Sat Dish, quick/accurate Elevation adjustment for signal lock in.
Submitted: Friday, Feb 08, 2008 at 20:49
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I have a 90cm Offset Sat dish and previously used a level with a 360deg adjustable glass bubble to get the elevation angle of the sat dish. With more use the adjustable part became sloppy and more inaccurate. Depending where you are in Oz if you are 1 or 2 degs off, you don't get a signal.
Have purchased a digital Inclinometer and mounted a bracket at the back of the dish, locked in the sat and adjusted the dish to the best signal and bent the bracket so that digital meter reads 45.XX deg for our location in
Adelaide. The digital Inclinometer sticks to the bracket via 3 small strong magnets.
Since the Optus free to Air elevation readings in most publications are for Non Offset dishes eg 45.XX deg for my suburb. I can now virtually go anywhere in Australia and read published elevation figures, adjust my dish/ Inclinometer to the published figure and point the dish in the right direction etc and I should have signal lock.( ie the bent bracket takes care of the offset)
The Inclinometer is about 50mm x 50mm x 30mm deep with a small bubble level on top.
I purchased my unit from
John at Satplus Queensland for $65 incl GST. His Tel no is 0754957674.This unit is also mentioned on their Web site in
Tools and Accessories.
If I haven't lined up the dish recently in the past it has taken sometime to get signal lock, especially if I am doing the line up at night, this meter should speed it up.
Peter
Reply By: keviny6 - Sunday, Feb 10, 2008 at 16:44
Sunday, Feb 10, 2008 at 16:44
optus card just to watch the news lol ---get a wireless news service any where-- this filling out forms every three months just to be able to connect and then find you are limited to thier user rules gave me the pips.
i found out the set topbox was no good for foxtel which is also on- c 1 or select tv on pass 8 which i have in
my home.
i take the select tv box and handheld control with me nowadays.
As for setting up never had problems once i foundout how sat tv works and where they are in the sky, just use sat finder and compass if in new area.
a good place for details and help is--free to air sattelite forums--- austec is one
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Follow Up By: Ozymacca - Monday, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:26
Monday, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:26
Hi Kevin
The stong decoder takes the select Tv card as
well just pay your $36 per month plus $30 for the card. How do you find the select TV. I don't have a wireless my old man had one he spent most of the day sitting next to it at
home. Then he finally got a black & white TV. How things change kevin lol.
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