New Dish and Motor help
Hi. I currently have a 1m dish and a Stab H-H100 motor ( roughly 10 years old). this set up was fine in my old house which was sheltered from the wind however the dish is now in a much more exposed...
View ArticleCan't find any satellites (from UK)
Hello I am new to finding satellite channels. I recently bought an 80cm dish with Inverto 6 degree monoblock lnb. I use a cheap satellite finder which just makes noise and moves from 0 to 9. This is...
View ArticleDish Set Up in West France
Hi All, I am new to this website. This question might be asked before. I have a 80cm dish and a DisEq motor previously installed in the North of England. I would like to install (wall mount) the same...
View Articlewhen both boxes turned on they mess with each others signal
Hi, ive got a vu duo and a skybox f5s, I have an lnb with 8 outputs, 2 feeds are going to the vu duo and 1 feed to the f5s, if I turn both boxes on they mess with each others signal and the picture...
View ArticleA fta channel on Amazonas ?
Just blindscanned Amazonas 61W ku on my new TM5302..and found a fta channel in the 12642H 28890 mux .. No idea what channel this is...perhaps Costa can clarify ..? Program says VCT ...embeded logo says...
View ArticleInclined Orbit Elevation Actuator on Channel Master 1.8m ?
Hi, Has anyone fitted an inclined orbit elevation actuator to a 1.8m channel master dish on an Az-El mount or got any suggestions about how to go about doing this? I assume there might need to be a bit...
View ArticleChannel master 1.8 final installation and plan
Hi, things will be moving quite quick in the next 1/2 weeks, here is my new and final plan for the install. This is where the dish will live. I am hoping to pick up a 11ft piece of Jarrah tomorrow, the...
View ArticleElevation, how do you measure it?
i have a dish that's rusty. The markings are all gone from the mount. I know I need my elevation to be at 26.5 and I have an angle calculator on my iPhone to show me angles. What angle am I measuring?...
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Floor mount
so today I decided to re calibrate my 3 dishes, usually this involves staying up a ladder for a couple of hours whilst I try with no patience to get a decent reception. On this occasion I bought a...
View Articleactuator restoration
there was a thread on this forum about old linear actuator restoration could anyone post a link to such kind of activity
View ArticleMounting Motorised Dish
Hi all, I'm currently putting a list of components together for installing a motorised dish. The dish I intend to purchase is a Gibertini OP 85 SE or XP and TM2600 M2 motor, I'd like to go to 1m but...
View Articlewhere to buy parts from Channel Master tripod mount
do you know where can I buy a plate with screw parts as attached that Is from bigger Channel Master 1.2 tripod roof mount View attachment 73486 View attachment 73487
View ArticleHow to check if my Actuator is working fine
Hi Recently I bought actuator and positioner, I connected both to the receiver, when I switch satellite receiver passes command to actuator but @ actuator end nothing happens both my actuator and v box...
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Time to tune your antennas
Hi folks! Just a friendly reminder, that in couple of weeks real possibility is coming to check whether your antenna installed on correct place. That also could be good opportunity to look for good...
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Dish size for Astra 28.2E, Astra 19.2E and Hotbird 13.0E
Hi All, I'm new here Could someone please help me out? I'm about to install a new satellite system in my house and I've been thinking of getting 3 separate LNBs on a single dish for Astra 28.2E, Astra...
View Articlechannel master dish arm modifications
Hi what have you done to yours, what mods have you seen, what modifications do you have in mind any pictures please, This is my intension, View attachment 73818 View attachment 73819
View ArticleLucky again....1.9m(1.8m)....secured.
Son's wife rang today and had seen , 1.9m (1.8m) for sale €110. Anyway foto sent to me was:- View attachment 73888 Went tonight and the actual dish face is in superb condition ....stand ok too. Mount...
View Articlebought Gibby 1.5 with polar mount
guys just bought gibby 1.5 m with original polar mount do you think It Is a good Idea to leave out original gibby polar mount and mount It on a channel master 1.2 polar mount are there any shots on...
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