as we got great weather today, got around to fixing the dish. glad to say all is now working from 50E to 30W. there was some modifications that had to be made, i have posed pics of the mods and final install. but having to fully realign all brackets and pole helped fix issues. i am very impressed with the performance of the dish and was well worth the investment. thanks everyone for the help.
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Last edited by speedy_04; 08-08-2020 at 11:20 PM.
me too (in relation to covering the dish with a net, and not losing signal)
Last edited by ManikM; 13-08-2020 at 04:24 PM.
dont suppose youve got a signal level comparison, between old and new gibby have u.
i cant make out what you've done.
if i was to get one, what else is needed for the bracket \ on a TM2600 motor ? thanks
i had to bolt an additional plate to the polur mounting bracket. the dish comes supplied with 2 box section brackets which i have added pics to show,which i have placed one on top of the other. i dont have pics but can tell you the differences. 3W on triax was 38% on gibby 60%
badr 26E was only getting 11996 H 27500 40% on triax but on gibby 72%. still no luck on 4W and do not get 7W in my location but do get 21E about 60% on strongest transponder plus get 33E and 36E and 46E now where as with triax i could not pick them up previously
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Real help all this info and great pictures above speedy_04. Now know what the issue is and what's required. As a result just ordered my Gibertini OP125L for delivery end of month. Thanks all been a real help!
speedy_04 (16-08-2020)
on my 1m Gibby - i get 26e 11996H 27500 - AT 74% (12.0 DB) - i also get 4w and 7w, and get 98% at 45e...I think you should be getting more from your dish mate. where in the UK are u? im SE london.
(having said that - every STB has there own "version" of signal strength - decibels is probably the only way to compare apples to apples)
furhermore, and just to re-iterate my point, there is a feed right now on 7e, my ZGEMMA H7S reports signal at 47% - my OCTAGON SF8008 reports signal at 58% - the actual value is 9.50 DB on both STB's - both coming off the same DUAL LNB
Last edited by ManikM; 17-08-2020 at 11:10 PM.
echelon (08-09-2020)
have u tried tweaking your usals since setup.
even though i set my dish and motor up using the correct usals - i always find this isn't the end of it.
after you fine tune on 1w \ 3w or 7e - goto positioner setup - and then fine tune east and west, if your signal goes up, then exit that, and edit USALs by either going up .1 or .2 - then go from another sat and back, and see if signal is better, if not, then try going down .3 or .4 and repeat until you are pulling in the strongest possible signal! (its very satisfying doing this) i spend ages doing it, drives my mrs metal!
JOE.MADDISON (18-08-2020), speedy_04 (18-08-2020)
i have no idea how to use usals so its all been done with a spanner and a sat meter. have double checked all the footprints and 7w is just not possible for me even with the gibby dish
echelon (08-09-2020)
speedy_04 (19-08-2020)
echelon (08-09-2020)
usals is something you do on the receiver, make sure your latittude and longtitude is correct (use dish pointer dot com ) then adjust accordingly by tweaking the values either way
interesting to say the least, I still use a TRIAX TD110 dish and have recently had to change from the d@rkmotor or one with a different name on it, but basically the same motor , which point downwards
in the past I have had a STAB motor that pointed upwards and a TM2600 which pointed downwards
it looks like you changed from the downwards pointing TM to the upwards pointing STAB from the pictures
that top bracket reminds me of the metal brackets I bought to screw my fence panels together across the concrete uprights , so I assume you have added it for added strength due to the weight ?
and adding the angle brackets is just to "pad out" the actual mounting bracket to push the dish away from the mounting spigot ?
or is it there to sit on top of the mounting spigot to hold the weight ?
I assume you didnt need extra angle brackets for the scaffold pole mount itself , just to keep the dish away from the motor
its definitely an interesting yet back to basics project, just some extra metalwork and nuts , bolts and washers etc
well done
the two mounting brackets are used to push the dish out enough from the motor. without that set up i would have had to purchase the kit that you can use a super jack motor (see attached) but that would have added a lot more weight. think it was around another 5+ kg and also extra wiring on top of that so going to a stab motor was the best option.
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