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Astra 2F: Iberia & Balearics Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="joddle" data-source="post: 824283" data-attributes="member: 247983"><p><span style="color: #222222">[font='Arial'']<span style="font-size: 12px">Hmm - happy days eh - I remember lugging a 2.4 Fortecstar onto my roof in bits many years ago - then assembling it - took ages and afterwards the result was very disappointing. However there are a few things you can do to tune the fortecstar as it rarely goes together very true and you will find many people have needed to adjust theri dishes after assembly.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px">One of the biggest problems is they are flimsy and the petals bend out of shape very easily - you need to keep checking the dish after a windy night.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px">If you can, make sure you add good washers to the bolts holding the petals together - ie one on each side - this help greatly keep the petals true when assembling - I wish I had known that the first time I did it a I had to rebuld the dish once I realized it was so far out of true th first time,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px">Also once assembled you often find the rim is way out of true ( and that’s the bit with the largest reflector area) - use the cross threads trick to see if the dish is anything like true and if not adjust the fitting to get a better shape. you can do this to a degree by bending the outer flange of each petal whilst looking at a meter or listening to a beeper to see if you increase or decrease the singal stength. Takes ages to get right but does make quite a bit of difference.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-size: 12px">Also make sure the focus is at the right place - I spend ages getting mine right and in the end used an invacom C120 LNB and matching adjustable feedhorn and got the dish to perform better I also needed a different clamp then that had been supplied with the dish but they may have changes those since then.</span>[/font]</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222">[font='Arial''] [/font]</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222">[font='Arial'']<span style="font-size: 12px">After you get fed up of doing that after every high wind you might consider getting a decent dish! - I did and have not regretted it since.</span>[/font]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joddle, post: 824283, member: 247983"] [color=#222222][font='Arial''][size=3]Hmm - happy days eh - I remember lugging a 2.4 Fortecstar onto my roof in bits many years ago - then assembling it - took ages and afterwards the result was very disappointing. However there are a few things you can do to tune the fortecstar as it rarely goes together very true and you will find many people have needed to adjust theri dishes after assembly. One of the biggest problems is they are flimsy and the petals bend out of shape very easily - you need to keep checking the dish after a windy night. If you can, make sure you add good washers to the bolts holding the petals together - ie one on each side - this help greatly keep the petals true when assembling - I wish I had known that the first time I did it a I had to rebuld the dish once I realized it was so far out of true th first time, Also once assembled you often find the rim is way out of true ( and that’s the bit with the largest reflector area) - use the cross threads trick to see if the dish is anything like true and if not adjust the fitting to get a better shape. you can do this to a degree by bending the outer flange of each petal whilst looking at a meter or listening to a beeper to see if you increase or decrease the singal stength. Takes ages to get right but does make quite a bit of difference. Also make sure the focus is at the right place - I spend ages getting mine right and in the end used an invacom C120 LNB and matching adjustable feedhorn and got the dish to perform better I also needed a different clamp then that had been supplied with the dish but they may have changes those since then.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#222222][font='Arial''][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#222222][font='Arial''][size=3]After you get fed up of doing that after every high wind you might consider getting a decent dish! - I did and have not regretted it since.[/size][/font][/color] [/QUOTE]
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