info on installing a 1.2 channel master

[jpr]

I am installing a fixed 1.2 channel master. I am going to install it in my garden on a 2.5 inch pole. I would just like to know how deep should i put the pole and how wide i should have the base of the concrete.

[terriers]

Hi m8..with it only being 1.2m it doesnt have to be too deep,cos the wind wont affect it too much....
I would dig a hole 2feet square and 2feet deep and sink the pole the full 2 feet,this will be fine....
Good choice of dish m8,are you motorising it?...if so it would be
nice if you could report back with what sats you can pick up..

[jpr]

Im just going to fix it for now at one west. I have a motorized 1.1 triax. but i will motorize the channel master at some point.

[terriers]

aah you will get a cracking signal on that then..

[jpr]

Another thing, what type pole should i get, one that doesn rust. and where to get them.

[terriers]

just get a length of scaffolding pole..its nice and strong..then give it a spray with enamel paint,3quid at wilko,s to stop it rusting..

[jpr]

Thanks for the help.

[wod1]

if your going to use the fixed az-el mount then you will need a 76mm, 3inch pole.

scaffolding poles are 2inch diameter which will be too small.

i use a 3inch galvanised pole for my channel master, motorised with a jaeger 1224 motor which is 36volt.

[jpr]

I looked all day around town in every hardware for a 3 inch pole. I didnt think it would be so hard to find one.

[satsid]

I looked all day around town in every hardware for a 3 inch pole. I didnt think it would be so hard to find one.

try a scap yard m8,then your get one.

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

Cut it off a road sign .

[jpr]

I am buyin a pole from a road sign manufactuar. But i got my new 1.2 channel master today and mount well not so new i opened the box to discover its been used so its goin back. I wasn very happy as i still payed the full price for dish and mount.