pics of the dish farm...post yours too :)
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Hello fellow FTA'ers
Attached are a couple shots of my recent project, a free Radio Shack 10' C-band dish. Sporting a C/Ku LNB tho recently upgraded to a DMX741 C/Ku.
In the first photo you'll see the analog Toshiba 2200 pulling in Classic Arts Showcase
Second photo shows the home engineered combination steel/mag wheel,
pneumatic air/water ballast system. Close inspection will reveal the hi-tech wedges for fine tuning the arc, using, of course, pressure treated lumber.
My question for the experts is what is the recommended air/water mix for the
pneumatic part of the system?
Puttin the fun in FTA.
macksat
Hello fellow FTA'ers
Attached are a couple shots of my recent project, a free Radio Shack 10' C-band dish. Sporting a C/Ku LNB tho recently upgraded to a DMX741 C/Ku.
In the first photo you'll see the analog Toshiba 2200 pulling in Classic Arts Showcase
Second photo shows the home engineered combination steel/mag wheel,
pneumatic air/water ballast system. Close inspection will reveal the hi-tech wedges for fine tuning the arc, using, of course, pressure treated lumber.
My question for the experts is what is the recommended air/water mix for the
pneumatic part of the system?
Puttin the fun in FTA.
macksat
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Growing
Hello, I finally got my dishes moved. I had ran out of room and needed more space so I moved them away from my house. I had just one working before today it was the dish on the left ( true focus) 1 meter dish, I added 2 more poles thursday and then set the 1.0 channel master and moved both my muzak 1.2 to their new home. I got them all tuned in today. Have not ran all of the coax from where they come out of the pipe I burried with 6 coax in it. I did manage to get one sat working for the night 83 my favorite. I have to hook up the rest of the 1x4 disecq switches and the zinwells as I get more dual lnbf and bury the rest of the coax.
I will have one on sat 83, 97, 101 and 123 or what ever has more than 123.
I plan on putting a motor on the channel master. Sadoun had a great sale on them on ebay and I got one friday and it should come next week and I can start the conversion to make it motorized. Thanks for looking.
Hello, I finally got my dishes moved. I had ran out of room and needed more space so I moved them away from my house. I had just one working before today it was the dish on the left ( true focus) 1 meter dish, I added 2 more poles thursday and then set the 1.0 channel master and moved both my muzak 1.2 to their new home. I got them all tuned in today. Have not ran all of the coax from where they come out of the pipe I burried with 6 coax in it. I did manage to get one sat working for the night 83 my favorite. I have to hook up the rest of the 1x4 disecq switches and the zinwells as I get more dual lnbf and bury the rest of the coax.
I will have one on sat 83, 97, 101 and 123 or what ever has more than 123.
I plan on putting a motor on the channel master. Sadoun had a great sale on them on ebay and I got one friday and it should come next week and I can start the conversion to make it motorized. Thanks for looking.
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OMG!!!!!
No way........ I'm sorry but there's just no way I'm going to take it THAT far.
OMG, what does your wife(or GF) have to say about this? OMG.....
OMG!!!!!
No way........ I'm sorry but there's just no way I'm going to take it THAT far.
OMG, what does your wife(or GF) have to say about this? OMG.....
Are you kidding, thats a thing of beauty.
Well planned and thought out, I say the more dishes the better. Also the sight sponsers like it when we buy lots of dishes and fancy equipment.OMG!!!!!
No way........ I'm sorry but there's just no way I'm going to take it THAT far.
OMG, what does your wife(or GF) have to say about this? OMG.....
She dont say too much. she is just thankfull they are a bit away from the house and not on the ROOF!
Are you kidding, thats a thing of beauty.
All freebee dishes. I do have to buy accessories tho...
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That's my section of the yard...
That's my section of the yard...
Nice bunch of dishes. I moved my dishes out of the yard to a spot in the field south side of the house to make the wife happy.. She tells people its my garden.Credit cards are not required for PayPal. A checking account will do.
That's my section of the yard...
Update to the Dish Farm
Finally got a BUD up! Mounted it in a questionable location... very limited LOS.
But it can see 121W and that's what wanted
The 75e got a proper Rx only LNB.
A Eagle Aspen 270. Dual output, individual voltage control for both polarities) :up:up:up
It came with a 75e Rx feedhorn instead of the larger 84e Tx feedhorn.
