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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Precision 2.2 metre Antenna Install
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<blockquote data-quote="moonbase" data-source="post: 1016932" data-attributes="member: 178786"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>The next stage of the install is to get the antenna off the lawn and onto a stand so that I can work on it. The plan is to mount the antenna on a temporary mobile pallet that can be wheeled into a sheltered corner of the patio and secured. When I have time to work on the antenna and on a calm day, the mobile pallet can be moved out from the sheltered corner into a position that gives access for work.</p><p></p><p>The pallet has castors at each corner, each castor has a theoretical load bearing of 330lb, giving a theoretical load bearing for all 4 castors of 1320lb. In practice, this should be reduced by one castor to allow for a safety margin, this gives a practical load bearing for the pallet of 990lb subject to the pallet being able to accept the weight. As the antenna will be stored in a sheltered corner and only moved out on a calm day, it is not my intention to load the pallet to 990lb, I have doubts that it could bear that weight, however, to increase the load bearing capacity I have screwed and bolted some additional wood to the original carcass.</p><p></p><p>To immobilise the pallet, I have placed a steel plate with welded nut at each corner. By using a 1" BSW threaded eye bolt in each plate the pallet can be raised until the castors are no longer in contact with the ground. Wooden chocks or 4" fence posts can be placed underneath the pallet to provide additional support when the castors are off the ground.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, that is the plan, it may or may not work, I will know more when I place the tripod stand on the pallet and then get one or two people to stand on the pallet to test stability. If it does not work then its back to the drawing board for Plan B (not formulated yet, typical bodger philosophy).</p><p></p><p>For a permanant installation of the antenna, the plan is to replace the wooden mobile pallet with a larger and more robust metal mobile frame that can be immobilised and that will accept the weight required to correctly anchor the antenna. Elite Antennas give the wind load of a 2.2m antenna as 600lb for a 60mph wind and 2500lb for a 125mph wind</p><p></p><p></p><p>Pictures of the temporary wooden mobile pallet are attached below.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Rgds</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moonbase, post: 1016932, member: 178786"] Hi, The next stage of the install is to get the antenna off the lawn and onto a stand so that I can work on it. The plan is to mount the antenna on a temporary mobile pallet that can be wheeled into a sheltered corner of the patio and secured. When I have time to work on the antenna and on a calm day, the mobile pallet can be moved out from the sheltered corner into a position that gives access for work. The pallet has castors at each corner, each castor has a theoretical load bearing of 330lb, giving a theoretical load bearing for all 4 castors of 1320lb. In practice, this should be reduced by one castor to allow for a safety margin, this gives a practical load bearing for the pallet of 990lb subject to the pallet being able to accept the weight. As the antenna will be stored in a sheltered corner and only moved out on a calm day, it is not my intention to load the pallet to 990lb, I have doubts that it could bear that weight, however, to increase the load bearing capacity I have screwed and bolted some additional wood to the original carcass. To immobilise the pallet, I have placed a steel plate with welded nut at each corner. By using a 1" BSW threaded eye bolt in each plate the pallet can be raised until the castors are no longer in contact with the ground. Wooden chocks or 4" fence posts can be placed underneath the pallet to provide additional support when the castors are off the ground. Anyway, that is the plan, it may or may not work, I will know more when I place the tripod stand on the pallet and then get one or two people to stand on the pallet to test stability. If it does not work then its back to the drawing board for Plan B (not formulated yet, typical bodger philosophy). For a permanant installation of the antenna, the plan is to replace the wooden mobile pallet with a larger and more robust metal mobile frame that can be immobilised and that will accept the weight required to correctly anchor the antenna. Elite Antennas give the wind load of a 2.2m antenna as 600lb for a 60mph wind and 2500lb for a 125mph wind Pictures of the temporary wooden mobile pallet are attached below. Rgds [/QUOTE]
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