1.8 meter fortec star help

[Rd100]

On some feedhorns it is marked on them but i guess you did not read the above post of mine

How far the throat is out from the scalar rings = READ BELOW and the above post of mine,

Set your scalar ring to 0.38 f/d by setting you scalar ring at a distance of .52 inch from the throat of the feedhorn



I can not believe people buy these type of dishes with out doing their research first,

Ok, thanks,but how do you set the scalar rings to 0.38?

 

[guest poster]

Cheers rd100-
…not sure about “all what you have said there is a waste of time“ hmmm .. and er..“I can not believe ‘people’ buy these type of dishes without doing their research first“,
Hmmm…. bit heavy that rd, tis a forum after all and anyhoo…‘you’ bought one!….. and ‘you’ didn‘t do your research cos.. ‘I’ definitely wouldn’t actually ‘leave one outside‘…… without strengthening it first….
…I swear we used to have an ironing board with the same adjuster that’s on the back of the 1.8, If my memory serves we had to strengthen that with angle too (lengthways of course) and we had to match the iron to the board. The heavier Phillips sd650 iron used to make it bow in the middle so we used the lighter Morphy Richards 220 (you know, the one with TurboSteam) and that worked fine… although we still had problems with weaker tps on 5e when it rained …damn! Hey, maybe you could iron the dish… would that help? we have a spare Phillips sd650.. hardly used.

 

[Lancelot]

Lol


L.

 

[Rd100]

LOL.

Why should i need to do research to install a small 1.8m fortec star i install large RX/TX dishes at transmitter sites and earth stations for a living all over the uk.

The reson my 1.8m got damaged is because i live on the side of a mountain and the sheet steal of the fortec star 1.8m is so wafer thin the wind we had back in the storm which ripped loads of tree down all around here and other places in the uk ripped the petals from the dish like a hot knife through butter the mount was still standing and still bolted to the floor, My dish was even reported damaged in wotsat mag when the member analogue reported it in has artical on the storm in wotsat magazine,

Cheers rd100-
…not sure about “all what you have said there is a waste of time“ hmmm .. and er..“I can not believe ‘people’ buy these type of dishes without doing their research first“,
Hmmm…. bit heavy that rd, tis a forum after all and anyhoo…‘you’ bought one!….. and ‘you’ didn‘t do your research cos.. ‘I’ definitely wouldn’t actually ‘leave one outside‘…… without strengthening it first….
…I swear we used to have an ironing board with the same adjuster that’s on the back of the 1.8, If my memory serves we had to strengthen that with angle too (lengthways of course) and we had to match the iron to the board. The heavier Phillips sd650 iron used to make it bow in the middle so we used the lighter Morphy Richards 220 (you know, the one with TurboSteam) and that worked fine… although we still had problems with weaker tps on 5e when it rained …damn! Hey, maybe you could iron the dish… would that help? we have a spare Phillips sd650.. hardly used.

 

[tunesguy]

cheers for all the help you guys, im giving up on this piece a maplin rubbish, ive tried for about 4 days to aligh, straighten, but it is not for me.. so im off to bristol tomorrow and buying a channel master

for the people who have had success with the fortec star maplin dish welldone, im jealous..

thanks once again for all the info

 

[tunesguy]

just to recap ive now got me channel master 1.8 so im gonna have a go at assembling it today,

just a technical question for the boffins ? this new dish i bought is made a fibre glass ? how does this work in comparison to the metal one i mean i understand you can bouce a signal off a metal dish but what is the fibreglass thing all about, is there metal particules in it ?

 

[CROSSBONES]

There is a mesh coating in bedded.

You should have better results with this dish now.

 

[tunesguy]

well what can i say excellant, what a result amazing the differant type of dish, this channel master 1.8 has made a big differance took my time building popped it on stand aligned to ark, BANG mint signals from 5e..

now my dish has a motor i might have a go for the 7w not really fussed if i dont get it..

 

[Topper]

Glad you got a pleasing result, I've always said leave the petals to grow on the flowers ;)

 

[CROSSBONES]

Did you get a polar mount with it? Did you buy all new?

As you cant buy polar mounts for any size Andrews/Channel master dish`s.

You might be lucky to find one in stock some where.

Thats good to know about 5e, please let us know about 7w;)

Cant wait to get mine installed now.

 

[tunesguy]

no all second hand but really clean the guy had to take down cos his neighbours were moaning about it, stand,mount and actuator all mint and working sweet, gonna need a vbox 2 now to work with diseqc on dreambox, using helenite anybody had any problems ?

i have two mounts one is mint and other is used from a previous project i will take some pics if any body is interested in them, the mint one is larger than the used

 

[Lancelot]

Excellent news
Got a transponder list for all you are recieving on 5E ??


L.

 

[CROSSBONES]

Excellent stuff! Would love to see some pics of it installed and working.

Don`t suppose you want to sell the other mount?;)

 

[wod]

excellent cant wait to see some pics

i take it you got viasat then for the need of the 1.8metre dish ?

 

[guest poster]

cool tunes.. pics por favor ... didn't put you off the fs with the ironing board stuff?

actually, I would love to see pics of rd's after the storm.. that would be cool.

Got a new dish myself today.. a Philips SBC 8500.. measures 280 from edge to edge! ... gonna modify it with an offset arm and a custom feedhorn, stick it on one of the motors and see what it will do..

 

[Rd100]

Good to see you got the andews up and working and 5'e aswell.

 

[Channel Hopper]

…I swear we used to have an ironing board with the same adjuster that’s on the back of the 1.8, If my memory serves we had to strengthen that with angle too (lengthways of course) and we had to match the iron to the board. The heavier Phillips sd650 iron used to make it bow in the middle so we used the lighter Morphy Richards 220 (you know, the one with TurboSteam) and that worked fine… although we still had problems with weaker tps on 5e when it rained …damn! Hey, maybe you could iron the dish… would that help? we have a spare Phillips sd650.. hardly used.

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[guest poster]

Cheers Channel Hopper! wonder if the motor off a dyson would drive a 1.8? Just see the headlines.. vacumn cleaner drives petalised ironing board..

 

[Topper]

Cheers Channel Hopper! wonder if the motor off a dyson would drive a 1.8? Just see the headlines.. vacumn cleaner drives petalised ironing board..

Nothing very new in that to be honest, windscreen wipers used to be driven by a vacuum from the inlet manifold of a standard petrol engined car not that many years ago...well ok about 50 then

 

[guest poster]

Cheers, very non-tenuous input there.

Want to get a Fortec Star 1.8 and have some fun with it.. Measuring up for it tomorrow in sheltered grounds to see what 1.8m actually looks like in situ.. …really have far too much on just now and this Northern Rock stuff is becoming a real headache … favourite channels have suddenly become CNBC etc...
How long would it take to put one together properly, get it working 100% if poss, fortify it properly, motorise it ?...