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A general worklog/guide of setting up a 1.5 meter offset dish and installing a H-H motor.
Gibertini 1.5 m offset dish
Jaeger SMR-1224 H-H motor
Channelmaster C120 Feedhorn
2 x Invacom LNB's
VBox II
It was hard to choose a dish, was leaning towards the Channelmaster and here the choice was either a 1.2m or a 1.8m. One being a bit too small and the other too large (if thats possible). The 1.8m would also need a powerful motor.
The 1.5m Gibertini dish sounded quite interesting as there is an adapter plate for it which makes it fit perfect on the well known Jaeger 1224 motor, didnt want too many complications, im a noob. One day though i would love to own a 1.8m Channelmaster. Nonetheless this should be a good entry level dish for a motorized system..
Went on a shopping spree and before i knew it i had the dish, motor and adapter plate.
Next was to have a stand to mount it on.
The buttom of groundstand was not needed and would only make the job harder, dont know where i got the idea from..
Also the angle was changed from 45° to 30°.
I was still worried that the support arms would restrict movement to the far east and west positions. However in the end this was not a problems in the furthest east/west positions as the motor and adapterplate extended the distance to the dish, so maybe this design can be useful to you! (what are the odds on that?).
3 holes where dug into the ground, each about 70-80 cm deep. The bad news was the cement needed atleast 3 weeks to dry before doing anything further. I was not prepared for this..but no doubt gave me an opportunity to take a photo of the groundstand. Would be a better choice with the fast hardening stuff cause really i just wanted to get the system up and running and watch some exotic channels! No not erotic channels.
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