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Often wondered how manufacturers arrive at stamping accurate elevation angle gradations on a dish. Are those markings somewhat consistent from one manufacturer to another?
How could one check if the angle stamping is accurate? Set the dish at 90 degrees (that is, dish perpendicular to the earth) using a plumb bob as a reference?
I know about those magnetic circular angle finders, but never figured where to set them on the dish.
I see from past posts that some use the sun to figure out a specific elevation angles and the dish's accuracy.
Thanks.
How could one check if the angle stamping is accurate? Set the dish at 90 degrees (that is, dish perpendicular to the earth) using a plumb bob as a reference?
I know about those magnetic circular angle finders, but never figured where to set them on the dish.
I see from past posts that some use the sun to figure out a specific elevation angles and the dish's accuracy.
Thanks.
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I'll throw this in too. Being a newbie with no dish aiming experience and a dish with no scale, I learned the hard way...
Elevation angle for 125W from dishpointer.com indicated 36.9° elevation. I tried for an extraordinary amount of time around at 36.9° to find a signal. I then found out about offset angles. The Patriot that I have is supposed to have a 27.7° offset angle. I subtracted the 27.7° dish offset from the 36.9° total angle and came up with 9.2° for the dish angle. With that knowledge, it didn't take too long for me to get my first lock... What a surprise and relief.
Anyhow, this is how I used the angle indicator on my particular dish. I believe you have a Channel Master (?), so it will differ.
This is a closeup of the angle indicator with the dish recently peaked (i.e., yesterday) for 125W. In my case, the angle indicator is a few degrees past the 9.2° calculated for my position.
Spongella, maybe this will help you some or at least give others some reference.
EDIT: I used the same angle indicator to ensure the pole was plumb (i.e., 90° N-S and E-W).
Elevation angle for 125W from dishpointer.com indicated 36.9° elevation. I tried for an extraordinary amount of time around at 36.9° to find a signal. I then found out about offset angles. The Patriot that I have is supposed to have a 27.7° offset angle. I subtracted the 27.7° dish offset from the 36.9° total angle and came up with 9.2° for the dish angle. With that knowledge, it didn't take too long for me to get my first lock... What a surprise and relief.
Anyhow, this is how I used the angle indicator on my particular dish. I believe you have a Channel Master (?), so it will differ.
This is a closeup of the angle indicator with the dish recently peaked (i.e., yesterday) for 125W. In my case, the angle indicator is a few degrees past the 9.2° calculated for my position.
Spongella, maybe this will help you some or at least give others some reference.
EDIT: I used the same angle indicator to ensure the pole was plumb (i.e., 90° N-S and E-W).
Elevation scale on dish usually useless. The easiest, more proper and precise way how to adjust dish is measure leaning of the "face" of the dish. If we know elevation of the satellite and offset angle of the dish than extract smallest from biggest and final number will be necessary leaning of dish. For example: if satellite has 30* elevation and dish has 22,6* offset angle than the leaning of the dish should be 7,4*. Of course it is better to use digital protractor and metal or wooden plank to do such a measurements.
I don't recall ever seeing a dish scale stamped on a AZ/EL mount that was not supposed to be the look angle of the dish. I agree with RimaNTSS that most scales are useless. Many scales have not been accurate, but for me these scales were only an angle estimator to get me into the ball park if I didn't know the offset angle of the reflector that I was working with. Having been on so many service calls where the self installer (or original "professional") wore out the scale markings trying to locate the satellite, I learned not to put any faith in the stamped scales. On commercial installs, we typically know the offset and simply set a straight edge on the vertical plane of the reflector to rough-in the elevation.
As a service tech, one never knows if the mast had been installed plumb or if they had dropped the dish off of the roof. I (like most techs) could tell you a thousand stories about what the bizarre things that have been found. One of my favorites was, "we were watching it yesterday and nobody touched it", but an evergreen tree obviously had been blocking the satellite for several years or the +30 skew was set to -30 degrees... Yep, watching it yesterday...
As a service tech, one never knows if the mast had been installed plumb or if they had dropped the dish off of the roof. I (like most techs) could tell you a thousand stories about what the bizarre things that have been found. One of my favorites was, "we were watching it yesterday and nobody touched it", but an evergreen tree obviously had been blocking the satellite for several years or the +30 skew was set to -30 degrees... Yep, watching it yesterday...
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
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Picked up a sweet directv dish, mount, twin lnbs and a short cable.
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...
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Many of us have used a universal LNBF mount (or get creative with L brackets and plumbers tape - perforated metal strapping). Use a few inches of aluminum tube (or a piece of 1x2" lumber) to extend the support arm (replacing the plastic mount used by DirecTV and Dish) to place the LNBF throat opening at the correct distance from the reflector, the correct height and at the correct angle. Nothing magical... simply place the new linear LNBF in the center at the same distance, height and angle as the current combo.
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To add: 101W Ku seems to be (one of if not the) strongest for me, and if I only had Ku I definitely want 101W for the music mux, it's robust FEC and strong signal help a lot. I've thought about using a used Dish/DirectTV dish at my Dads to supplement his OTA (mainly for my benefit when I visit )
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
Can we expect to see a new coach if we say "pretty please?"
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