Thread: pics of the dish farm...post yours too :)

I only have 2 receivers connected at this time, a S9 and an old coolsat 5k. The switching system works,but not perfectly.
sometimes the receivers fight each other. I think the commands somehow feed back thru.
i have a thread on all this that i will be including all relevant data on this when i get Brians new box.
i cant draw any conclusions cause the coolst 5k cant even go past 6 uncommited. it hangs up on 5 (DisEqc 1.1)
The good news is that i can run 3 boxes even if not at the same time yet.
i am addicted to this hobby, i confess and throw myself at the mercy of the court.
I plan to get 2 of Brians micros to test the switching with.

Originally Posted by kodaz

I only have 2 receivers connected at this time, a S9 and an old coolsat 5k. The switching system works,but not perfectly.
sometimes the receivers fight each other. I think the commands somehow feed back thru.
i have a thread on all this that i will be including all relevant data on this when i get Brians new box.
i cant draw any conclusions cause the coolst 5k cant even go past 6 uncommited. it hangs up on 5 (DisEqc 1.1)
The good news is that i can run 3 boxes even if not at the same time yet.
i am addicted to this hobby, i confess and throw myself at the mercy of the court.
I plan to get 2 of Brians micros to test the switching with.

When I started on my system I decided that I wanted something more in line of a cable system so the wife wouldn't have to be using different remotes, just the TV remote in any room. So I have only one switch used on a Prodelin Ku dish and all my other receivers are using Channel Plus modulators which gives me right now 14 channels. And I'll be adding another one to cover the new Dish Network 322 that I'll be adding when the weather improves next week.
You'll have to go to the back of the line and take a number as the court has a very long line here.

I have one motorized Ku dish with my OTA antenna mounted at the top of the pole. It's worked well since I installed it last summer. The tripod legs are screwed into the roof trusses. I drilled a hole through the pole and threaded a bolt through to prevent rotation. The tripod mast is a bit flimsy though and rotates a bit back and forth when the wind hits the dish.

So far, the dish has withstood about 55 mph winds with no movement. Although It worries me every time the big wind gusts come in.

Originally Posted by Andrew K

I have one motorized Ku dish with my OTA antenna mounted at the top of the pole. It's worked well since I installed it last summer. The tripod legs are screwed into the roof trusses. I drilled a hole through the pole and threaded a bolt through to prevent rotation. The tripod mast is a bit flimsy though and rotates a bit back and forth when the wind hits the dish.

So far, the dish has withstood about 55 mph winds with no movement. Although It worries me every time the big wind gusts come in.

That's a pretty nifty setup there.. I like the all in one setup.
It looks like your OTA antenna has a motor too? I need to get a motor for my OTA antenna too.

Originally Posted by Dee_Ann

That's a pretty nifty setup there.. I like the all in one setup.
It looks like your OTA antenna has a motor too? I need to get a motor for my OTA antenna too.

It's nice because I can get everything from 15W to 129W.

The Multi-band OTARD. A few recent pics of my latest dish setup.

Originally Posted by Magic Static

The Multi-band OTARD. A few recent pics of my latest dish setup.

Very nice!!!

I have never run across a H2H motor yet! Neat OTA mount too!

I was wondering where is the 30" Winegard and the 6' WSI special that is in your signature? How do you get around those darn OTARD rules with those neighbors so close by?

Originally Posted by Dishman Dan

Very nice!!!

I have never run across a H2H motor yet! Neat OTA mount too!

I was wondering where is the 30" Winegard and the 6' WSI special that is in your signature? How do you get around those darn OTARD rules with those neighbors so close by?

Well this is Montana, and even though I'm in the middle of this valley surrounded by the city, 15 years ago we didn't have paved streets and this was county property. Still surrounded by city property then. HOAs have not been developed here and the neighborhood council likes it that way Nobody wants to start finger pointing here as we all live in glass houses I didn't have neighbors to the east untill a year ago.

The other dishes are still with me on top of the storage shed

Except Dish has been canceled and the dish removed. I have a 10' mesh lined up to replace the WSI 6' special when the weather permits.

Been in the house now for 7 years, and the C-Band and movable KU were the first to be planted. Had to lower the 10' as a compromise to the HOA. The one on the far right is a CM 1.0M on a SG2100 motor. The one right behind (also a CM 1.0M) is pointed at 110. My Prodelin 1.2M is to the left of that and it's fixed on 129. The old Primestar (90cm Channel Master) on the far left is on 119.