Need an adpater to fit a sky minish to a 2inch scaffold pole.

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Anyone know of an adapter to fit a skjy minidish to a 2 inch scaffold pole. The sky mini dish is meant to fit small pole, and i need to fit it to a scaffold pole.

Any ideas or adapters?
 

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Normally you can use a 2 inch U-bolt through the flat arm thing if it is like the type below. That is what I have done.
 

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The modern dish bracket will fit a scaffold pole, yours must be one of the older ones.

There is a bracket made for the older dish, but now sure that there are many who sell it.
 

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Eight nut clamp with a standard mini-dish L shape arm should do it if it's the older first generation dish :D
 

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satelliteman said:
Eight nut clamp with a standard mini-dish L

Would that be the same thing as a Shelley clamp?
 

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Yep sure is :D
 

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I hate those things, but I guess that they have their uses. :)
 

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there should be on the minidish a longish bracket on the back to bolt to a 2inch pole

see here how i have mine which now has a zone 2 minidish on it with no problems

and yes i know my setup is scruffy but its changing soon:)
 

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Wod, OP said he had an early minidish of which only fits a 1.25 inch mast.

P.S & off subject: change over the TD to a PENTA see my post earlier and also you asked for results on TW, it's there mate :)
 

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might as well buy another minidish then as they are so cheap and get a zone 2 one for better signal
 

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I saw that shelley thing before, i was just wondering if there was something else.

Thx for all the replies, i will think about what is the best option.
 

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You could of course purchase a new Z1 dish and use a 2 inch U bolt as described above :D
 

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Yep, does the job nicely:)
 

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