Removed and stored the Tx/Rx unit
Mounted it on the SE side of the house for a better LOS.
And the Direcway hasn't moved much since a platform was made for it.
Too reliable for me to want to mess with it. :up
Finally got a BUD up! Mounted it in a questionable location... very limited LOS.
But it can see 121W and that's what wanted
The 75e got a proper Rx only LNB.
A Eagle Aspen 270. Dual output, individual voltage control for both polarities) :up:up:up
It came with a 75e Rx feedhorn instead of the larger 84e Tx feedhorn.
Removed and stored the Tx/Rx unit
Mounted it on the SE side of the house for a better LOS.
And the Direcway hasn't moved much since a platform was made for it.
Too reliable for me to want to mess with it.
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Wheres the rollout 6 foot?
That's his "Amish" dish, and it doesn't like to be photographed.
Since Ice posted some new pics I thought I would as well. As some of you know I have dramatically reduced the size of the farm, mainly reducing the number of seperate KU dishes for DSNG reception and placed more of the load on a 2.4 meter Channel Master prime focus. Here are some pics of the way things look now. I plan to do some landscaping around the dishes to make it easier to mow.
Pic 1 is the twins...a pair of 2.4 meter Channel Master SMC dishes with left hand drive. The one on the left is a KU only dish with an Invacom TWF-031 dual output universal mounted to an Invacom prime focus feed. The one on the right is C band only with a Chaparral orthomode feed set up for circular reception and a pair of Cal Amp Pro II LNB's.
Pic 2 is the DSNG dishes. The first dish is a 1 meter Channel Master used for a business venture. The next 3 are 1.2 meter Channel Masters pointed at AMC1 (Invacom LNB), Galaxy 16 (DN FSS bandstacked LNB), and Galaxy 19 (Hughes LNB). Next is a 1.2 meter Prodelin not yet aimed but will most likely be pointed to AMC5. The future plan is that all the 1.2 meter dishes will have DN FSS bandstacked LNB's along with a Spaun 5802 switch so that all the fixed dishes will be available to all receivers with just a single coax from each dish. Last is my DN sub dish which is a 1000.2 with a wing dish for 61.5. Future plans for that is to build my own 1000.4 equivalent dish using a Direcway 74cm dish and single DishPro LNB's and a DPP33 switch for Eastern arc reception.
Pic 3 is an old 7.5 ft mesh dish I am using as a dedicated dish for the radio services on AMC8. It uses an old Chaparral feed with no servo motor since only one polarity is necessary. The amp is a Cal Amp Slimline II.
Pic 4 is the workhorse...a 10 ft Channel Master SMC loaded with a Chaparral Bullseye II feed. The C band amps are a pair of Norsat 8115's and on KU there is a pair of Japan Radio NJR2535S PLL LNB's.
Pic 1 is the twins...a pair of 2.4 meter Channel Master SMC dishes with left hand drive. The one on the left is a KU only dish with an Invacom TWF-031 dual output universal mounted to an Invacom prime focus feed. The one on the right is C band only with a Chaparral orthomode feed set up for circular reception and a pair of Cal Amp Pro II LNB's.
Pic 2 is the DSNG dishes. The first dish is a 1 meter Channel Master used for a business venture. The next 3 are 1.2 meter Channel Masters pointed at AMC1 (Invacom LNB), Galaxy 16 (DN FSS bandstacked LNB), and Galaxy 19 (Hughes LNB). Next is a 1.2 meter Prodelin not yet aimed but will most likely be pointed to AMC5. The future plan is that all the 1.2 meter dishes will have DN FSS bandstacked LNB's along with a Spaun 5802 switch so that all the fixed dishes will be available to all receivers with just a single coax from each dish. Last is my DN sub dish which is a 1000.2 with a wing dish for 61.5. Future plans for that is to build my own 1000.4 equivalent dish using a Direcway 74cm dish and single DishPro LNB's and a DPP33 switch for Eastern arc reception.
Pic 3 is an old 7.5 ft mesh dish I am using as a dedicated dish for the radio services on AMC8. It uses an old Chaparral feed with no servo motor since only one polarity is necessary. The amp is a Cal Amp Slimline II.
Pic 4 is the workhorse...a 10 ft Channel Master SMC loaded with a Chaparral Bullseye II feed. The C band amps are a pair of Norsat 8115's and on KU there is a pair of Japan Radio NJR2535S PLL LNB's.
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