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I use a center punch and line up a very light punch mark on the mount and pole.

That would be nice if you could just put in the location in degrees like that, since the names and designations are always changing it seems. I have always tried to think of everything by location anyway, less confusion for me, hope you can figure it out.

I had a TRX-100 several years ago and I don't remember a way to change the names, but it may be possible. I do remember printing out a chart and just relating the pre-programmed names to an orbital location slot and cross referencing to that when the satellite names changed. A lot of...

Perfectly plumb.

That's an odd one to me you have there. I have seen reflectors very similar to that one (numerous radial ribs/buttonhook) but never seen a polar mount that was quite like that, with that big cast piece and the way you set the declination. Looks to be a pretty shallow dish? Should perform...

You may want to guy and/or brace that pole to stabilize it but, as you know, there is no requirement for it to be plumb since it's a fixed az/el mount. Glad you got it going.

Yes, back to basics exactly as Brct203 said, that is where I would go. And Brct203, I think with the typical 3 or 4 arm feed holder you are correct, of course with a buttonhook you can easily adjust focal length and F/D ratio independently of each other. As long as your focal length is good...

I have one of those exact dishes and have seen several in this area. Not sure what the brand is but I know they were sold by a local Curtis Mathes tv dealer back in the day. Seems like someone told me they were a Drake dish but I didn't know if Drake even made dishes. I think it's about 2...

If the 8' aluminum dish is bent or distorted (wonky?) even a little bit you would be much better off going with the 10' mesh dish if you could get it. 8' is on the small side to begin with and if the reflector is not near perfect it will not perform well. You can use the same process...

That feed (if functional) will work but requires something to actuate that little blue motor to turn the probe inside the feed to the horizontal and vertical positions. Your best bet would be to get a modern LNBF, the polarity on those units is toggeld by voltage and any modern FTA receiver...

Nice tip there Mr Ti...I will be using that one in the future. :hatsoff

I have a (somehat noisy) Venture acme screw drive that's going on 28 years of service on my old 10' Perfect 10 here that is on the same maintenance schedule as yours...if it croaked tomorrow I couldn't kick too hard. Would definitely buy another one to replace it when it's time.

It's been a while since I extracted broken-off strut stubs from a BV dish but IIRC I used a combo of PB Blaster, a little heat (blow dryer), a small EZ out screw extractor and a lot of patience, that aluminum is pretty touchy.

Don't worry about exactly matching all of the ones you want to replace, as long as the diameter and/or thread are the same they should work, you can usually vary the length some. And the head type can change also...for instance those square-headed bolts that tighten the mount to the pole can be...

You may want to get 2 or 3 feet minimum of the piece of pipe that goes into the mount. Every Birdview mount I have seen uses a 6" O.D. thinwall pipe and I know I had trouble finding any used pipe with that outside diameter. I think it exists but it's not real common. The good news is that BV...

Here's some info that may help you get that thing going for you: https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/phlats-birdview-install.154646/ https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/phlats-birdview-2.166422/ The second thread has some instruction and a template for a magnet wheel.

I have no idea what it is but pretty sure there was a dish manufacturer named ODOM back in the day. Sounds like the price was right though, nice grab.

I have a couple of Slimlines that look the same as that one...they are about 22" x 32" or so. Edit: Ooops, looks like FTA4PA already answered, I missed that.

Is there a way to set limits to keep it from going farther than you want?

Looks like your recycled dish is in pretty good condition, and the price was right, nice save there. Like you mentioned I would definitely put some more weight on your concrete pad, it's amazing the amount of force a 40 or 50 mph+ wind can exert on an area the size of your dish. At a certain...

I don't think I have ever seen any plans on building a polar mount. Don't have any big prime focus fiberglass reflectors/mounts for same but IIRC most of the mounts for those that I have seen have a large square frame of square or rectangular metal tubing as part of the structure. Might be...

I believe this is going to be a fixed installation. :)

There's a lot of scrambled TPs on 91W that are pretty hot.

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Oops I think that may be a mesh dish, not a perforated reflector. Still a great dish...get that thing back in business! :biggrin