My new toy :D

[martinuk]

Thanks. I've seen both variations of the arm bar, some at the top, some at the bottom (nelson_b's is at the bottom), so not sure what the right one is.

Dont you have a sat meter jack? all just fall in to place

 

[nelson_b]

Thanks. I've seen both variations of the arm bar, some at the top, some at the bottom (nelson_b's is at the bottom), so not sure what the right one is.

hi -
i don,t know which is correct for the bar . that,s how it was when i bought it second hand about 4 years ago ,

the actuator cover was included in the deal also

the setup is looking good C.J. it should be trouble free for years once its all setup -- as you have found the dish and mount is very robust, --
i use the inverto black ultra l.n.b. on mine i,v found it to give the best all round results.

cheers --

 

[satelliteman]

What about a feed and c120?


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[Captain Jack]

Got a spare Ultra lying in the garage Although I managed to drop it on concrete floor yesterday, so hopefully it's in one piece.....

 

[Captain Jack]

Got a question about that actuator. Once I stick it on the mount, during alignment - do I have to drive it using the VBox/drill battery or is there some "catch" that lets me move the actuator in and out by hand (I suspect not)?

 

[wod]

I think you can unscrew some of it but make sure you leave enough so you won't hit the limits.

I didn't bother with one in the end when I got hold of a 1224 motor.

what are you hoping to receive 30e - 30w ?

 

[Captain Jack]

Ah OK.

Will receive 10E-45W. My eastern arc is very limited due to my house in the way. Penta gets 23.5E (kinda) to 30W. Plus Sky dish at the front of the house getting 28.2E

 

[satelliteman]

A 24 volt SDS drill battery will slowly move the jack, if you wish to test it.

Set the dish up on the arc first. You can test the alignment by hand. Once happy, attach the actuator to the polar mount / dish. Take note of travel required and set the cam limits to suit.

 

[Captain Jack]

Set the dish up on the arc first. You can test this by hand.

My biggest gripe is fixing the dish in place without the actuator and without it moving when trying to align it by hand... I'll think of something.

 

[Captain Jack]

My final bits arrived today, the 18" actuator (which feels like a weapon) and the VBox. Fun, fun tonight (if it doesn't rain and I can get the light in the back garden).

 

[satelliteman]

Result..... look forward to the final pictures.

 

[wod]

Which vbox did you buy ?

I've had enough of this jaeger vbox 2 I have and want to buy another.

 

[Captain Jack]

I bought the GBox as suggested earlier in the thread from World of Sat for £25. Super quick delivery...

What's wrong with your version?

 

[Captain Jack]

Already hit a hurdle - the bolts to attach the jack arm to the mount are 12mm(!), while the holes I drilled on the bar are only 8mm and I don't have any 12mm drill bits. THANKFULLY, I still have that steel tube, which is perfect as it's 12mm outer diameter and 8mm inner, so I can use that as an adapter....

Wouldn't want to shell out for 12mm drill bit...

 

[wod]

I bought the GBox as suggested earlier in the thread from World of Sat for £25. Super quick delivery...

What's wrong with your version?

It not accurate enough when trying to fine tune weak positions.

I select to move the dish 1 or 2 clicks and it moves the dish double that.

I read the gbox has more accurate counts.

£25 is a very good price going to get myself one of these.

 

[cokeaddict]

It not accurate enough when trying to fine tune weak positions.

I select to move the dish 1 or 2 clicks and it moves the dish double that.

I read the gbox has more accurate counts.

£25 is a very good price going to get myself one of these.

I can confirm the Gbox v5000 (the 1 with the blue badge on it) is spot on.

Only wish I hadn't rushed out and bought it 8 months or so ago, and paid £40 for it, when they have now dropped to £25 at the exact time i've started to use it lol.

 

[Captain Jack]

Blah. Well, it's up... but there's a slight play in the top flanged bearing making the dish wobble, which makes tracking somewhat inaccurate. The dish landing position differs depending on whether I am driving the dish from the east or west. Annoying....

My current options are, I think, to either a) Loctite the flanged bearing, so that it's not loose or b) get eBay item 250799115961, which should fit the bracket hole snuggly. I am tempted to go for option b as it seems more solid than Loctiting, but then again, I never used Loctite, so I don't know if it will work loose in time anyway. Thoughts? Either way, I need to take the dish down in order to do the work, but hopefully won't need to mess around as much to align it back on track.

The arc I receive is 13E (just about lockable - house in the way) to 37.5W, beyond which I cannot find any usable signal, those 37.5W is booming in on 11684 V carrier. Can someone give me some definitely live and relatively strong frequencies further west? The next Ku band over Europe further west is on 45W and I am not getting anything from there.

Other interesting satellites:

5E - Astra 4A Nordic Beam: 70% SNR on 12054V and 11977V (around 50% from Penta)
1W - Thor/Intelsat: 73% C+ HD on 10934H (54% from Penta - broke up occasionally), 88% on C+ on 11278V (75% from Penta)
7W - AB7: 52% JSC Sports HD 1 on 12476V (41% fron Penta), 33% MBC on 11938V (only receivable in the evening on Penta)

 

[Captain Jack]

OK, I went out again and did a bit of a Heath Robinson fix. Took out the bearing and wrapped the outside with some self amalgamating tape(!) Then pressed it into the mounting hole and it seems to be much, much better. Tightened up all the bolts, the dish moves smoothly and there is now NO PLAY in the mount at all.

Re-attached the actuator and that doesn't have any play either. However.... the dish still lands short of its stored location. If I travel to 1W from 5E, it's fine. But if I go from 7W to 1W, I need to nudge it a few clicks to get to max signal. Almost like there some play in the jack itself.... Is that possible? Is anything adjustable inside it?

 

[cokeaddict]

The next Ku band over Europe further west is on 45W and I am not getting anything from there.

Same as you, I can't seem to find either of the 2 active ku band transponders on 45°W, but then I always had issue's getting 1 of the 2 there, with my old Triax TD110 and diseqc motor.

I have a feeling that the signal might have been reduced there (could be wrong).

As for your AB7 signal, seems to be pretty much the same as mine.

I scanned in 724 services from there last night.

Can't help with your 1°W issue though i'm afraid.

 

[satelliteman]

Where is the slight play exactly?