Just Sharing This My Channel Master 1.8 project.

[moonbase]

"a little wind!"

It might blow your arc into place

 

[Manikm909]

Yes. Here's hoping.

 

[Captain Jack]

My poor dish is getting a right battering at the moment - still in alignment but wobbles enough to pixelate the image.

Spoke too soon. Signal totally gone on the 1.8m... though the dish is still in place. T90 is providing backup...

 

[MrDish1]

when it's not storming, and in normal weather !

 

[MrDish1]

Mine - lowered and chained down to weather the pending storm gusts approaching.

how is the signal in normal weather.?!?

 

[Manikm909]

I bet it's ok

 

[MrDish1]

Glad to hear that.

 

[John]

I bet it's ok

Lol

 

[butchyboy]

It might blow your arc into place

lol lol

 

[Manikm909]

this will make you laugh, around 5pm, all the wobbling about my 1.8 took today, the nut holding the end of the jack worked itself free and dish went flopping to the east! CRASHHHHHH!

it could only happen to me.

and there was my 24" QARL sitting on the kitchen table - if only i'd had one more day (to fit it) - still, no damage to dish. could be worse.

 

[butchyboy]

this will make you laugh, around 5pm, all the wobbling about my 1.8 took today, the nut holding the end of the jack worked itself free and dish went flopping to the east! CRASHHHHHH!

it could only happen to me.

and there was my 24" QARL sitting on the kitchen table - if only i'd had one more day (to fit it) - still, no damage to dish. could be worse.

mind that baby m8 theres not to many of them lying around now,theres still quite a few cm 1.2,s around but there was never as many cm 1.8 metres around,probaly cause most folk did not have the space etc

 

[Manikm909]

she's fine! shes already had a hole though her - nothing a bit of fibre glass repair couldnt fix.
the polar mount bracket holding the dish hits the pole first before the dish does luckily.

 

[Manikm909]

Fitted the 24inch jack today - and after some tinkering with dish angle and motor - i am now fully tracking the ARC!!!!!
I moved it to the left side and will keep it left as its full closed on 45east at the mo - and will keep it there due to the pending storms.

FINALLY!!!!!

oh, and my pole is vindicated......

 

[Captain Jack]

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[moonbase]

Pics or it didn't happen

and signal level readings...

 

[moonbase]

Fitted the 24inch jack today - and after some tinkering with dish angle and motor - i am now fully tracking the ARC!!!!!
I moved it to the left side and will keep it left as its full closed on 45east at the mo - and will keep it there due to the pending storms.

FINALLY!!!!!

oh, and my pole is vindicated......

You may have already used it but if the Chinasat radio station is still active on 45.0 West in Ku-Band it will allow you to check the Western arc beyond 30.0 West.

45.0 West will be a good marker for your C-Band from 40.5W, 47.5W and 55.5W. I am not sure if you will get anything from 43.1W or 45.0W in C-Band with a 1.8m dish?
The local area inside the southern half of the M25 seems to be a decent zone for some of the fringe beams in Ku-Band and C-Band so you could get lucky with 43.1W and 45.0W C-Band?

 

[Manikm909]

and signal level readings...

anything in particular...?

 

[ozumo]

anything in particular...?

How about 7°E 7B Europe B beam transponders? IIRC you were able to lock the BBC Persia Tp on your 1.2m.

 

[Manikm909]

How about 7°E 7B Europe B beam transponders? IIRC you were able to lock the BBC Persia Tp on your 1.2m.

Currently receiving BBC Persian at 7.6db

 

[Manikm909]

Pics or it didn't happen