Pictures of Members' Systems

**rolfw** · 15-12-2006

I agree, a masterpiece of ingenuity.

***wod*** · 15-12-2006

lol a motor would be easier than that but credit to the user

***CROSSBONES*** · 16-12-2006

lol a motor would be easier than that but credit to the user

Ye but imagine how fast you could channel surf! lol

***BarMoo*** · 16-12-2006

Why are there F-Barrel conectors so close to the Arabsat and Astra 28 LNB's (and open to the elements) ??

Whatever, I reckon your setup is enough to give any sat lover LNB envy, LOL. *wink*

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**madafakapc** · 16-12-2006

well thanks!

My setup is under "special" adjustments and whats happening with those sats from right (Arabsat and Astra 28E) is that i need to make some adjusting steps to get the right position so i avoid to touch on the lnb connector directly because i can hurt him....hehehehe i mean i can go off tuning....heheheeh

So i plan to make some adjustments on the lnbs to get a better signal...like on BADR and Arabsat 30.5E....firstly i got a bad signal ratio but now i am getting good on BADR for example and plan to adjust also Arabsat 30.5 cause i got another transponder from tuning during this week!

On motor i have to say that i also have a motorized dish for the west dish i got....but this is a lot more fun and easier for me to get on the sats i want in one time...without having to wait for the dish to get there....and also i avoid some problems with dish alingment.......and motor too....hehehehe

What i want is to have lots of sat available at any time.....and i am getting them.....first i was wondering if this was possible with only a 3/4 lnbs....now i cant wait for get more lnbs on my dish.....just have to know if i can tune some intermediate sats like 10W and others....

**madafakapc** · 19-12-2006

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

Heres some pics from our member digi24 who is based just outside Athens

He says:

On the right
a have a 1.35X1.25 Gibertini using a humax 0.3db lnb
pointing to 28.2/28.5 (unable to receive 2D and the
fixed beam of Eurobird). The dish on the left is a
triax 1.1m using 3 lnbs of Alps (o.3db) for 13,16 and
19.2. The Alps lnbs are famous when you want receive
satellites that are very close to each other (as in my
case) bcs these lnbs are very thin !

Hi!

Once i had a setup like yours to catch 13,16,19 at same time but my question is: are you getting good reception from both ?!?!!? I guess you have to give some touch on the dish to improve reception or you just center on the satelite you want then get the others on each side without changing nothing and get good signal in all of them?!?!?!

mrMick · 04-01-2007

all of these put my modest sky digital system to shame! just getting started myself, but money is tight and there is no particular rush!

**shane77** · 04-01-2007

Originally Posted by mrMick

all of these put my modest sky digital system to shame! just getting started myself, but money is tight and there is no particular rush!

Hi mate heard people saying that they've done things like this in the past basically if money is tight :-

Is a betting shop/house(s)/business closing have a word with the builders for the old dish you'd probably get it for free also the skips near these places are gold mines, just remember you don't need a massive dish or the 'dogs' reciever to get loads of stuff, cue the stories

oh go on tell all.lol

**Analoguesat** · 04-01-2007

I started my forays into this hobby when money was tight... My entire first set of equipment was scrounged - my parents went over to sky digital so I comandeered the old analogue kit which duly made its way north in the back of their car on their next visit!

That 60cm dish that came up from Cannock is still in daily use as our sky digital dish (with a new lnb on it of course)

My first 80cm dish came off the side of the road down in town one bin day. The LNB holder had been smashed off but some zip ties and duck tape soon fixed that. Since then Ive had an 80cm dish from a bloke at work, one out of the local woods, one that some kids had jumped on, (I straightened it out using molegrips and a 2lb lump hammer and its now my 5E dish

) and one off the roof of my workplace which was replaced by a Sky minidish.

Ask around - theres plenty of old kit lying around in all sorts of interesting places which can be nabbed for next to nothing.. If its in decent condition, or can be salvaged and tarted up a bit why buy new??

mrMick · 05-01-2007

must admit, i've been toying with the idead for some time. 2 things have wetted my appetite further; first off, helping a friend install and set up his motorised satellite system last year, and seeing all the nice set ups pictured on here!! i've bben aware of this forum/website for a while but only got myself over here a couple of nights ago!

