Just Sharing This My Channel Master 1.8 project.

[scopus]

Sounds risky to me. You could fall through it .

Perhaps he did...

 

[moonbase]

Sounds risky to me. You could fall through it .

Has anyone drowned trying to save a satellite dish from a pond?

 

[moonbase]

Think my perfectly flat workshop floor would suffice. Tried a frozen pond have you?

People waiting for winter to "pond test" their dish.
Would need a decent public park to "pond" an Elite 3.7m

 

[Channel Hopper]

Think my perfectly flat workshop floor would suffice. Tried a frozen pond have you?

Of course.

It doesn't have to be deep, an inch is as good as a fathom. You can create same on a patio with a pool membrane, or a fibreglass roof.

 

[Manikm909]

doesnt look level to me, very bumpy.

"come on lads, lets dismantle our dishes and take em down the local pond"

 

[Channel Hopper]

doesnt look level to me, very bumpy.

"come on lads, lets dismantle our dishes and take em down the local pond"

That's the tide coming in.

 

[moonbase]

Dish is left beached, high and dry when tide goes out.
Hyde Park will probably take a dim view of anyone trying to "pond" a large dish on the Serpentine.

Comedy gold, you could not make this up.
Correction...

 

[Manikm909]

Just over £100 including king post. About five miles from here.

@Channel Hopper - when are you erecting your 2.4m

 

[Channel Hopper]

Ah, it's been up, and then dismantled since I am looking for a stronger front end than the three arm affair it came with to carry the planned electronics.

 

[Manikm909]

interesting - please post pics - what are you intending to do? sounds awesome.

 

[Channel Hopper]

New Lnb changer

concerns about the total weight of the motor and a possible lnb cluster of 4 , including a chunky C-band unit, hanging out on the end of the support boom. Agree with that. It is not good idea to hang much weight at the end of bottom feedarm. So, we should think about reinforcing bottom feedarm...

satellites.co.uk

 

[Captain Jack]

This thread is making me want to go sort out my own install. It's been neglected for far too long.

Sorting out the alignment, which has been knackered by the winter storms, as well as getting the Venture jacks relubed (oooerr).

Getting another C band LNB up on the for linear polarity will be a separate job (not keen on the LNB changer as I could never get it perfectly aligned).

 

[Channel Hopper]

This thread is making me want to go sort out my own install. It's been neglected for far too long.

Sorting out the alignment, which has been knackered by the winter storms, as well as getting the Venture jacks relubed (oooerr).

Getting another C band LNB up on the for linear polarity will be a separate job (not keen on the LNB changer as I could never get it perfectly aligned).

I also have a stiff one that needs a good seeing to.

 

[Manikm909]

ive gone back to KU band on the 1.8m now that footy season is over - i was missing the feed hunting aspect. i will try and rig up my CBAND LNB above my KU one, so i dont need to have 2 setups.

however, i doubt i'll ever have it as good as pure CBAND as i did in a dual mode. ESPN was solid

 

[scopus]

ive gone back to KU band on the 1.8m now that footy season is over - i was missing the feed hunting aspect. i will try and rig up my CBAND LNB above my KU one, so i dont need to have 2 setups.

however, i doubt i'll ever have it as good as pure CBAND as i did in a dual mode. ESPN was solid

You need a 'Trust' LNB revolver...

 

[John]

You need a 'Trust' LNB revolver...View attachment 142962View attachment 142963

Seconded .

 

[stephan94]

You need a 'Trust' LNB revolver...

absolutely .
with a TrustRevolver you can work in Band C, Band Ku, Band KA.
It's really very convenient

 

[Captain Jack]

I have the LNB revolver kit in pieces. I tried it once but couldn't get the same levels of signal as I do without it.

When I get more time (ahahahaahahahaha!), I need to revisit the project, now that I have @dreambox1959's excellent positioner with LNB revolver option in it. And the necessary cables are already laid...

 

[rs100]

i managed to break the 10db mark this morning with a longer plate.

What dish size and location

 

[Manikm909]

1.8 se London