3.8 Meter Parabolic Offset Antenna

After more than 3 months of hard negotiations with the client, finally, everything was done. All the broadcast equipments were ordered through our company and after about 90 days, everything was delivered to our first boradcast client at the Somaliland - the breakaway region of Somalia.

I was very happy then because it's my first client I personally brought to our company and I was very excited to travel the country to meet the people I would be communicating with all throughout the duration of the service agreement.

While in the midst of our antenna installation, I was so sad looking at the situation on how to point the 3.8 meter parabolic (offset) antenna because the vehicle that carries the equipment to help us raise the antenna could not get in, due to the narrow space as you can see in the first picture.

Our engineers had already lost their faith to finish the job because of the problem of raising the antenna higher. After a thorough analysis, I was able to find a solution (as you can see on the same picture) which they had graciously accepted. Recalling and using the basic principles I had all learned from our Engineering Mechanics, especially in finding the center of gravity, we were able to raise the antenna by simply using a very small antique automobile jack. And as you can see in the second picture above, everyone was very happy.
The external system was then ready for the test. After all the equipment installations and testings, our engineers had trained the main staffs who will be taking care of the whole system.

Finally, when everything was done, as our way of saying thank you to our client and his staffs for warmly receiving us, and for becoming our first African customer, we then had a very big lunch together. Few hours later, we had returned back to Bangkok, Thailand, safe and sound with God's grace and protection.