Patent ID: 7050015

Claim:
A dish antenna kit comprising: a reflector sub-assembly having a first reflector; at least one feed horn having a feed horn axis and a rim, said rim having an outer diameter and positioned at one axial end of said feed horn; and an alignment tool having a light source and a base, said light source having a light source axis and configured to direct a beam of light along said light source axis, and said base having a bottom surface, an inner planar surface, and an inner cylindrical surface extending between said bottom surface and said inner planar surface, said inner cylindrical surface having a diameter slightly exceeding said outer diameter of said horn rim, wherein said base of said alignment tool fits directly over the rim of said feed horn and bottoms thereon and may be rotated angularly relative to said feed horn and thereafter releasably secured thereto, and wherein said base is further configured to position said light source axis with respect to said feed horn axis when said inner cylindrical surface is positioned around said feed horn rim and said inner planar surface abuts said feed horn rim.