Help what do use for dish support

[Cband55]

My motor broke and I have order an actuator arm from Sadoun, but until it gets here im getting some atlantic satellites manually, Im using a chair for dish support , but its not sturdy for high winds
what does anyone recommend I use.



Thanks

 

[Lak7]

Can you just leave (or reinstall) the old Arm installed?

 

[Cband55]

nope its broken and it cannot reach to the atlantic sats im watching right now

 

[turbosat]

Flat piece of steel with holes drilled in the right places would work. Holes, or long slots in it would be even better, that way you can just tighten down bolts when you hit the right sat. I have one I'm doing that with now but it only goes to 91W. , lol (short piece of metal was all I had)

 

[Anole]

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Reading, the topic, I thought you were askin' about technical support!!!

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[Sadoun]

:clap :clap

The chair idea is great.

A new linear actuator is on its way to the rescue.

 

[turbosat]

My cut-up bed rail should rate in there someplace, tho! LOL

 

[PopcornNMore]

I would use a flat piece of steel. Back in the 80's I had an actuator arm that used a hand crank to move to the various satellites.

 

[delta_charlie]

Hi, I would think that if you can use the chair to support the dish then you should be able to mark the spots to drill holes in a 2x4 and mount it with large (same dia as the motor used) lag bolts. That should make a quick and sturdy temp support for your dish. Later, DC

 

[Mr Tony]

I forget if it was Tron or Stogie who used a wagon to prop up a C-Band dish

 

[Tron]

Wasn't me, but Digiblur tried it once... I was waiting for him to chime in ...

 

[Mr Tony]

I knew it was one of you cajun folks

 

[Tron]

Yep... He had a pic of it, but I can't seem to find the thread. I would be worried about a kid coming along and taking the wagon away. This would probably happen during the recording of an important feed or backhaul ...