Old style 80cm dish bracket & pole advise

[yerman]

hi, i have been given a 80cm dish without mounting bracket or pole

I am used to fitting sky mini dish which the pole is mounted vertical..

this dish seems to have a horizontal mount

see attached picture

i basically need pointed in the right direction of how to fit it and where to purchase pole and bracket

[davvo]

use somthing like this
and fit/turn it sideways

SATELLITE WALL MOUNTING L BRACKET DISH AERIAL CCTV POLE | eBay

or

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Satellite-...item416204aa96

[dick b]

you can get an 80cm dish with "U"bend wallmount suitable for a fixed dish for around ?45 so it may not be worthwhile trying to mod that one.

[dick b]

use somthing like this
and fit/turn it sideways

How is he going to turn it L/R?????

[davvo]

instead of fitting pole upwards
turn the whole lot 90 degrees
dont matter left or right

the bracket
not the ~~~~ing dish

[dick b]

instead of fitting pole upwards
turn the whole lot 90 degrees
dont matter left or right

the bracket
not the ~~~~ing dish

yeah but how is he going to turn the dish L/R to find the sat he wants up/down wont be a problem but unless there is additional bracketry he wont be able to move it L/R.

what is the mount bolted to in your pic?

[yerman]

Yes this is exactly my problem... I can move up or down with brackets suggested above but how can I move dish left and right?

I don't know what you mean by what is mount bolted too? Sorry

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[davvo]

unless there is additional bracketry he wont be able to move it L/R

no need for additional bracketry


get a compass
find the sat you want
fit bracket sideways
facing the sat you want
slide dish on pole left and right
if you line up with a compass
so its there or there abouts
can slide dish 2in one way or 2 the other to get it spot on

looking at that clamp on the back of the dish
there loads of room to slide dish left or right

if you ~~~~ed it up and was more than 2 inch out where pole bend is
filp the bracket the other way and you got more room to slide

[Carew6]

That looks like an old Lensen Heath dish, which was fixed with a "J" pole and seperate wall bracket. The longer arm of the "J" fixed to the dish allowing elevation adjustment, whilst the shorter arm of the "J" fitted into the wall bracket allowing Left/Right adjustment.

[mdt]

imo the dish looks like a old lenson heath 80cm mesh dish with part of the bracket missing so its been jerry rigged to sit on a horizontal pole, regards mdt

[yerman]

i was thinking i could get away with t & k brackets and pole with a 90 degree bend,

could then turn left and right with t & k and up and down on pole

what you guys think?

[davvo]

@yerman

which sat you want to point this dish at ??????

[yerman]

i was going to try and use a multi LNB setup with it, but now thinking it would be too much hassle

Im now looking at a Triax 80cm Dish

Genuine Triax TD78 High Quality Satellite Dish 78cm (80cm) Folding Arm Bracket | eBay

And a Multi LNB Holder

TRIAX TD MULTIBLOCK MULTI LNB HOLDER | eBay


I aim to pickup
13.0E - 19.2E - 28.2E

are these hard to setup?

Also i want your recommendations on LNB's

thanks in advance

[davvo]

no its not hard
if your handy with tools
and can think for yourself
then have a crack at it

[yerman]

thanks Davo

very much appreciated