Thanks for the help. I guess it's like everything else - learn by doing. Frankly, I'm amazed at the amount of linked material available here! Got lots to read. I'm thinking that I will just unbolt the four feedhorn supports from the dish and see if I can transport without bending them.

Just got a dish to use down on the farm where the Govt. mandated digital TV no longer reaches... It's a 10' mesh, grey, with LNB cover that says "Laser". Any idea who the manuf. is? I need to break it down into halves to transport and want to be able to reassemble two hundred miles down the...