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diapason · 14-12-06, 03:42 PM

Well, I'm victim of the wind now. After four weeks of torrential rain I've lost 13E and 19E. Not the weather to go up on the roof as it's still raining here in Paisley and roads are flooded all over the place. Strangely, it's the mesh dish which moved and my smaller but solid dish is still pointing at 28E. Let nobody ban ME from using a hosepipe next year!!

BGonaSTICK · 14-12-06, 09:50 PM

LOL, yes, but next summer, they'll say it was the wrong type of rain...

Bummer about your dish. I guess we'll all be out with the spanners over the holidays. The weather has been quite extreme though.

Analoguesat · 14-12-06, 10:08 PM

Earth Station Galashiels has survived the latest storms intact - my secret - the bungee cord on the 19E dish

Mship · 14-12-06, 10:12 PM

No problems here apart from a wee bit of movement from the motor on Saturday night/Sunday morning

Lowering things that extra 2-3 metres may well have done the trick 8)

Kev.

BGonaSTICK · 14-12-06, 10:16 PM

Has lowering the dish restricted what you can see of the arc Kev?

Mship · 15-12-06, 03:08 PM

The simple answer to that is I'm not sure

I ran out of patience last Saturday when setting things back up so I've settled for 28E to 22W for now. I was going to finish it off today but rain stopped play >

I'll post back as soon as I know Stick

Cheers,
Kev.

diapason · 15-12-06, 05:23 PM

Back in business again in Paisley. I decided at 11.30 last night that, as the rain had gone off for the first time in a month, I would give my dish a tweak with a brush. I thought the dish had moved eastwards but in fact it had moved westwards and a quick bang moved it enough (about 4 degrees) to secure 76% signal on Hotbird - also receiving 19E loud and clear again. My visual clue was that both dishes "appear" to be pointing in the same direction when all is well, but the two LNBs on the bigger dish are to the left of centre (looking at it from the front of the dish) so the dish is pointing further to the east than you would think. (Photo attached, taken in better weather) . I'll fine tune it all at the weekend. Hope all you guys out there have not suffered too much.

Mship · 16-12-06, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGonaSTICK

Has lowering the dish restricted what you can see of the arc Kev?

I can get from 53E to 45W - that's the last western satellite in the TM's menu and I don't know how to add any more :

So them gales the other week actually did me a favour

Because without them I wouldn't have moved the dish and it's so much more easier to work on in it's new location

Cheers,
Kev.

BGonaSTICK · 16-12-06, 06:27 PM

That's great Kev - nice job

These winds have been pretty bad. Hopefully you can give the ladders a rest for a while now

Mship · 18-12-06, 10:07 PM

Yes they certainly have Stick

But it looks like we could be in for a bit more settled weather for the next week or so

Cheers,
Kev.

14-12-06, 03:42 PM	#81 (permalink)
diapason Resident Organgrinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Paisley, Scotland Posts: 525 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! Well, I'm victim of the wind now. After four weeks of torrential rain I've lost 13E and 19E. Not the weather to go up on the roof as it's still raining here in Paisley and roads are flooded all over the place. Strangely, it's the mesh dish which moved and my smaller but solid dish is still pointing at 28E. Let nobody ban ME from using a hosepipe next year!! __________________ An eight foot long diapason sounds bottom C Technomate 1000D Super, Two dishes receiving three satellites

14-12-06, 09:50 PM	#82 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,626 Thanks: 3 Thanked 52 Times in 34 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! LOL, yes, but next summer, they'll say it was the wrong type of rain... Bummer about your dish. I guess we'll all be out with the spanners over the holidays. The weather has been quite extreme though. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

14-12-06, 10:08 PM	#83 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,585 Thanks: 7 Thanked 193 Times in 181 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! Earth Station Galashiels has survived the latest storms intact - my secret - the bungee cord on the 19E dish __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

14-12-06, 10:12 PM	#84 (permalink)
Mship Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1,002 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! No problems here apart from a wee bit of movement from the motor on Saturday night/Sunday morning Lowering things that extra 2-3 metres may well have done the trick 8) Kev. __________________ 1m CM, feedhorn + Invacom C120 Quad, 36v Jaeger 128 motor, TM 6900 HD + 160gb HDD, TM 1500 CI+ Super, Skystar 2, DigitAlb Gold, Samsung 40F86BDX LCD

14-12-06, 10:16 PM	#85 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,626 Thanks: 3 Thanked 52 Times in 34 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! Has lowering the dish restricted what you can see of the arc Kev? __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W


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15-12-06, 03:08 PM	#86 (permalink)
Mship Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1,002 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! The simple answer to that is I'm not sure I ran out of patience last Saturday when setting things back up so I've settled for 28E to 22W for now. I was going to finish it off today but rain stopped play > I'll post back as soon as I know Stick Cheers, Kev. __________________ 1m CM, feedhorn + Invacom C120 Quad, 36v Jaeger 128 motor, TM 6900 HD + 160gb HDD, TM 1500 CI+ Super, Skystar 2, DigitAlb Gold, Samsung 40F86BDX LCD

15-12-06, 05:23 PM	#87 (permalink)
diapason Resident Organgrinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Paisley, Scotland Posts: 525 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! Back in business again in Paisley. I decided at 11.30 last night that, as the rain had gone off for the first time in a month, I would give my dish a tweak with a brush. I thought the dish had moved eastwards but in fact it had moved westwards and a quick bang moved it enough (about 4 degrees) to secure 76% signal on Hotbird - also receiving 19E loud and clear again. My visual clue was that both dishes "appear" to be pointing in the same direction when all is well, but the two LNBs on the bigger dish are to the left of centre (looking at it from the front of the dish) so the dish is pointing further to the east than you would think. (Photo attached, taken in better weather) . I'll fine tune it all at the weekend. Hope all you guys out there have not suffered too much. __________________ An eight foot long diapason sounds bottom C Technomate 1000D Super, Two dishes receiving three satellites

16-12-06, 06:27 PM	#89 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,626 Thanks: 3 Thanked 52 Times in 34 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! That's great Kev - nice job These winds have been pretty bad. Hopefully you can give the ladders a rest for a while now __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

18-12-06, 10:07 PM	#90 (permalink)
Mship Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1,002 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: That damn Wind! Yes they certainly have Stick But it looks like we could be in for a bit more settled weather for the next week or so Cheers, Kev. __________________ 1m CM, feedhorn + Invacom C120 Quad, 36v Jaeger 128 motor, TM 6900 HD + 160gb HDD, TM 1500 CI+ Super, Skystar 2, DigitAlb Gold, Samsung 40F86BDX LCD