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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 809196" data-attributes="member: 243342">Thank you Zorch for your response. Much appreciated.Yes, the mounting pole isn't as sturdy as I would have liked. The actual pole came with the Channel Master dish but it's missing the &quot;stabiliser legs&quot; hence the slight wobble at the top. When I had my CM dish on this, the location was quite sheltered and I wasn't worried. Here it's less sheltered, hence the guy wires. Still, it's quite stable and it's bolted into the steel reinforced concrete roof, so it isn't going anywhere. With regards to the polar mount modification, the original motor would probably still work but I haven't tried it. One of the nylon cog wheels split in half and I would also need to get 5v to the optocoupler sensor on the motor. Considering I already had a refurbished CM polar mount, it was much easier to simply adapt the Fibo mounting to the CM polar mount. It would also be a bolt off/bolt on job to swap between the two - if I wanted to. And if I cannot get the Fibo working properly, it's exactly what I will be doing.I have ordered the Black Pro LNB today (they are really cheap!) so will give it a go when it arrives. Will probably be after the bank holiday now though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 809196, member: 243342"] Thank you Zorch for your response. Much appreciated. Yes, the mounting pole isn't as sturdy as I would have liked. The actual pole came with the Channel Master dish but it's missing the "stabiliser legs" hence the slight wobble at the top. When I had my CM dish on this, the location was quite sheltered and I wasn't worried. Here it's less sheltered, hence the guy wires. Still, it's quite stable and it's bolted into the steel reinforced concrete roof, so it isn't going anywhere. With regards to the polar mount modification, the original motor would probably still work but I haven't tried it. One of the nylon cog wheels split in half and I would also need to get 5v to the optocoupler sensor on the motor. Considering I already had a refurbished CM polar mount, it was much easier to simply adapt the Fibo mounting to the CM polar mount. It would also be a bolt off/bolt on job to swap between the two - if I wanted to. And if I cannot get the Fibo working properly, it's exactly what I will be doing. I have ordered the Black Pro LNB today (they are really cheap!) so will give it a go when it arrives. Will probably be after the bank holiday now though. [/QUOTE]

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