My first Sat dish install :-)

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!

Marky P.

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 !

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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

Marky P.

"Marky P" wrote in message
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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 :-)

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
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!

Marky P.


Well done. I DIY installed a 1.2m steerable dish in 1996 and it was right
first time - set up alignment, fit dish, set limits, interpolate 19E, steer
to position, $ky News came on.

OTOH you can probably get away with trial and error on a small dish for
freesat.

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


"Marky P" wrote in message
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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.

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.


Ah, okay! Sounds like you did the right thing then :-)
IMHO Installations towering on masts from the apex are to be avoided unless
essential.

The symmetry of the dish compared with next door looks quite balanced.

"Marky P" wrote in message
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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...yP1/007a-1.jpg

Marky P.

1. The cable should be fastened to the LNB arm in two places, one near the
LNB and one near the dish.
2. The cable should be fixed to the mount at the rear of the dish. There
should not be a loose loop.
3. When you run a cable across a wall put two clips in together at the start
of the run, then as you put each sucessive clip in apply gentle a stretching
pull to the cable so that the section fixed is taught. Your cable is loose
on the wall.
4. I think you might have assembled the wall bracket to the support arm
incorrectly. I can't really see properly but it looks as if the arm pivots
on the bracket on one bolt.

Bill

1. The cable should be fastened to the LNB arm in two places, one near the
LNB and one near the dish.
2. The cable should be fixed to the mount at the rear of the dish. There
should not be a loose loop.
3. When you run a cable across a wall put two clips in together at the
start of the run, then as you put each sucessive clip in apply gentle a
stretching pull to the cable so that the section fixed is taught. Your
cable is loose on the wall.
4. I think you might have assembled the wall bracket to the support arm
incorrectly. I can't really see properly but it looks as if the arm pivots
on the bracket on one bolt.

Bill


So that's 2/10 then!
Must try harder.
;~)

F

In article , Bill Wright
scribeth thus

"Marky P" wrote in message
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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...yP1/007a-1.jpg

Marky P.

1. The cable should be fastened to the LNB arm in two places, one near the
LNB and one near the dish.
2. The cable should be fixed to the mount at the rear of the dish. There
should not be a loose loop.
3. When you run a cable across a wall put two clips in together at the start
of the run, then as you put each sucessive clip in apply gentle a stretching
pull to the cable so that the section fixed is taught. Your cable is loose
on the wall.
4. I think you might have assembled the wall bracket to the support arm
incorrectly. I can't really see properly but it looks as if the arm pivots
on the bracket on one bolt.

Bill



All in all he'd make a first class Sky dish installer then;!...
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Tony Sayer