Another Channel Master SMC 1m20 restoration X2

ozumo said:
A few years ago I painted my pole and polar mount in black Hammerite paint, it's now almost impossible to finely adjust azimuth as the painted surfaces stick together, so I have to rotate the pole. I'm not saying it will be a problem for you but it's something to be aware of :)
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I hope that will not happen and i really hope to not have to move the polar mount at this height before a very long time ! :)
Anyway i know this probleme .
i already found a solution, this is to use spray paint for the upper par.
The rest of the pole with a roll.
 
I advanced on the foundation part with the templats and threaded rods and bolts .

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I imagined it like that but I'm waiting for your advice.

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the hole and the concrete are normally for this weekend :)
 
Is this to get the pole plumb or just to mount it to the concrete? If for adjustment use nyloc nuts, or additional plain nuts to help stop the nut from moving. I use extra nuts with a dab of thread lock on my pole.
 
ozumo said:
Is this to get the pole plumb or just to mount it to the concrete? If for adjustment use nyloc nuts, or additional plain nuts to help stop the nut from moving. I use extra nuts with a dab of thread lock on my pole.
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The two wooden templates exactly copy the base of the king post and match all the holes exactly.
The feet are too heavy to use it directly as the template.
the threaded rods are therefore at the same time the reinforcing bars of the foundations and the fasteners.
I will definitely add some real concrete irons.
but I am not inventing anything here, it is exactly the system used for large antennas.

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RimaNTSS said:
Forgot to mention, that was for my 4.6m Andrew antenna.
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What size are nuts and threaded rods?
Do you have a photo of that in the concrete?
 
hole finished and ready for tomorrow.

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Concrete iron reinforcement for the threaded rod structure

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You can drop a lot of loose hardcore into that hole once the studding is inserted , to save a large amount of concrete pouring.
 
it's not great but it's my best ...
I'm running out of concrete as you can see.
at the end, this makes 180kg of concrete.

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No compromise with my foundation.
120 kilos of steel & 7 cubic meters of concrete poured from a truck. I can sleep tight at least. :)

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New step today.
This weekend maybe the kingpost will be on it :)

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Clean and ready
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with this sunny day I was able to install the base and the antenna and cables.
The template system worked really well.


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My setting is 89.95 ° North / South and 90 ° East / West, not too bad

I finished the kingpost part with this insert.

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Now the antenna

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and now after 10 years without doing it and no more markings on the antenna, it is now necessary to align it ...
First thing the motor is too old and stuck, I will put a new one.
But not today ! :)
 
Ok,
I oriented the antenna yesterday and for the moment I am picking up from 42 ° East to 34.5 ° West. I think I can catch 45.1 ° East but I have a little problem on the West side with rather low levels. on the east I have very high levels except near the center with a small problem of trees as you can see ...
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Only 0.8 ° West is affected but remains admissible with small freezing sometime.

my, another problem is with the positioner. It is a model that I found at 5 euro ... It works fine but seems to go to sleep after a while and does not react to the DiSEqC command. I have to press the On / Off button to wake it up.


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if you have any idea how to fix it :)
 
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