Yes, it's the complete no-BS 4-bolt swap out. Minimizes work and uncertainty in the forest.

The dish also had a 15ft vertical antenna fall onto it 2 years ago. And it bears the dents of that impact. :) The ice + wind loading was so high that the antenna broke the metal pipe clamp that was securing its mast to the building. I'm hoping to replace that antenna this summer with a shorter 4-bay offset folded dipole. That same falling antenna is also the reason why one of the other (non-HamWAN) dishes is completely mangled right now.

--Bart

On 7/16/2020 5:38 PM, Todd Lilleness wrote:

I agree

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 5:37 PM Doug Kingston <dpk@randomnotes.org> wrote:

This sounds like a maximum possible expenditure as its likely only one component is actually broken.

In light of this and the importance of the link, I vote yea. I have all that equipment in stock.

-Doug-

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:43 PM Bart Kus <me@bartk.us> wrote:

Hello,

Both clients to SnoDEM.Haystack are super weak on ch0. This implies a
fault with SnoDEM.Haystack. I'd like to go up there with a full
dish+modem kit to swap out the whole thing and not do diagnostics on the
mountain top. PTZ does not show any obvious physical damage to ch0
cable or dish.

I would like to draw upon existing inventory to perform this repair.
Here are the estimated costs:

Dish: $130
Shield: $100
Modem: $150
TOTAL: $380

I can do diagnostics and salvage what is possible once the faulty gear
is down on the ground.

My vote is yea. Since this is a repair measure, only 1 more supporting
director vote is required for it to pass under our standing repair
spending rules.

--Bart

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