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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 849967" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>Welp, it's up. Started at 7am(!) today as the sky was blue and it's looking like it's going to rain now.</p><p> </p><p>Started off arranging the kerbs I bought for the best stand support. Started with this:</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]56523[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>But changed it in the end and final arrangement was thus:</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]56524[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Feels fairly sturdy - I don't think it will be going anywhere. The kerbs are 40kg each and the mount itself weights at least 15kg. The SDS drill and drillbit made drilling into them very easy. I would still be drilling now with a standard masonry bit!</p><p> </p><p>Spray painted the dish and ran out of paint... doesn't look too bad even if it is unfinished! Now the fun started. I put the jack arm that came with the polar mount and it was in real need of refurbishment. It worked but was incredibly loud so I decided to strip it. While doing that, I also stripped my finger....</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]56526[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Moving on... took the thing apart, brushed, cleaned and greased the rod (oo-err!) and it was better, noise-wise but had a lot of play in it, so I abandoned it in favour of another one I had. This one came with the Precision 1.2m dish and is HEAVY DUTY. But it's whisper quiet - amazingly quiet. My new SuperJack didn't sound this quiet. The only problem I have with it is the reed sensor. It's some glass one(?) and quite temperamental - I have to have it just so in order for it to work. Can I replace it with a standard one? There's still a normal magnetic wheel spinning, so I don't see why I couldn't.</p><p> </p><p>The other concern I have is that that actuation is heavy - I think it's too heavy for the CM polar mount, though it seems to be sat quite solidly on it. There's very little play when it's folded but increases to quite a lot when extended. A little too much for my liking but there's not much towards the east that I can see anyway. Once I adapt a C band LNB onto it, I'll see how much I can see towards the west and adjust the jack on its holder.</p><p> </p><p>Here are the final pictures:</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]56527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]56528[/ATTACH][ATTACH]56529[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Satellites I can see are everything from 45W to 28E-ish in Ku, possibly further towards the west with C band but I couldn't see anything on 61W due to trees. Signal starts to fade from 13E onwards but still strong. I couldn't see 21.5E or 23E on my FS1 meter for some reason (maybe out of date transponder). Nothing from 26E either... Could get a lock on 33E, 36E and 42E but it's quite weak. I guess the roof is shadowing a lot of the signal. Could see signal on 39E but only 2dB on Fs1 and no lock.</p><p> </p><p>Speaking of Fs1 - it's quite a nifty little meter! I like it and is very quick at locking the signal, even when I am going full speed across the arc.</p><p> </p><p>And speaking of Manhattan Plaza ST500... urgh, what a horrible software. Everything is all over the place. So temperamental and very user unfriendly. I am sure it's OK once I work it out but I won't be doing that. The only reason I used it is because it has a 36V positioner and I still need to order a Vbox/Gbox..whatever they are called now.</p><p> </p><p>Currently have a BU LNB on there but once I wire everything up and fine tune alignment, I'll experiment with the feedhorn and C120 BU conversion....</p><p> </p><p>Now, let's see what the wife says when she comes home.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite83" alt=":-Guill" title="Guillotine :-Guill" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-Guill" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite86" alt=":-Axechase" title="Axe Chase :-Axechase" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-Axechase" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 849967, member: 243342"] Welp, it's up. Started at 7am(!) today as the sky was blue and it's looking like it's going to rain now. Started off arranging the kerbs I bought for the best stand support. Started with this: [ATTACH]56523[/ATTACH] But changed it in the end and final arrangement was thus: [ATTACH]56524[/ATTACH] Feels fairly sturdy - I don't think it will be going anywhere. The kerbs are 40kg each and the mount itself weights at least 15kg. The SDS drill and drillbit made drilling into them very easy. I would still be drilling now with a standard masonry bit! Spray painted the dish and ran out of paint... doesn't look too bad even if it is unfinished! Now the fun started. I put the jack arm that came with the polar mount and it was in real need of refurbishment. It worked but was incredibly loud so I decided to strip it. While doing that, I also stripped my finger.... [ATTACH]56526[/ATTACH] Moving on... took the thing apart, brushed, cleaned and greased the rod (oo-err!) and it was better, noise-wise but had a lot of play in it, so I abandoned it in favour of another one I had. This one came with the Precision 1.2m dish and is HEAVY DUTY. But it's whisper quiet - amazingly quiet. My new SuperJack didn't sound this quiet. The only problem I have with it is the reed sensor. It's some glass one(?) and quite temperamental - I have to have it just so in order for it to work. Can I replace it with a standard one? There's still a normal magnetic wheel spinning, so I don't see why I couldn't. The other concern I have is that that actuation is heavy - I think it's too heavy for the CM polar mount, though it seems to be sat quite solidly on it. There's very little play when it's folded but increases to quite a lot when extended. A little too much for my liking but there's not much towards the east that I can see anyway. Once I adapt a C band LNB onto it, I'll see how much I can see towards the west and adjust the jack on its holder. Here are the final pictures: [ATTACH]56527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]56528[/ATTACH][ATTACH]56529[/ATTACH] Satellites I can see are everything from 45W to 28E-ish in Ku, possibly further towards the west with C band but I couldn't see anything on 61W due to trees. Signal starts to fade from 13E onwards but still strong. I couldn't see 21.5E or 23E on my FS1 meter for some reason (maybe out of date transponder). Nothing from 26E either... Could get a lock on 33E, 36E and 42E but it's quite weak. I guess the roof is shadowing a lot of the signal. Could see signal on 39E but only 2dB on Fs1 and no lock. Speaking of Fs1 - it's quite a nifty little meter! I like it and is very quick at locking the signal, even when I am going full speed across the arc. And speaking of Manhattan Plaza ST500... urgh, what a horrible software. Everything is all over the place. So temperamental and very user unfriendly. I am sure it's OK once I work it out but I won't be doing that. The only reason I used it is because it has a 36V positioner and I still need to order a Vbox/Gbox..whatever they are called now. Currently have a BU LNB on there but once I wire everything up and fine tune alignment, I'll experiment with the feedhorn and C120 BU conversion.... Now, let's see what the wife says when she comes home.... :-Guill:-Axechase [/QUOTE]
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