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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Channel master 1.2m with polar mount, Setup
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragnarok" data-source="post: 1010501" data-attributes="member: 319156"><p>much progress made but not 100% finished. The dish had to go from the tripod as it's nearly time to put the vegetables in the veggie patch it was temporally setup on.</p><p></p><p>I used a 4 pint milk bottle to make and LNB cover, it's making a hell of a difference in the rain, an not impacting the dish much at all.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://imgbox.com/e8L7CC7q" target="_blank"><img src="https://3-t.imgbox.com/e8L7CC7q.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/XyZj5YL4" target="_blank"><img src="https://5-t.imgbox.com/XyZj5YL4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/3cJzUhUP" target="_blank"><img src="https://3-t.imgbox.com/3cJzUhUP.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Managed to get a 12 bags of pose Crete at a not unreasonable price , cheeper than the local TP ballast + cement <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://imgbox.com/AQmuHU4d" target="_blank"><img src="https://8-t.imgbox.com/AQmuHU4d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Hole, I went about 41 Inches deep, i was gunning for 1m deep. and about half a meter in diameter. hard work but nailed it. much like the channel master manual said but a little bigger. The biggest hold up was moving compost bins to dig the hole here.</p><p><a href="http://imgbox.com/ovHWKp08" target="_blank"><img src="https://4-t.imgbox.com/ovHWKp08.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/ABc3dOJH" target="_blank"><img src="https://8-t.imgbox.com/ABc3dOJH.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/FYVLnqEC" target="_blank"><img src="https://2-t.imgbox.com/FYVLnqEC.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Preparing the pole with anti turning bar, I had a 1m bar to cut in in half and bent it down like the channel master manual said. and finding somthing to hold it up right which was easy in my case. with an old cole bunker right next to the hole. I managed to get the pole within 0.04 of dead plumb whatever way I tried to measure it with the digital angle finder.</p><p><a href="http://imgbox.com/S03tVRZH" target="_blank"><img src="https://1-t.imgbox.com/S03tVRZH.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/mJFSMWbE" target="_blank"><img src="https://9-t.imgbox.com/mJFSMWbE.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/WPzBdWBI" target="_blank"><img src="https://7-t.imgbox.com/WPzBdWBI.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/epCe7xz0" target="_blank"><img src="https://4-t.imgbox.com/epCe7xz0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then The Concreting bit.</p><p><a href="http://imgbox.com/8UhP2uJL" target="_blank"><img src="https://3-t.imgbox.com/8UhP2uJL.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://imgbox.com/hA9sEeNn" target="_blank"><img src="https://3-t.imgbox.com/hA9sEeNn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I did put an extra bag of post Crete in there to top that off, I also wasn't always seeing enough cement at the top of the post crete mix so i also got an extra bag of cement and kept throwing that on and adding water still it stopped disappearing </p><p></p><p>A week later even though post Crete goes off real fast.....</p><p></p><p><a href="http://imgbox.com/ejPJmAjF" target="_blank"><img src="https://0-t.imgbox.com/ejPJmAjF.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>It's up, I was doing the finishing touches in the dark, but the good news is I'm getting 36w- 53e just droping the dish as setup on the tripod and aligning east and west on 1w, and a tiny tweak to back elevation bolt. I should be able to go even further east if I wish to with a few minor adjustment at the expense of westerly sats, but there is not alot past 36w there currently in KU band..</p><p></p><p>However the pole does need some stabilisation struts which will happen, the sway doesn't actually affect the signal much at all, maybe 0.2 db tops, The tree needs some shaping, as it's affecting 16e-42e partially, I was able to get MBC on 26e on the new transponder, but 26e is gone currently with the tree blockage. but i do also want the tree to hide it from the neighbours a bit, and I got a can of green spray pain to help it blend in. and try to lower it down a but shorten the pole as long as i can still see the Clark belt clearly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragnarok, post: 1010501, member: 319156"] much progress made but not 100% finished. The dish had to go from the tripod as it's nearly time to put the vegetables in the veggie patch it was temporally setup on. I used a 4 pint milk bottle to make and LNB cover, it's making a hell of a difference in the rain, an not impacting the dish much at all. [URL='http://imgbox.com/e8L7CC7q'][IMG]https://3-t.imgbox.com/e8L7CC7q.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/XyZj5YL4'][IMG]https://5-t.imgbox.com/XyZj5YL4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/3cJzUhUP'][IMG]https://3-t.imgbox.com/3cJzUhUP.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Managed to get a 12 bags of pose Crete at a not unreasonable price , cheeper than the local TP ballast + cement :) . [URL='http://imgbox.com/AQmuHU4d'][IMG]https://8-t.imgbox.com/AQmuHU4d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The Hole, I went about 41 Inches deep, i was gunning for 1m deep. and about half a meter in diameter. hard work but nailed it. much like the channel master manual said but a little bigger. The biggest hold up was moving compost bins to dig the hole here. [URL='http://imgbox.com/ovHWKp08'][IMG]https://4-t.imgbox.com/ovHWKp08.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/ABc3dOJH'][IMG]https://8-t.imgbox.com/ABc3dOJH.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/FYVLnqEC'][IMG]https://2-t.imgbox.com/FYVLnqEC.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Preparing the pole with anti turning bar, I had a 1m bar to cut in in half and bent it down like the channel master manual said. and finding somthing to hold it up right which was easy in my case. with an old cole bunker right next to the hole. I managed to get the pole within 0.04 of dead plumb whatever way I tried to measure it with the digital angle finder. [URL='http://imgbox.com/S03tVRZH'][IMG]https://1-t.imgbox.com/S03tVRZH.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/mJFSMWbE'][IMG]https://9-t.imgbox.com/mJFSMWbE.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/WPzBdWBI'][IMG]https://7-t.imgbox.com/WPzBdWBI.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/epCe7xz0'][IMG]https://4-t.imgbox.com/epCe7xz0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Then The Concreting bit. [URL='http://imgbox.com/8UhP2uJL'][IMG]https://3-t.imgbox.com/8UhP2uJL.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://imgbox.com/hA9sEeNn'][IMG]https://3-t.imgbox.com/hA9sEeNn.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I did put an extra bag of post Crete in there to top that off, I also wasn't always seeing enough cement at the top of the post crete mix so i also got an extra bag of cement and kept throwing that on and adding water still it stopped disappearing A week later even though post Crete goes off real fast..... [URL='http://imgbox.com/ejPJmAjF'][IMG]https://0-t.imgbox.com/ejPJmAjF.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It's up, I was doing the finishing touches in the dark, but the good news is I'm getting 36w- 53e just droping the dish as setup on the tripod and aligning east and west on 1w, and a tiny tweak to back elevation bolt. I should be able to go even further east if I wish to with a few minor adjustment at the expense of westerly sats, but there is not alot past 36w there currently in KU band.. However the pole does need some stabilisation struts which will happen, the sway doesn't actually affect the signal much at all, maybe 0.2 db tops, The tree needs some shaping, as it's affecting 16e-42e partially, I was able to get MBC on 26e on the new transponder, but 26e is gone currently with the tree blockage. but i do also want the tree to hide it from the neighbours a bit, and I got a can of green spray pain to help it blend in. and try to lower it down a but shorten the pole as long as i can still see the Clark belt clearly. [/QUOTE]
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