Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment
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New 160cm solid dish at LRO
Just finished painting it in livery of LRO (silver grey) – previously was white with most of white paint missing! Andy
I have been given 160cm satellite dish. No mounting hardware on back. What do I do?
If the 160 cm dish came without any of its rear hardware (no mount, no elevation bracket, no azimuth clamp, no feed arm hardware), you essentially have a bare reflector.…
Observatory at LRO gets a coat of creosote
Time to protect the wood! The observatory is 8-10 years old now. I’ve replaced the roof at one point from the original felt to shingles. Regular creosote seems to have…
My homemade North Post for NEQ6 tripod
Made with some threaded screw rod and square nuts. Andy
How to change tyre on Astro Tuff Truk
Information from Lee at Astro Tuff Truk, together with spare tyre he kindly sent me. Andy Click on links to download instruction files in PDF and Microsoft Word format. PDF…
Photos of my “new” 2nd hand (used) Astro Tuff Truck (British made) 4/6/2024
Photos of the new truck are below, next to the old homemade trolley I have been using last few years – that has done sterling work but I now need…