if i were to move a dish to another location and had to cut the old pole, what kind and where would i find another for my new location. i am thinking that i don't want to mail order one. shipping and all..... is a plumbing shop's cast iron pipe the same exact size or anything? and what kind of concrete should i use. i heard that fast setting can crack over time or something like that. well, thats my question i guess, read on only if you want my progress on this dish.
My dad sold out the C-Band world to the little dish guys! Anyway I am going to be moving the 9 foot solid aluminum dish, a 20 minute trip, to my house.
only ten bolts to completely dismantle this dish. heres how:
I took the four (could have been six) "set screws" (all of the nuts and bolts on this dish are 3/4 ) that are going thru the coupling looking pole mount loose and with a person on each side of the dish, we rotated the dish on the pole; looks like its ready to come off! i took the feedhorn and arm off just by removing the four bolts at the base plate of the feedhorn holding arm with an impact tool, while my dad had a backup socket over the nuts on the back side of the dish. i put the liquid wrench on the nuts just seconds before we removed them, and my dad said not to worry because the early installers said overtightening would warp the dish.
then i got the actuator arm (the mover arm) off by removing the bottom swivel bolt while my dad held the dish from dropping. took it off because i thought it would be sloppy. took the feedhorn and arm off because i thought i might have to carry it on top of my suburban. i was going to put two ten foot 2x4s left to right over top of truck, about eight feet apart, then put the face of the dish down and tie it all down. didn't want to bend the aluminum.
but now a friend is offering his pickup. who knows.. maybe i'll still use the ten foot 2x4s laying from the bed floor at the tailgate to past the headache rack. guess then i would have the "cup" of the dish up to the sky, which means my taking that feedhorn arm (messing up the focal adjustment of the feedhorn) was a bad idea.
im excited, i can't wait, whoo hoo thanks in advance,
somery
My dad sold out the C-Band world to the little dish guys! Anyway I am going to be moving the 9 foot solid aluminum dish, a 20 minute trip, to my house.
only ten bolts to completely dismantle this dish. heres how:
I took the four (could have been six) "set screws" (all of the nuts and bolts on this dish are 3/4 ) that are going thru the coupling looking pole mount loose and with a person on each side of the dish, we rotated the dish on the pole; looks like its ready to come off! i took the feedhorn and arm off just by removing the four bolts at the base plate of the feedhorn holding arm with an impact tool, while my dad had a backup socket over the nuts on the back side of the dish. i put the liquid wrench on the nuts just seconds before we removed them, and my dad said not to worry because the early installers said overtightening would warp the dish.
then i got the actuator arm (the mover arm) off by removing the bottom swivel bolt while my dad held the dish from dropping. took it off because i thought it would be sloppy. took the feedhorn and arm off because i thought i might have to carry it on top of my suburban. i was going to put two ten foot 2x4s left to right over top of truck, about eight feet apart, then put the face of the dish down and tie it all down. didn't want to bend the aluminum.
but now a friend is offering his pickup. who knows.. maybe i'll still use the ten foot 2x4s laying from the bed floor at the tailgate to past the headache rack. guess then i would have the "cup" of the dish up to the sky, which means my taking that feedhorn arm (messing up the focal adjustment of the feedhorn) was a bad idea.
im excited, i can't wait, whoo hoo thanks in advance,
somery
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