New dish setup
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Drox
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Can I use two k brackets instead, or is that just going to make it harder to track the arc?
To k brackets are fine
Drox
TK Veteran
So the house gets in the way for 42e if I install the dish between the two brackets, I'll have to put it above the top bracket.
A potentially stupid question,
If I install it above the top bracket, can I just move the pole up (and the dish along with it) if I need to? Or would that mess up the whole calibration?
A potentially stupid question,
If I install it above the top bracket, can I just move the pole up (and the dish along with it) if I need to? Or would that mess up the whole calibration?
Providing you check the pole is 90° all round
The main factor is Make sure you have clear
Line of sight from buildings and trees
Facing south 180° true South
The main factor is Make sure you have clear
Line of sight from buildings and trees
Facing south 180° true South
You would get away with that, there will be some movement in the wind but most of the sats your interested in would not loose signal
Drox
TK Veteran
@linesman66
Just found this, Help - Align a motorised dish great guide!
You had mentioned the Zgemma boxes are not great driving motors - would that potentially mess the setup up? I was thinking of using my h9s to do this.
Just found this, Help - Align a motorised dish great guide!
You had mentioned the Zgemma boxes are not great driving motors - would that potentially mess the setup up? I was thinking of using my h9s to do this.
grahamer67
TK Veteran
Zgemmas drive a motor just fine, I have a h5 does the job , and before that I used a h2h which was the same.
If you don't want to drive the motor using all 3 receivers then get a quad output LNB,
1 output to main receiver goes through the motor
2nd and 3rd output goes straight to second and third receiver who will have no role in driving the motor.
This is what I have done, the only trouble is you have to watch the same satellite which is the main box is tuned into and there is a hassle of going to the main box room switching on the main receiver and changing the satellite. I tried to move the dish remotely using G-MScreen app (connected to main receiver) but it did not work.
another option is to put a priority switch and move the motor from 2 boxes and third box will be passively receiving satellite it is parked at.
Ive had 2 H9s they are shocking driving usuals motors but i got around it.
I used a stabb motor amperage wise it has a very low consumption compared to say a Dark Motor combined this with a low amperage LNB i used a Smart Titanium LNB and the shortest run of ct125 low loss coax i could use and it was fine. Put the H9 on my other dish it wont move it where as a Viark 4k and a Duo2 does.
Drox
TK Veteran
Ah cool, I'll just the viark box instead in that case
Drox
TK Veteran
If I were to use an L bracket like the one below, does that make just the installation harder, or do the TK brackets offer better stability/performance over time too?
Satix SWH00400 Quality wall mount bracket support 40 cm: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
With an L bracket I can get a better position as with the TKs I need to adjust for a window. But happy to use the TKs if these Ls are cack.
Satix SWH00400 Quality wall mount bracket support 40 cm: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
With an L bracket I can get a better position as with the TKs I need to adjust for a window. But happy to use the TKs if these Ls are cack.
steptoe
VIP Member
I have an L bracket on a fixed multisat
I wouldn't want to try and set one up for a motorised system,
Drox
TK Veteran
Are these low profile brackets any good? There’s no gutter and the clearance may just be enough.
Low profile wall brackets (pair of) - A.T.V. Poles, Brackets, Clamps & Aerials
Low profile wall brackets (pair of) - A.T.V. Poles, Brackets, Clamps & Aerials
With l brackets you are depending on the bricks running down the wall being level
If not you will need to build the bracket out
At the buttom The T.K set is far easier to
Adjust the pole so it excatily 90° As for
Zgemma recievers They can lose power to
The motor causing the motor to stick on
Certain transponders I recently done tests
On Zgemma recievers with motorisied satellite system Changed power Supplies
to 12volt 5amp Used octagon green l.n.b
Low powered Making sure the l.n.b wasnt
Draining power from the motor Its not
That they cant drive the motor satellite Its
a problem within the drivers of the reciever
Causing power reduction as motors have
Different surge currents
If not you will need to build the bracket out
At the buttom The T.K set is far easier to
Adjust the pole so it excatily 90° As for
Zgemma recievers They can lose power to
The motor causing the motor to stick on
Certain transponders I recently done tests
On Zgemma recievers with motorisied satellite system Changed power Supplies
to 12volt 5amp Used octagon green l.n.b
Low powered Making sure the l.n.b wasnt
Draining power from the motor Its not
That they cant drive the motor satellite Its
a problem within the drivers of the reciever
Causing power reduction as motors have
Different surge currents
Agree with linesman66 the brackets choices you have linked to will be a pig to get plumb in all directions. Padding them out with washers etc will be a nightmare 20ft up a ladder not to mention the finished result will be no where near as sound as the brackets been flush to the wall..