sateilte in my garden

[murgy]

if i put a pole in middle of my garden with a techomate 2200 motor and 1meter dish will get the arc and another ? how deep do i dig hole in garden reason why i ask did put above my roof it nearly blew of the wall with the tk brackets regards murgy............

[martin-f]

as long as you have line of site m8 no trees buildings etc in the way
the last one i did i went down just over 2 ft the width of the spade square make sure your pole is plumb both ways

[Robbo]

How deep you dig, depends on how high you go. 1/4 in 3/4 out seems to work satisfactoraily. My current one is about that ratio, and where I had it before was like that too. But it will depend on soil type, mine is solid chalk.

For my 8ft pole I buried it about 2 ft. Though if it was any shorter I'd have still buried it about 2ft.

[johnwilliam1]

i have 3 poles in my garden, with a 3'' pole which is 4ft in height,(once used for 1.6mtr) that is 4ft in the ground, with 2 of my others poles which are 2'' one is 4ft high and the other one which is roughly 10ft height, they are roughly 3ft deep with cement and broken brick or stones, the one which is 10ft heigh has stood up well against all winds for 16e with no probs, but you have to make sure the base is solid, give it some sweat and toil then it will be ok.

[Robbo]

Oh, I forgot, when you put the pole in, you must put a threaded rod or something like through it at the bottom, to stop it twisting round in the hole.

I used a scaffold 'double' coupler, which I used to clamp a short length of scaffold at the bottom instead, as I couldn't be bothered to drill a hole for a threaded rod.

[murgy]

Originally Posted by Robbo

Oh, I forgot, when you put the pole in, you must put a threaded rod or something like through it at the bottom, to stop it twisting round in the hole.

I used a scaffold 'double' coupler, which I used to clamp a short length of scaffold at the bottom instead, as I couldn't be bothered to drill a hole for a threaded rod.

cheers regards murgy