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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="Norm" data-source="post: 5495" data-attributes="member: 175218"><p>Hi Guys,</p><p>I am a relative "new boy" around here - I've been lurking and trying to learn for a few months now. My initial plan was to install my own system but in the end I chickened out and had a pro recently install a motorised system.</p><p></p><p>He fitted a 1.2 metre Channel Master dish on a flat roof at the back of the house - problem came when my wife opened the bedroom curtains in the morning to be greeted by the back end of this (fairly large) dish; result dish had to go!</p><p></p><p>Last weekend I carefully moved the dish on to a plinth that I had constructed in the back garden, ensuring it was perfectly level etc. I had dismantled the dish with it aligned on Hotbird and realigned it to Hotbird when reassembled using an analogue meter.</p><p></p><p>Now the good news is that this was all a success. I can still pick up the same 11 satellites that I could pick up in the previous location.</p><p></p><p>However, when I checked the mount as I was reassembling, I could see that it was not absolutely vertical (and obviously was originally installed this way!). Question is - should I correct the mount to make it truly vertical? I realise that there is quite a lot of geometry around the dish polar mount for me to mess up should I choose. Since this was a pro installation, would the due South location be correct, do you think? I have looked back the thread "finding the arc" but most of the links referred to have gone. Probably what I'm asking is, are there any easy shortcuts I could try? For instance, I could adjust the mount so that it is vertical and try it; I could always put it back as it is now if it is a failure.</p><p></p><p>I have a BEC 6800CIP receiver but the manual is pretty useless really. And the final piece of information - I am in Aberdeen, Scotland.</p><p></p><p>Norm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Norm, post: 5495, member: 175218"] Hi Guys, I am a relative "new boy" around here - I've been lurking and trying to learn for a few months now. My initial plan was to install my own system but in the end I chickened out and had a pro recently install a motorised system. He fitted a 1.2 metre Channel Master dish on a flat roof at the back of the house - problem came when my wife opened the bedroom curtains in the morning to be greeted by the back end of this (fairly large) dish; result dish had to go! Last weekend I carefully moved the dish on to a plinth that I had constructed in the back garden, ensuring it was perfectly level etc. I had dismantled the dish with it aligned on Hotbird and realigned it to Hotbird when reassembled using an analogue meter. Now the good news is that this was all a success. I can still pick up the same 11 satellites that I could pick up in the previous location. However, when I checked the mount as I was reassembling, I could see that it was not absolutely vertical (and obviously was originally installed this way!). Question is - should I correct the mount to make it truly vertical? I realise that there is quite a lot of geometry around the dish polar mount for me to mess up should I choose. Since this was a pro installation, would the due South location be correct, do you think? I have looked back the thread "finding the arc" but most of the links referred to have gone. Probably what I'm asking is, are there any easy shortcuts I could try? For instance, I could adjust the mount so that it is vertical and try it; I could always put it back as it is now if it is a failure. I have a BEC 6800CIP receiver but the manual is pretty useless really. And the final piece of information - I am in Aberdeen, Scotland. Norm. [/QUOTE]
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