My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
et...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

He's a believer in the spirit level then.

I wonder what would happen if the LNB had an internal short, with that car
battery connected . . .

Bill

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:19:43 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:
On 19/07/2008 14:58, Graham. wrote:

"Alan" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbb....satcure.co.uk

/tech/satmeter.htm

Funny how that wrapped link works without repair.

No really, all it needs is

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

Where's part 2, Martin talks about showing us how to find the correct
satellite 'later', but where's the video ?

I wondered that too. Anyway, I used a 12v wallwart to power the sat
finder and I wasn't far out with my guesswork!
If you find that everyone has teatowel on their head you've pointed it at
Arabsat.

Only needed a slight
knock and it was perfect. I noticed that tightening the bolts causes
the dish to go out of alignment, so I offset it first, then tightened
the bolts to bring the dish back into alignment.
It's a bit of a knack.

I put an extra bit of tape on the boom arm too :-)
I should think so too. And pulled that cable through the clips a bit I hope,
so it's straight.

Bill

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

Bill Wright wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message
et...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

He's a believer in the spirit level then.

I wonder what would happen if the LNB had an internal short, with that car
battery connected . . .

Is there a normally current limiter in the meter ?


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My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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Bill Wright wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message
et...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

He's a believer in the spirit level then.

I wonder what would happen if the LNB had an internal short, with that
car battery connected . . .

Is there a normally current limiter in the meter ?

Yes. Just after it bursts into flames the current is cut off.

Bill

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:55:12 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:19:43 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:
On 19/07/2008 14:58, Graham. wrote:

"Alan" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbb....satcure.co.uk

/tech/satmeter.htm

Funny how that wrapped link works without repair.

No really, all it needs is

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

Where's part 2, Martin talks about showing us how to find the correct
satellite 'later', but where's the video ?

I wondered that too. Anyway, I used a 12v wallwart to power the sat
finder and I wasn't far out with my guesswork!
If you find that everyone has teatowel on their head you've pointed it at
Arabsat.

Only needed a slight
knock and it was perfect. I noticed that tightening the bolts causes
the dish to go out of alignment, so I offset it first, then tightened
the bolts to bring the dish back into alignment.
It's a bit of a knack.

I put an extra bit of tape on the boom arm too :-)
I should think so too. And pulled that cable through the clips a bit I hope,
so it's straight.

Bill

Er... I'm out of cable clips at the mo, and B&Q only had white ones
left so I'll do that another time.

Marky P.

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:51:30 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Andy Burns" wrote in message
net...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

He's a believer in the spirit level then.

I wonder what would happen if the LNB had an internal short, with that car
battery connected . . .

Bill

The spirit level on mine is set perfectly straight. It doesn't move
in it socket like some I've heard about.

Marky P.

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
et...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

He's a believer in the spirit level then.


I'm not. My back wall faces due East and both my dishes are
mounted slightly skewed with the azimuth bolt left intentionally
lose so I can manually swing the dish to Astra 1 Astra 2 & Hotbird

I wonder what would happen if the LNB had an internal short, with that car
battery connected . . .

Keep up at the back, I've already mentioned that.




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%Profound_observation%

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Graham." wrote in message
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
et...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbbi2l9JA

He's a believer in the spirit level then.


I'm not. My back wall faces due East and both my dishes are
mounted slightly skewed with the azimuth bolt left intentionally
lose so I can manually swing the dish to Astra 1 Astra 2 & Hotbird

I wonder what would happen if the LNB had an internal short, with that
car battery connected . . .

Keep up at the back, I've already mentioned that.

Yes, I've noticed a lack of chronological synchronism in my messages today.

Bill

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

Silly question no. 553
If you don't have a receiver, how do you know its working?

Brian

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"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:23:20 +0100, "Doctor D"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:00:46 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Marky P wrote:
I've never actually installed a satellite dish before, so here it is.
This is my own dish for Freesat. I do have a 'satellite finder' but
can't use it as I don't have a sat receiver yet. I've aligned it
roughly the same as the other dish in the picture (the one furthest
away). And No More Nails was not used to stick it up!

However I think you need some NMN to stick the URL of your photo to the
message !

Whoops! Here it is:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...yP1/007a-1.jpg


Very symmetrical.

I'm hoping that's the back of those properties? If not, unless this was a
terraced house I think I would have put it on the side.
My own dish is hidden from view by our chimney - can't say the same for
the
16' aerial mast though :-)


It is the front of a block of four flats. Unfortunately there are
very high trees round the side & there is virtually no view to the
sky. I did ask all the other flat dwellers if they minded, and all
said it was fine. I suppose a mast on the apex would've cleared the
trees, but my ladder ain't tall enough.

Marky P.

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:39:48 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Silly question no. 553
If you don't have a receiver, how do you know its working?

Brian

All I can go by is my Sat Finder. According to that I have a signal.
It doesn't tell you what satellite you're on though, but looking at
the neighbours dish, it's pointing the same way.

Marky P.