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An encounter with
"The
Dish"
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01.
To load a receiver and other equipment in the focus hut at
the top of the tripod the dish was lowered as you see it
here.
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02.
The receiver was connected to a cable from the crane at the
top of the focus hut and hoisted up, the receiver is almost
at the top in this picture
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03.
When the rest of the equipment and tools were loaded on to
the dish the operators were contacted through an intercom
and the dish was driven to the parked position pointing
straight up.
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04.
In the focus hut, a panel in the roof was slid to the side
and the receiver lowered into position. The rest of the
equipment was brought up in an elevator which travels within
one of the tripod legs.
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05.
At this stage much tweaking and tuning was done, including
many chats over the intercom with the crew in the control
room down stairs, to set up the receiver.
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06.
To get down stairs you go this way. It is a magnificent view
from the focus hut.
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Last update : 28 Oct 2000
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