3rd Bud going up

[truckracer]

putting up my third bud today. it is a 10' channel master that was given to me.

 

[KE4EST]

Nice!! I would love to have about 6. One on a motor and the other 5 fixed a various birds so as to get the best signal.

 

[phlatwound]

Only 3?

Nice dish at a great price.

 

[truckracer]

i am currently at :

1 - 10' sami
1- 10' channel master (almost finished)
1- 7.5' sami

 

[cave1376]

What sats are they pointed at?

 

[truckracer]

currently they are all motorized. the 7.5' is c band only with a dual out lnbf controlled by a vbox for my SRL programming pointed at W5 - 105w.

my 10' sami is vbox controlled with a chaparral orthomode c ku feed running to a zinwell 4x8 multiswitch and 4- pansat 9200 HD receivers.

the soon to be channel master will be c band only with lnbf that will be controlled by a vbox that will go to my 46" toshiba HDTV in my gazebo using an openbox s10.

 

[truckracer]

new 10' channel master is up. for now it is c band only with a cheap chinese lnbf that works well. some cheapo DMS lnbf.

some observations of the channel master dish:

it is well made imo. the feed struts do not have slots like the sami dishes. when i bolted the struts on the dish it was perfectly centered! this was nice. took some install time out of the project.

the old saginaw 24" arm worked! i lubed the worm gear. it has a weather boot on it so i left it there. the boot has holes that face the ground i guess to let out any water that may get in.

c band reception is superb. i am getting very strong s2 signals. this dish is dented and dinged from 30 years worth of hail storms but works well.

i have a corotor II and norsat lnbs so i will give ku a try in a couple of days. i know it will need some alignment tweaks for ku.

i am very happy with it.