my camera).


There it comes


Coarse alignment


Trying to get it in place


Nearly there but not quite yet


Done, now make sure that it does not fall over


Is it level?


And the main course


Hook it up


There it goes


Nearly there


Fix it and we're done

[SlickYamaha]

I love the last shot. Although the pin is too short to actually do it, the man in the yellow hard hat looks like he is about to get a blow to the face!