my dish

[marciano]

 

[crodado]

Galvanized parts came in
Soon will be the first part assembly

 

[Captain Jack]

Nice - look forward to seeing it progress

 

[crodado]

From Monday's vacation
Start preparations
Laminas 1200 placed for control
Now I have 75E to 45W
(Is there anything else in the KU band for that antenna size?)

 

[RimaNTSS]

Is that optical illusion or a fact that pole is not plumb?
What about 85*E? It is 6* above the horizon at your place, maybe you can catch some signal?

 

[Captain Jack]

I think it is an illusion as it's facing the camera at an angle.

Nice and tidy install. How's the stability of the dish at the top of the pole?

 

[crodado]

The problems or ... is not that great either

 

[crodado]

Small antenna correction and is already better 80.5 East

 

[crodado]

The mice of the signal with 1,2 but with 1,8 will see

 

[crodado]

yes 90 E

 

[crodado]

Tomorrow is the final day and Tuesday brings 180cm

 

[crodado]

 

[crodado]

Hot sammer

 

[crodado]

end ...

 

[crodado]

help
Problems or ...
Something wrong with the engine is all very shaky
The antenna seems too large

 

[RimaNTSS]

The antenna seems too large

Antenna is OK..... motor is too weak.

 

[Captain Jack]

This motor is rubbish - sorry to say. You are much better off with a proper polar mount. You can just about get away with a Jaegar 1224 motor, preferably beefed up. However, I found that even that is not strong enough to handle this dish without wobbling in winds - especially in an exposed location like yours.

Check this thread Channel Master/Laminas 1.8m project

(below picture is not my setup but a few members here have it on just such an arrangement)

 

[archive10]

This motor is rubbish - sorry to say. You are much better off with a proper polar mount. You can just about get away with a Jaegar 1224 motor, preferably beefed up. However, I found that even that is not strong enough to handle this dish without wobbling in winds - especially in an exposed location like yours.

Laminas makes a PM specifically for this dish.
@Hakon has one, and its very satisfied with it. I'm sure you've already seen the thread:

Project Laminas AS 1800 motorised

But of course there are other PMs that may be adapted.

 

[Captain Jack]

Yep and an Italian company also modifies them for extended reach:

https://www.campanasat.it/laminas/615-asp-1800-polarmount-x-laminas-180-cm-semiuniv-modificato.html?search_query=laminas&results=43

 

[crodado]

A small vacation with a study of mistakes