[NLRS] Help needed--Big Dish project on Saturday May 11

[Ray Johnson]

Hi All

I am in the process of putting a 12 foot fiberglass parabolic reflector 
antenna on my patio for EME, radio astronomy  and Hearsat. This is the 
same dish that came from the Holiday Inn-Arden Hills  re-construction  
project that Doug (N0NAS) had emailed about last week. This dish was 
originally used for C Band TV service for the hotel. A truly nice 
professional grade dish.......

One of the key steps is to lift the center dish piece over the patio 
wall and put in roughly in place on late Saturday morning

The good news is the dish is 3 pieces and only the center dish strip is 
heavy---220 pounds--It is a piece 12 feet long by 8 feet wide-The outer 
"wings" detach and they are already removed....

I have 1 helper for this lift already and I am hoping to recruit 2 more 
helpers.

The plan would be to leave the Aurora conference late morning, around 11 
AM, hop in my car and drive to my house in Maplewood, around 6 miles 
from Aurora, and then lift the center dish into place on the concrete 
patio. After the lift, I am treating my helpers to lunch at OCB on White 
Bear Avenue and we will be back  to Aurora well before  the 1 PM  
meeting. The work is probably a 10 minute job for 4 people.

The only requirement for helpers is that you are comfortable lifting 
55-60 pounds (1/4 the dish center piece weight)

Anyone willing to help out late Saturday morning  for this quick task ??

Ray Johnson  WB0EBG
EN35la Maplewood
651-777-3501 at home
612-200-7164 cell