Captain Jack
Burnt out human
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As I am moving again (I feel like a gypsy) I need a location for my Penta 85. Sadly, I am moving to a top floor flat with an eastern facing balcony (with Severn Estuary/Bridge views), so my 1.2M Channel Master will find its home at my parents' I think. Don't want to sell it as it took me a while to get the mount/actuator going and it's a cracking dish.
Still, in the pictures you can see the balcony and I can see everything from the eastern horizon to around 13E without too many issues. However, I would really want most sats up to 1W. Looking with DishPointer app on my Android phone, I can "see" 1W over the roof around 2m from the balcony floor - basically I can "see" it with the phone held slightly over my head. As I cannot drill anything in the walls (landlord says no and it's a brand new building), I will be using my existing ground stand. However, it's only 1m high, so I need to extend the pole - what's the best way of doing this? Shelley clamp or the couplers? I am thinking that the shelley clamps will be more sturdy as there are two fixing points as opposed to just one with the coupler.
Also, what's the best way to stabilise the pole that long? A couple of guy wires at the top of the pole attached to the legs of the stand, or maybe even the balcony railings? Another option, I guess would be to attach a pole itself to the balcony railings, but I don't want to damage the balcony paint etc. Also, the main balcony "frame" is made out relatively large square poles - is there a way to attach a pole to that? Attached is the picture of the balcony location.
Finally, it looks like I'll be able to see as far as 68.5E - what can I get with an 85cm dish over that end? Any chance of 66E/Russian channels? Such a shame that 75E is below the horizon there
I'd have a good chance if it was in the South East somewhere.....
Still, in the pictures you can see the balcony and I can see everything from the eastern horizon to around 13E without too many issues. However, I would really want most sats up to 1W. Looking with DishPointer app on my Android phone, I can "see" 1W over the roof around 2m from the balcony floor - basically I can "see" it with the phone held slightly over my head. As I cannot drill anything in the walls (landlord says no and it's a brand new building), I will be using my existing ground stand. However, it's only 1m high, so I need to extend the pole - what's the best way of doing this? Shelley clamp or the couplers? I am thinking that the shelley clamps will be more sturdy as there are two fixing points as opposed to just one with the coupler.
Also, what's the best way to stabilise the pole that long? A couple of guy wires at the top of the pole attached to the legs of the stand, or maybe even the balcony railings? Another option, I guess would be to attach a pole itself to the balcony railings, but I don't want to damage the balcony paint etc. Also, the main balcony "frame" is made out relatively large square poles - is there a way to attach a pole to that? Attached is the picture of the balcony location.
Finally, it looks like I'll be able to see as far as 68.5E - what can I get with an 85cm dish over that end? Any chance of 66E/Russian channels? Such a shame that 75E is below the horizon there
I'd have a good chance if it was in the South East somewhere.....
