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daver74 · 28-05-07, 04:47 PM

I finally got round to motorising the minidish! Surprisingly, it pulls in 19e, 28e, 13e, 30w and others really well. Struggling with 16e though, I can only get the strongest tp's.

Jimdefruit · 28-05-07, 05:24 PM

Nice pictures Dave. The small dish sure makes the motor look big.

wod · 28-05-07, 08:03 PM

nice what size minidish is it a zone 2 ?

didn't you consider a 60cm or 80cm dish instead ?

Gav · 28-05-07, 08:47 PM

ROFL!!!

Loving that.

Motorised minidish

Well done mate!

Do you have the small minidish or the big one?

daver74 · 28-05-07, 10:20 PM

I did consider a bigger dish, but had this one lying around so thought I'd give it a go! It's the smaller zone 1 rather than zone 2, and it seems likely that being as far south as I am here in Bristol definitely helps. Even so, I couldn't believe it when it worked!

BGonaSTICK · 29-05-07, 01:06 PM

Great stuff. 16E will be tough on that dish for sure.

Have you adjusted the skew on the LNB?

daver74 · 29-05-07, 09:05 PM

Yeah, I did adjust for skew. It seems that I'm lucky to have a sky lnb that can be adjusted this way. It has a scale of 0 - 5 for skew.

BGonaSTICK · 30-05-07, 01:18 AM

Excellent.

An inspiration to anyone who's wondering if they can do it or not. Err, motorised sat TV I mean...

ops:

Cheap, simple and effective.

crossbones · 30-05-07, 05:10 PM

Excellent!

You could start a new trend 8)

bigtee · 30-05-07, 05:19 PM

To be honest, I'm seriously considering it as I have a spare mini-dish lying around and T&K brackets with 2 in pole already in place from an intended 80cm motorised set up that I chickened out of - as well as a Geotrack motor lying around the house.

ETA in fact the T&K and pole is in an identical position to that in the pictures above. 8)

28-05-07, 04:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
daver74 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My motorised minidish setup I finally got round to motorising the minidish! Surprisingly, it pulls in 19e, 28e, 13e, 30w and others really well. Struggling with 16e though, I can only get the strongest tp's. __________________ To err is to invite retribution

28-05-07, 05:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jimdefruit Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,858 Thanks: 20 Thanked 221 Times in 187 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup Nice pictures Dave. The small dish sure makes the motor look big. __________________ Dreambox 800 HD; Dreambox 7000s + VBox + Channel Master 1.2 with 36v actuator CM120 feedhorn and Invacom .3 LNB Skystar 2 PCI card with links to my Dreamboxes If you like what you see here, tell your friends.

28-05-07, 08:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
wod Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,299 Thanks: 18 Thanked 93 Times in 82 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup nice what size minidish is it a zone 2 ? didn't you consider a 60cm or 80cm dish instead ?

28-05-07, 08:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gav Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 542 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup ROFL!!! Loving that. Motorised minidish Well done mate! Do you have the small minidish or the big one? __________________

28-05-07, 10:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
daver74 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup I did consider a bigger dish, but had this one lying around so thought I'd give it a go! It's the smaller zone 1 rather than zone 2, and it seems likely that being as far south as I am here in Bristol definitely helps. Even so, I couldn't believe it when it worked! __________________ To err is to invite retribution

29-05-07, 01:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup Great stuff. 16E will be tough on that dish for sure. Have you adjusted the skew on the LNB? __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

29-05-07, 09:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
daver74 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup Yeah, I did adjust for skew. It seems that I'm lucky to have a sky lnb that can be adjusted this way. It has a scale of 0 - 5 for skew. __________________ To err is to invite retribution

30-05-07, 01:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup Excellent. An inspiration to anyone who's wondering if they can do it or not. Err, motorised sat TV I mean... ops: Cheap, simple and effective. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

30-05-07, 05:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
crossbones Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: S.Wales Posts: 1,087 Thanks: 94 Thanked 72 Times in 58 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup Excellent! You could start a new trend 8) __________________ Fibo Gregorian 1.2m & 55cm Dish`s,Jeager 1224 H2H motor.Percision 1.8m dish.Dreambox 800,Vbox II.Skystar2 PCI card.

30-05-07, 05:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
bigtee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 570 Thanks: 13 Thanked 74 Times in 71 Posts	Re: My motorised minidish setup To be honest, I'm seriously considering it as I have a spare mini-dish lying around and T&K brackets with 2 in pole already in place from an intended 80cm motorised set up that I chickened out of - as well as a Geotrack motor lying around the house. ETA in fact the T&K and pole is in an identical position to that in the pictures above. 8) __________________ Raven 90 multi lnb 1w, 7, 9, 13, 16, 19 & 28e; 1m Orbital on SG 2100 5e-34w and Various Receivers