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Analoguesat · 19-05-07, 06:37 PM

After many months of a sagging 16E dish Ive finally got round to building a new mount for it. Total cost - 12 quid!

Equipment needed:

2 x fence posts (reused from the original installation)
2 x aerial brackets (6 quid each from B&Q) - these come complete with the bolts to screw them into place
1 x 4 foot 1.5" steel pole (salvaged from the scrap pile at work - cost nil!)

Edit - It is vertical although the bottom pic makes it look wonky.....

Analoguesat · 19-05-07, 06:42 PM

A word of warning - 1m dishes are bloody heavy to install on your own. I managed on my own - just, but you really need 3 arms to lift the dish up onto the steel pole, hold it in place and tighten the securing bolts up tight enough so you can get it firm enough to hold it but loose enough to align it.......

I dont think Id want to try it up a ladder

Yorks · 19-05-07, 07:54 PM

Yep, it's been quite windy today. Wouldn't fancy wrestling with a 1 meter dish much above ground level!

Analoguesat · 19-05-07, 08:10 PM

Yes - and lets make a serious point here. Never, ever try to install ANY satellite dish in really windy weather, and take extreme care if you are working up a ladder - even a small dish has enough surface area to pull you off the ladder if a gust of wind catches it when you are off balance.

Yorks · 19-05-07, 08:35 PM

Sound advice.

Don't be tempted unless it's flat calm. (Just think of the damage you could do to the dish - especially if you land on it).

BlackHawk · 19-05-07, 10:13 PM

I fit a jubilee clip round the pole, the motor or dish then has something to rest upon whilst adjusting azimuth.
BH

BGonaSTICK · 20-05-07, 12:07 AM

Yep, good tip. I use an exhaust clamp

wod · 20-05-07, 03:55 PM

excellent analoguesat, easier than you concreting a pole for it

your neighbour in the background has a zone 1 sky dish up in scotland hope it dont rain much there

Analoguesat · 20-05-07, 07:04 PM

After a lovely sunny day spent in the garden tinkering with the dishes heres the final result. The dish on the tyre will be properly mounted at some point - the L-shaped mount I was going to use from in the shed the doesnt fit the bloody mount!

The bungee cord from the green pole to the 19E dish on the tyre is just to stop it blowing over so often

Oh - a tip - if you happen to want to put brushwood fencing up like I have - do it BEFORE the pole is bolted to the aerial mount - its a hell of a game working it between the aerial mount & the pole..... Some bad words were uttered :roflmao:

Analoguesat · 20-05-07, 07:08 PM

Left to right:

1m Orbital (bought new) - on 16E)
80cm on the tyre (salvage - on 19E)
80cm (salvage - on 13E)
80cm (salvage - on 5E, 7E, 9E or wherever is interesting round that bit of the arc)

19-05-07, 06:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	A simple dish mount After many months of a sagging 16E dish Ive finally got round to building a new mount for it. Total cost - 12 quid! Equipment needed: 2 x fence posts (reused from the original installation) 2 x aerial brackets (6 quid each from B&Q) - these come complete with the bolts to screw them into place 1 x 4 foot 1.5" steel pole (salvaged from the scrap pile at work - cost nil!) Edit - It is vertical although the bottom pic makes it look wonky..... __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

19-05-07, 06:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount A word of warning - 1m dishes are bloody heavy to install on your own. I managed on my own - just, but you really need 3 arms to lift the dish up onto the steel pole, hold it in place and tighten the securing bolts up tight enough so you can get it firm enough to hold it but loose enough to align it....... I dont think Id want to try it up a ladder __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

19-05-07, 07:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Yorks Nook in footer Join Date: May 2006 Location: S. Yorks Posts: 1,760 Thanks: 12 Thanked 129 Times in 108 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount Yep, it's been quite windy today. Wouldn't fancy wrestling with a 1 meter dish much above ground level! __________________ They're coming to take me away haha TM1500CI, 53E to 61W

19-05-07, 08:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount Yes - and lets make a serious point here. Never, ever try to install ANY satellite dish in really windy weather, and take extreme care if you are working up a ladder - even a small dish has enough surface area to pull you off the ladder if a gust of wind catches it when you are off balance. __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

19-05-07, 08:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Yorks Nook in footer Join Date: May 2006 Location: S. Yorks Posts: 1,760 Thanks: 12 Thanked 129 Times in 108 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount Sound advice. Don't be tempted unless it's flat calm. (Just think of the damage you could do to the dish - especially if you land on it). __________________ They're coming to take me away haha TM1500CI, 53E to 61W

19-05-07, 10:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
BlackHawk Satellite Help member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Suffolk, ENGLAND Posts: 166 Thanks: 2 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount I fit a jubilee clip round the pole, the motor or dish then has something to rest upon whilst adjusting azimuth. BH

20-05-07, 12:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount Yep, good tip. I use an exhaust clamp __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

20-05-07, 03:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
wod Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,299 Thanks: 18 Thanked 93 Times in 82 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount excellent analoguesat, easier than you concreting a pole for it your neighbour in the background has a zone 1 sky dish up in scotland hope it dont rain much there

20-05-07, 07:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount After a lovely sunny day spent in the garden tinkering with the dishes heres the final result. The dish on the tyre will be properly mounted at some point - the L-shaped mount I was going to use from in the shed the doesnt fit the bloody mount! The bungee cord from the green pole to the 19E dish on the tyre is just to stop it blowing over so often Oh - a tip - if you happen to want to put brushwood fencing up like I have - do it BEFORE the pole is bolted to the aerial mount - its a hell of a game working it between the aerial mount & the pole..... Some bad words were uttered :roflmao: __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

20-05-07, 07:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: A simple dish mount Left to right: 1m Orbital (bought new) - on 16E) 80cm on the tyre (salvage - on 19E) 80cm (salvage - on 13E) 80cm (salvage - on 5E, 7E, 9E or wherever is interesting round that bit of the arc) __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!