Likvid · 06-01-2007

Some Gibertini 125cm installed on the balcony.

***wod*** · 06-01-2007

nice whats the round lnb for , c-band ?

guess it dont get windy around there, that bracket must be strong

**dig deep** · 06-01-2007

Originally Posted by rolfw

Shamelessly stole this idea from MJH on Toecutters.
So everyone post pictures and info on your systems and dish installations.

This is a pictorial section, so please "actually upload" your photos using the manage attachments function in advanced posting, please do not link to them.

Externally my little 85cm DiseqC setup, threw it up quickly to test a receiver and it's still there. Attachment 836

Then my Astra 28.2e dish from the skip.

The rooftop terrestrial array, CP, Hannington and DAB.Attachment 838

Internally, the messy bit, constantly swapping things around, so it's never very tidy.

Two PCs, one on the DEN and the other on Satellites plus Trillian.
Digibox, Dreambox and Digiquest 2000.
4 Channel DVR for CCTV on test
Couple of videos, no longer plugged in, must take to dump.
2 Printers, bubble jet and Lazer.
Oh yes and a mini record deck for inputting to sound card for converting Vinyl to CD. (not yet done one though)

I am sorry Rolfw

I don´t have no pics of members setup

I don´t even have one of my own

Likvid · 06-01-2007

Originally Posted by wod

nice whats the round lnb for , c-band ?

guess it dont get windy around there, that bracket must be strong

Yeah C-band.

**Analoguesat** · 06-01-2007

Originally Posted by mrMick

must admit, i've been toying with the idead for some time. 2 things have wetted my appetite further; first off, helping a friend install and set up his motorised satellite system last year, and seeing all the nice set ups pictured on here!! i've bben aware of this forum/website for a while but only got myself over here a couple of nights ago!

Go for it - you dont need a fancy set up to begin with - even an old sky digtal dish will give you dozens of extra channels if pointed at 13E or 19E. At a complete stretch you can even use your sky digital receiver for initial experiments, although you will soon get frustrated with it..

leesat · 25-01-2007

how did u manage to take a picture of your pc .on the web site with the picture allready uploaded to the site?

**Topper** · 25-01-2007

Originally Posted by leesat

how did u manage to take a picture of your pc .on the web site with the picture allready uploaded to the site?

Who is that question aimed at leesat?

***deepbluesky*** · 26-01-2007

Originally Posted by madafakapc

Edited and pic available for my new setup!
New sats by lnb: Astra 28.5 independent from BADR and new one Arabsat 30.5 this one is a little bit difficult to catch but at least i catched a transponder....need some adjustments!

Wow that's the first dish i see with simultaneous reception from 23.5E and 30.5E

Do you get any frequency from Astra 3A or is it just for Astra 1D ? And where in Portugal are you located ? Further to the North or to the South ?

***deepbluesky*** · 26-01-2007

Originally Posted by Likvid

Some Gibertini 125cm installed on the balcony.

Likvid could you please tell me how many degrees in the Offset is the C-Band-LNB compared to the central Quad-Ku ?

***wod*** · 03-03-2007

my redone setup with better mount

wod

**rolfw** · 03-03-2007

Ah, that looks more solid wod.

***CROSSBONES*** · 03-03-2007

yes maybe a bigger dish now? lol

nice job wod

***wod*** · 04-03-2007

its certainly more solid as i used 8cm sleeve anchor fixings so it wont fall down

yes i'm looking into getting a bigger dish maybe andrews or gibertini with polar mount and vbox

least i wont have to do as many realigning this time around

also that l shaped bracket i had , was actually bent so thats why i had lot of problems

SnapperChris · 04-03-2007

Hi Wod

That old bracket to the left looks lonely, a brace the centre of your pole would really stiffen the setup. Hope you don't mind my five eggs??

Chris

**colinp** · 12-03-2007

Crossbones, sorry for delay was on hols.Can you tell me how to upload pics site will not allow me to upload as pics toobig .Cheers

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