This is a picture of a 4.5M Patriot amtenna aimed at PAS-9. PAS-9 is located at the 58W orbital slot, and is 16° above the horizon from Long Beach, CA. The local bearing is 94°, almost due East. We can look at INTELSAT-805, but it's only about 10° above the horizon, and that's getting pretty iffy for Broadcast Quality video. There's also a major regional airport due East of us, and we get some interference from them. The smaller fixed dish in the background is also on PAS-9, and it's our primary downlink antenna for several services we turn around and send back out. The large 8.1M antenna in the background is positioned on GALAXY-3R at 95W, and is our uplink for the services we send to Puerto Rico. If you look carefully, you can see that the Azimuth actuator is almost fully extended, and the Elevation actuator is almost fully retracted. This is the Eastern most position this antenna is capable of moving to.





This another view from a different angle showing the yoke assembly better. The antenna hub pivots on two bronze "Oilite" bushings pressed into the "ears" sticking up, and the yoke pivots on two of the same bushings. The lower yoke mount is visible to the right of the cable pull box.





This is a closer view of the weatherboot on the Elevation actuator. Notice that it's pretty squished together, indicating it's almost at the end of its travel. The 36VDC motor / gearbox / Hall-Effect sensor is visible at the top of the actuator.





This is a closeup of the Elevation motor assembly. The gearbox and Hall-Effect sensor is at the top.