Well once again good weather and three dogs forced me to spend the whole day outside.
So I was standing around and I decided to wave an LNB around in front of the dish to see if it would light up on anything.
I put an LNB on a cable and a meter then put the little squealy meter in the middle. Boy, did it ever light up!
I moved from side to side and I could see and hear it hitting many satellites across the arc.
So I decided to see if I could rig up something to hold the LNB. I found a 2x4 and I hacked a notch in it to lay the LNB in then cut off a chunk and screwed the arms to it.
I set the elevation for 97w and swung it around a tiny bit and BOOM! I was getting RT at 90/55 which I think was pretty acceptable considering that this was as redneck as it gets.
I still would like to buy a factory original bracket but I think I can build one (with a lot of help from Dad) out of aluminum that would do a pretty good job until then.
This dish is so big that I figure I've got room for error. Probably a lot of room..
I wish I could afford a polar mount for it, I would LOVE to have this thing as a motorized KU dish!
But even without a motor, I can mount several LNB's and still be ahead of the game..
I'm well pleased with today's experiment. It's not at all meant to be permanent, not by any means, it was just to see if I can get anything at all. The focal point is off for one thing and several other issues prevent me from using this wood holder but it does show me that I'm headed in the right direction..
