Thinking about motorising my satellite dish

[Archived-1]

My 1mtr dish is on the side of a flat roof, the pictures below should give you an idea how the dish tilts, the dish is pointing at 56E atm.


Now the dish is at 61.5W

 

[Tony1A]

I might just get away with it. Thanks for that, lads! It's poss I may have more questions.

 

[Tony1A]

OK. Have just completed a dry-run and I think it's going to miss the shed roof (if not I'll just have to set limits on my box at the time). I'll be able to raise the pole by about 4-5 inches from the bottom with the help of an old paving stone and a single block-pave brick but I think that's all I can do with that. I removed the bracket from the dish and have set that to the right angle (my latitude 54.687) which is 22.4/22.3 on the dish scale. My dish will be more or less facing south for Thor so I should get an equal swing both directions....he said confidently.

 

[Lazarus]

Well yes, but it makes it an excellent self-contained Hobby!

 

[Tony1A]

What have I got myself into here? LOL! I just hope and pray that when all is set up that it all works. This is a whole new adventure into satellite TV. Oh, God, what have I done!

 

[Analoguesat]

Im following this with bated breath - I started with a 60cm Sky analogue dish off the side of my parents house and mounted it on an old car tyre in the back garden! It had to be set up every time I wanted to have a play and the cable was fed through the letterbox!

 

[Tony1A]

Well, I'm pleased you are getting a good laugh at this Analoguesat! I hope that I have everything right so far....thanks to all on here!

 

[Analoguesat]

Im not laughing at your efforts Tony - I was remembering at my wonky first efforts - every time the wind got up the bloody thing blew over! . (Although it worked fine for many analogue transmissions )

Now I just bang second hand fencepost into the ground and bolt dishes to them.

Not quite as ramshackle as long as I remember to bolt everything up properly.....

 

[Archived-1]

What have I got myself into here? LOL! I just hope and pray that when all is set up that it all works. This is a whole new adventure into satellite TV. Oh, God, what have I done!

The first ever time I set my 1mtr up, it took me around 5 hrs from start to finish, I had only set a sky dish up before that :-),

pop to maplins and get your t and k and get on with it :-) lol,
http://www.maplin.co.uk/large-tandk-wall-bracket-914

 

[Tony1A]

Er, I have ordered them. Just waiting for them to arrive.

 

[Archived-1]

Er, I have ordered them. Just waiting for them to arrive.

You can use the others tony for your second dish when you get hooked ;-).

 

[Tony1A]

Nah, I'll just wait for them coming. Already got 2 Triax 64's up for Sky @28.2e. But this is something else.

 

[Analoguesat]

You can never have too many sat dishes - Ive got 10 connected up atm with at least 3 more in safe store......

 

[Lazarus]

The first ever time I set my 1mtr up, it took me around 5 hrs from start to finish, I had only set a sky dish up before that ,

pop to maplins and get your t and k and get on with it lol,
http://www.maplin.co.uk/large-tandk-wall-bracket-914

IIRC, the Maplin ones are not well galvanised.


Mind you, they are surprisingly cheap.

 

[Tony1A]

I have a decent heavy-duty 12 inch stand off TK ordered. Hey Analoguesat! I'll bet your place resembles Goonhilly Downs. Went there in 1995.

 

[Lazarus]

From what I've seen, it's more Oil Drum Lane than Goonhilly Downs!

 

[Analoguesat]

Your just jealous

 

[Tony1A]

Blimey, it can't be that bad, can it?

 

[Analoguesat]

Lol nah its not too bad.

Just a bit unconventional - most people motorise - I went down the multi dish route

 

[Lazarus]

I've got five of the blighters, AS: That's enough for me the neighbours/SWMBO!