Update on the Gibby
CH was overhere today and we had a "musical chairs" session, i.e. taking down the TD88 from its motor and moving the TD110 on the same one, and then setting up the Gibby on the motor vacated by the TD110!
Very luckily, there was just enough clearance between the end of the Gibby feedarms and my greenhouse to avoid having to raise the dish further up the ground pole, and CH was very pleased (as am I!) with the results that he managed to get - I'll report a bit more when I have had a chance to explore what can now be received by that dish, and by the TD110 now that that is also far better aligned.
OTOH, I'd be very happy for CH to comment in more detail in advance of my doing that as he "lost me" more than a few times during the process, and can probably remember far better than I can as to what he achieved. BTW, he did say that the dish seemed to be in very good condition, and that it had been a bargain at that price.
We also put back a couple of the fixed dishes that I had removed in preparation for the Gibby installation, but that still means more work for 2 of them, and then also for the TD88 which is currently without a "home"! I also need to repair/relocate/replace some of the cables that had to be disconnected - and it will be "messy" and time-consuming.
OTOH again, some of that work may now have to wait a couple of weeks or more as - whilst CH was here - I had a phone call about my forthcoming knee op, which I was expecting to be late-on in July, to say that they had had a cancellation and could I go in for the op on Friday 5th July, i.e. a week on Friday (otherwise there could be a wait until early-mid August if I don't take the chance for next week)! Obviously I will be taking the chance
- although it'll probably screw up a quite few other things (like SWMBO's bought & paid-for tickets to the Hampton Court Flower Show on Sat 6th July).
