Andrew ValuStar

[excollier]

Yes, very sturdy and easy to put together.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Yes, very sturdy and easy to put together.

With the only tool visible in the photo?

 

[Analoguesat]

That's my motorbike hidden behind the dish, if you look carefully!

We have had lots of wrird and wonderful dish mounts over the years but I think a motorbike is a first

Although its probably only a matter of time before someone welds a dish to a scrap motorbike and proudly displays the result......

 

[excollier]

We have had lots of wrird and wonderful dish mounts over the years but I think a motorbike is a first

Although its probably only a matter of time before someone welds a dish to a scrap motorbike and proudly displays the result......

I will use it for emergency brakes..... or turn it round to use as a sail. Dual fuel.

 

[excollier]

With the only tool visible in the photo?

It needed a little "persuasion" at one point, but the mallet IS rubber.....

 

[excollier]

Finally got the thing installed. Aimed at 16e, for Tring which is pretty weak here.

 

[samoloko]

so are you happy with dish
better than old dish ?
Is It motorized do you get Thor

 

[BGPv4]

so are you happy with dish
better than old dish ?
Is It motorized do you get Thor

You already have the best prime focus 1.8m dish on the market, hydroformed Paraclipse, no dish today with that surface accuracy on the market i can tell you.

 

[excollier]

so are you happy with dish
better than old dish ?
Is It motorized do you get Thor

Yes the dish is reported to perform very well, even in very windy/wet weather. I installed it for someone else.
It is fixed not motorised.

Incidentally, does anyone know where I could buy a polar mount to fit this dish, it's on a 76mm pole. I can get the actuator and 36v controller , (I think that's what it needs anyway)

 

[Channel Hopper]

If you can measure the bolt hole distances, I'm sure somebody here can put a name to a polarmount that fits.

 

[samoloko]

You already have the best prime focus 1.8m dish on the market, hydroformed Paraclipse, no dish today with that surface accuracy on the market i can tell you.

thank you for reply
I think that that dish Is not very good on KU band since It Is drilled - but I may wrong - and search to upgrade with something better maybe Channel Master 1.2
could you please recomend best feedhorn / lnb for Paraclipse Hydro 1.8 m
I have tryed Invacom SNF 031 QDF 031 but they are like ordinary MTI

regards

 

[excollier]

Post #30.
Will do, thanks

 

[hexah]

There used to be universal polar mounts available, which could be used with 36v actuators. Someone may still stock them. I think they were for 80cm to 1m dishes but you might get away with it, perhaps with a mod here or there.

 

[BGPv4]

thank you for reply
I think that that dish Is not very good on KU band since It Is drilled - but I may wrong - and search to upgrade with something better maybe Channel Master 1.2
could you please recomend best feedhorn / lnb for Paraclipse Hydro 1.8 m
I have tryed Invacom SNF 031 QDF 031 but they are like ordinary MTI

regards

It's a very deep dish which needs a Seavey feedhorn, otherwise you will not get much out of it.

 

[samoloko]

Incidentally, does anyone know where I could buy a polar mount to fit this dish, it's on a 76mm pole. I can get the actuator and 36v controller , (I think that's what it needs anyway)

have you found polar mount
what Is weight of dish

 

[archive10]

We have had lots of wrird and wonderful dish mounts over the years but I think a motorbike is a first

Although its probably only a matter of time before someone welds a dish to a scrap motorbike and proudly displays the result......

Having just come back from International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam, I am happy to report that this has, in fact, now been turned into a commercial product...

It's an ENG (Electronic News Gathering) motorbike from a french company.
As it's a 3-wheeler, it apparently doesn't require a motorcycle license, just a normal driver's license.
They where very serious about this, enabling uplink from places where truck could not go.

 

[archive10]

And then there was this variation, which is more on the light-hearted side... but still practically feasible. the dish was manually adjusted using built in GPS and little LCDs. Lower cost than computer controlled motorised alignment etc...