Huevos
Satellite Freak
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2008
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- My Satellite Setup
- 57E to 58W, C-band and Ku, DVB-S2, 4:2:2 and blindscan.
- My Location
- 38.5ºN, 0.5ºW
If I started again I would probably have gone for an actuator. The way the triangular bracket is fastened to the motor shaft looks like a weak link to me. Have to wait and see once it gets some wind against it. The motor is the one with the steel plate inside.CROSSBONES said:And mounted on a 1224 motor!
I think we are at cross purposes here. I mean the top bracket on the motor shaft (see photos). When the motor arrived it was all loose and that tapered pin doesn't seem to fit too well. I'll have to wait and see if it comes loose again.pipino said:original crappy triagles from the motor
That is a brilliant idea. The 100mm pole is too big for the motor. I had to grind the inside of the mount to get it to fit. I use a 100mm wheel so it is a perfect match. But with the universal U-bolts that come with the motor it is still a pain to adjust. Looking at yours I think I'll probably make the switch.pipino said:used gibertini´s Plate instead..works much better and looks rock solid when fixed
I'm bang smack in the middle of the Costa Blanca in Alicante. Horizontals are impossible here. Maybe a couple of hours day on a 2.4m. A bit farther north like Javea and a 2.4m will get horizontals from 9am to 6pm. Vertical reception is pretty good. Now I'm using a Black Ultra it is almost 24/7 in good weather. With the Invacom LNB not so good. Screenshot is half past midnight CET winter time.park_gate said:Hi,
I know this is an old thread but i'm interested in how good your BBC 1, 2, ITV and film 4 reception is?
How late in the evening can you get them?
How does it compare to the 1.9M and 2.4M dishes in your area?
Terry
You need to ask Pipino. He swapped from a Gibertini 1.5 motorised to a fixed mount 1.8 metre CM (not too far from here) and he's really pleased with the results.wod said:would you get reception for a couple more hours if you upgraded to a 1.8 channel master or similar size dish ?
wod said:would you get reception for a couple more hours if you upgraded to a 1.8 channel master or similar size dish ?
Huevos said:Added C-band LNB. If you're not used to C-band it's surprising how big everything is. It's all 3x the size, so the 1.5m on C-band will perform about the same as a 50cm dish does on Ku, just about big enough to get my toe dipped in the water. The C-band LNB is offset 2.5º so when the central LNB is pointed at 0ºE the C-LNB is pointed at 5ºE. The other 2 LNBs are to speed up zapping, used in conjunction with the T90.
Also I wanted to tone it down a bit so I disassembled everything and painted it.
The youtube clip shows the geo-arc from the dish perspective. Arc is dead centre in the frame, just above the cenrtal LNB. Clip starts on 57E and runs through to 58W, stopping momentarily on 53E, 45E, 42E, 28E, 19E, 1W, 30W, & 45W.
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Image index:
- Screenshot from 40.5ºW.
- Screenshot from 2.8ºE.
- C-band feedhorn compared to one I cut off a Black Ultra (Ku-band).
- C-band LNB bracket.
- LNBs Off the dish.
- Another look at LNBs off the dish.
- Before painting (T90 in foreground).
- After painting (T90 in foreground).
- Painted dish with a bit of rain on it.
- Painted dish hiding behind trees.
- LNBs on the dish (pointed at 40.5ºW).
- Dish pointed at 40.5ºW.
For the time being I'm just going to experiment taking the delay plate out.pipino said:if you add another C band LNB for linear polarization you can get more channels from the far east(INDIA ,Maldives...etc)
It's not loud really, it's just that the camera was attached to the dish which seems to have amplified the sound.Llew said:I hope the motor can take the strain of the dish and assembly, sounds like it's working hard
Huevos said:For the time being I'm just going to experiment taking the delay plate out.
By the way, Nelson and Pipino, what blind search receivers are you currently using for C-band (and Ku come to that).