Bad practice & Nightmare installations

Whoever installed that must be off his trolley. A real basket case.
 
If it's just a temporary setup lasting no more than a handful of days at the very most, then its probably fine as a quick rig up (something to weigh the trolley down would help) but I seriously hope it's not intended to be permanent!!

Also is it me or has the elevation & lnb bracket on the dish been attached back to front?
 
timo_w2s said:
Some brackets are reversible so you can get a better angle further south.
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I was thinking rather that here instead of fixing the bracket at the back of the dish they have put it on the front instead - its the rim of the dish that has thrown me, though I would have thought that any such arrangement would make the dish useless? :-\
 
Fisty McButtplug said:
I was thinking rather that here instead of fixing the bracket at the back of the dish they have put it on the front instead - its the rim of the dish that has thrown me, though I would have thought that any such arrangement would make the dish useless? :-\
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Oh I see what you mean, not sure if it's just the angle of the photo or the light reflections but it does look a bit odd now that I look at it closer.
 
Hasn't the dish face been attached back to front? I.E. the lip should be on the bracket side, it looks like it's at the front.....and maybe they could have used a Tesco's trolley as they have higher gain....
 
rolfw said:
Not sure whether I've posted this before, but just in case, will post it again.:)
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Not only a cable shortage but also a SKY LNB on a round dish which will never work 100%. Come on people educate yourselves!!! :)
 
absatelliteandaerial said:
Not only a cable shortage but also a SKY LNB on a round dish which will never work 100%. Come on people educate yourselves!!! :)
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The dish is an Elite 90+ offset I used to supply back in the mid 90's with a dual feed adapter as standard. Gain was excellent - as long as the reflector didn't get damaged in transit or on site. I could not possibly comment on how they were fitted once they left the office.

http://web.archive.org/web/19991111203527/http://www.sat-elite.com/
 
hexah said:
That dish looks nothing whatsoever like the one on the eye molesting website.
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That's because it's been installed badlymt1.webp .
 

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Channel Hopper said:
That's because it's been installed badly.
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Errr no its because it is an ISS dish.

:-rofl2

Its not just that the arm is different its not the same colour or even the same size . . .

:-rofl2


Your first picture with cable shortage is a great photo of a cowboys mess though.


(Not your :eek: work of course)
 
hexah said:
Errr no its because it is an ISS dish.

:-rofl2

Its not just that the arm is different its not the same colour or even the same size . . .

:-rofl2


Your first picture with cable shortage is a great photo of a cowboys mess though.
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I can assure you that is not an ISS dish, and the cable shortage image was what
absatelliteandaerial was referring to in his post.
 
Perhaps I have been working to hard :-ohmy but I can't see any photos of a dish in the absatelliteandaerial post.


Has it been eaten by the server? :confused


At any rate the Elite 90+ dish with a dual feed adapter does look like a decent dish, the arm rigidity is much better than the ISS dishes.
 
He was referring to Rolf's post on the first page.
 
Lol..................

A couple of wooden blocks and a screwdriver should get someone out of their predicament
 
I noticed this on the side of a house I passed one day a couple of weeks ago and it amused me...
 

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