Turksat with Mini-Dish

Lazarus

Lazarus

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My Satellite Setup
80cm Motorised.
Several small Dishes.
Much else.
My Location
North York Moors
Having just pulled the plug on moving house, my attention returns to playing with Sat stuff.

Already re-mounted the TD110 (complete with new arm kindly supplied by a helpful Forum Member) on an H-H Motor on my Patio Mount, taking care to weigh the slab down with a couple of 25Kg sacks of sand so it doesn't get blown over again. Not sure what to use it for yet (Please, nobody mention C Band ................... !!).

Anyway, whilst rummaging around in the bits and bobs cupboard, I found a Zone 1 Mini-dish looking at me, just begging to be given an airing.

Never managed to get the louder bits of Turksat before owing to local trees etc, but Dishpointer has identified one practical location I've not tried before.

So, my question is: Will setting the Sky LNB skew to position "1" suffice, or should I skew the entire dish (not as neat, obviously, but the two bolts holding the dish bracket to the arm have got slotted holes allowing for a fair bit of "skew")?


Edit: Desired Skew -26deg ................ but does anyone know if that is within the range of adjustment of a Sky LNB for a level dish? I suppose I could actually measure it with a plumb bob and protractor but if someone actually knows what skew angle corresponds to the ratchet numbers on the LNB it would be helpful.
 
Yes, there's enough skew adjustment for 42e (here anyway), but very limited receivable transponders with a zone1. Your find 39e is virtually bang on being 3degs apart.

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Ta.

It's only because "it's there". Very difficult to see it and haven't had the time/motivation to overcome the difficulties for a while.

I lose 39E, 36E and 33E on the 80cm between May and September owing to a lummox of a Pear tree.

Just playing............................. so much so that I've taken a leaf out of the Sky Installers Quality Manual and just shoved it up using two bolts in mortar courses. Complete no-no on both counts, of course, but very easy to remove and point up when I get fed up with it. Seems pretty stable, though!!
 
If playing, use 11.919v for alignment Gordon.

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Will do, Paul.

Got to get some more coaxial string first, though and SWMBO has other spending priorities at the moment!
 
Tivù said:
Not sure what to use it for yet (Please, nobody mention C Band ................... !!).
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Oh damn.....
 
Well, never say never .................
 
Gosh, this Satellite stuff is easy ................. Nice afternoon here, so I thought I'd start connecting up and aligning the TD110 on its Patio Mount.

At this point, the Dish was "aligned" purely by virtue of putting the slab roughly where it used to be, slapping the motor body roughly to face the same way (by eye alone) as the one on my wall-mounted 80cm and hanging the dish against the gouge marks on the stub.

Found a bit of cable (probably the one I originally used), bunged connectors on it and flashed up a spare Rx.

Selected 5W and lo, there was 5W, at full bore.

Goes to show that the more often you faff about with dishes, the more instinctive it becomes.

Who needs a meter ...................... ?? :-hide
 
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