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| The Assembled POD On-Site |
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| The First Step--Wall Assembly |
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| The POD Interior |
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| Ready for the Scope! |
Thursday, April 23, 2015
The POD has landed!
Last weekend, we made huge progress on the Skyshed POD. We finally got the POD on site, installed, and anchored. Here are the pix:
The site is not perfect, but it is much better than my home site, which is surrounded by tall trees; the eastern and southern horizons provide good visibility. The POD cover works very well. We had 2 days of hard, wind-driven rain after installation and the POD interior remained completely dry.
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