new set up

[don'tknowdon'taskme]

new set up two channel master dishes not finished yet.

 

[CROSSBONES]

how big is the little dish? Where did you get it?

Nice mount, What happened to the white sculpure?

 

[don'tknowdon'taskme]

got the little dish off flea bay about a year ago was a broadband sat so i changed the lnb cost me a tenner good buy think it is a meter by 85cm.
my m8 made the mount from 75mm pole section and 3in angle iron it is solid as a rock reason for new mount moved house was happy with the old monster mount lol.
the other mount is being moved to make way for a new shed god help them with that.

 

[wod]

what satellite is the dish pointing to in the picture as it looks very low or had you not aligned it up

 

[don'tknowdon'taskme]

it was just rested on the mount not wired up yet run out of light all working great now the small one is for 28.2 the big one so far 30w 33e.

 

[wod]

what motor is the dish on as it looks like you got the elevation actuator , something like the 1224 el motor ?

that dish looks massive, i only have the 90cm size channel master and it still looks massive but the 1.2 is very large

 

[don'tknowdon'taskme]

yes m8 1224 motor with orbit tracking and had a bracket made did not like the way it came with the dish set up.
makes life a lot easier with the orbit tracking too.

 

[wod]

i just bought the standard 1224 as i thought the orbit tracking would be useless on my small 90cm antenna and plus it was cheap at 85 quid compared to what uk websites was selling it for

how far east and west can you go, as i think you get limited with the orbit tracking motor to the west is it ?

 

[Prodelin]

i just bought the standard 1224 as i thought the orbit tracking would be useless on my small 90cm antenna and plus it was cheap at 85 quid compared to what uk websites was selling it for

how far east and west can you go, as i think you get limited with the orbit tracking motor to the west is it ?

You don't need orbit tracking if you aren't tracking inclined orbit satellites.

If you installed the motor correctly you should peak all satellites at max signal level.

An elevation motor only comes usable when you have dish of 3 meter or above as the beamwidth is so narrow and the ground is moving a bit which makes it necessary

 

[don'tknowdon'taskme]

You don't need orbit tracking if you aren't tracking inclined orbit satellites.

If you installed the motor correctly you should peak all satellites at max signal level.

An elevation motor only comes usable when you have dish of 3 meter or above as the beamwidth is so narrow and the ground is moving a bit which makes it necessary

that is true prodelin but it does make life easier on some birds to peak the transponder just that little more.
i have had a bracket made so it does not affect the move of the dish east or west plus you can extend the limits when you move the limits in the motor.

 

[CROSSBONES]

Where did you get the adaptor for the C120 lnb for your 1m channelmaster dish matey? As im after one;)

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satelli...-systems/133222-channel-master-vsat-feed.html

 

[don'tknowdon'taskme]

i used the feedhorn from the broadband lnb and filed the rim so i could attach the 4 screws to attach it to the c120 lnb.

 

[Chit Chat]

it was just rested on the mount not wired up yet run out of light all working great now the small one is for 28.2 the big one so far 30w 33e.

What are you receiving from Intelsat 802 at 33°E? Is the Kenyan mux available on Spot 1 Beam receivable over there? Please check out the following link and let me know: _http://www.lyngsat.com/intel802.html

 

[wod]

don'tknowdon'taskme, probably gets just eurobird 3 @33e i doubt anything from intelsat 802 as too far out the footprint

 

[don'tknowdon'taskme]

it is too far out wod looked the other day.