Pictures of Members' Systems

greenman said:
Here is my set up. I'll add some more pics soon!!!
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Man after my own heart.

If some is good, more is better, and too much is just right. :)
 
Here's some pictures of a project I'm working on :)

The dish is normally aimed roughly at 28E (depends on wind strength) for the free sky stuff, and occasionally sports an extra LNB for astra 19E!

These were taken last year and christmas day - who bet it would snow?

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triax 0.6dB & grundig 0.7dB LNBs, 70 cm steel mesh dish, string, rocks, 175/70 radial
 
I like the setup NiCad, nice to see Analoguesat is no longer alone. :)

PS. Is that what could be described as Film Noir. :-flash :)
 
Ive never tried a tyre on a sloping roof, so NiCad's one up on me there!
 
the next step has to be a 2.4m dish on an earth mover's Tyre. :)
 
BGonaSTICK said:
Cool. Another convert... :)


They would sell, I'm telling you!
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I'll flog anyone a second hand car tyre who wants one 40 quid plus 20 quid postage O-Ha

Unlimited supply ( from the local Kwik fit! :D :P )
 
my simple setup
got Astra1,2 hotbird, thor 1w,
still dealing vz it so
the cable is not well organized yet :o
 
Here is my setup in Benitachell, a small town on the Costa Blanca, Spain.
The first picture is of my three rooftop dishes. Fron left to right, a 1m elliptical with offset LNBs pointing at Astra 1 and Hotbird. Next, and installed by ViaDigital cowboys on my terrestrial aerial pole, a 60cm pointing at Hispasat, then a 1m with twin LNB pointing at Astra 2/Eurobird.

The second picture is of the front of my 2,4m dish pointed at Astra 2 / Eurobird, and needed to get the weak signals from Astra 2D. It has an Invacom quad LNB.

The third picture is of the rear of the 2,4m dish, showing the guy ropes which help in stabilising it during high winds.

The fourth shows the 4 cables from that dish being taken through trunking to protect them from the ravages of the Spanish weather and to enable them to be buried underground if necessary.

Finally, the two equipment in my living room. A NAD amplifier, Nakamichi cassette recorder, Pace DS430N and Thomson DS4210 Digiboxes. On the other side, a modified (external hard disk, sitting on the top) Pace 3100 Sky + box, Philips S-VHS recorder, Humax F1-Fox receiver and Philips DVD player.

The Humax deals with the Hotbird, Astra 1 and Hispasat downleads by means of a DisecQ switch. The Thomson has an input from the small Sky dish; the DS430N has one, and the Sky + two, inputs from the 2,4m dish. The TV is a Philips Matchline 32" widescreen.

The remaining Sky downleads go to into my music room come workshop, where I have other digiboxes in varying states of repair as well as a much loved and never-to-be-replaced hi-fi system based around a Quad 44 / 606 with Rogers LS3a speakers.
 
These pictures are of my recently " professionally" installed system in Gran Canaria. We are 2,400 miles south of the official ASTRA 2D footprint, so as you can imagine getting it "right" is pretty crucial.

So - what NOT to do:

1. Do not put the dish where there is a large metal object such as a high gain TV ariel and mast in line of site to the satellite.

2. Do not use single output LNB for SKY+ installation and never come back to change it.

3. Do not use 0.5db LNB designed for local CANAL+ service when a high performing LNB for fringe reception is needed.

4. Do not position dish so that it overhangs a neighbours property resulting in the dish having to be moved (but never bother to come back to move it).

I will not name and shame the installer in this public forum, however anyone looking for an installer in Gran Canaria should pm me for advice!!
 
What can we say about that blueplatinum, what a swine. Is that still the state now?
 
jimbo said:
What can we say about that blueplatinum, what a swine. Is that still the state now?
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Yep. Those pictures were taken today. Fortunately I managed to withold some of the money - enough to pay someone to move the dish. I have ordered an INVACOM 0.3db Quad LNB which I am hoping will arrive Monday.

Even with the setup as it is we get some BBC1s and some ITVs during the day and quite a lot of other 2D and North beam channels.

How much difference do you think the TV antenna will be making to my signal?
 
From it's position I'd say not a lot but maybe Rolf will have a more professional view.
 
I don't think that the UHF antenna will make much difference, unless of course it was bang in the line of sight.
 
(The third picture is of the rear of the 2,4m dish, showing the guy ropes which help in stabilising it during high winds.)

Is it me or is there something missing from the back of your dish?No wonder you need guy ropes.There are hundreds of those 2.4m famavals here in Cyprus,but there should be something like a crossbar across the back ring with a stabilsing bar connecting it to the mount to stop it falling over to the left or right.Are they all installed like that over there?
Ps how much do they charge for a 2.4m dish installation?
 
Only the polarmount has the crossbar, the fixed mount is as seen above according to their site.
 
rolfw said:
Only the polarmount has the crossbar, the fixed mount is as seen above according to their site.
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You got that photo in pretty quick Rolfy.Yeah,thats the dish we have over here but with a metal bar(sometimes a threaded rod for adjusting) instead of a motor.in fact most prime focus dishes over here are polarmount with metal bars.Maybe they are more stable than Billnots' dish.I have seen fixings similar to Billnots guy ropes but only on 2.4 dishes with extensions fitted.
 
Most of the 2,4m dishes here on the CB are like mine but without the guy ropes - the installer is proud of those as his professional trademark!

To be fair, the dish has stayed aligned during the last week even though we have had 100kph winds.
 
billnot said:
Most of the 2,4m dishes here on the CB are like mine but without the guy ropes - the installer is proud of those as his professional trademark!

To be fair, the dish has stayed aligned during the last week even though we have had 100kph winds.
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Thats reassuring,and you have somwhere to hang your towels :D
 
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