Best LNB and Bracket for HughesNet 90cm Dish

[RimaNTSS]

Correction: 31 liters!

Ups, you have way better memory than me

 

[a33]

Ups, you have way better memory than me

Don't know about that.

I just thought one bucket full (10 liters) would not be much, and then used Google. I had no idea it even was 31 liters.

For years, I try to popularize checking the geometry and locating the focal spot of dishes just using small mirrors, and am disappointed that it is not commonly used.
Maybe it deserves to be included in "sticky" posts?

It might indeed be usefull to make a sticky in the FTA FAQ's, with some general info and/or links of what is helpful when setting up a dish?

Including for instance:
string test,
mirror method (to determine focal point),
measuring and calculating focal point location,
use of dishpointer.com,
practical need for a satbeeper/satfinder,
aligning dish azimuth, using the sun,
sun outage: checking free line of sight,
use of inclinometer (or inclinometer app) for motorized setups,
....

The FAQ section looks like it could use an update, to help the FTA-starters getting started.

Greetz,
A33

 

[Pepper]

I pass this dish on the way home from work every day. It’s just off the road so I grabbed these pictures for you. Hope they help! It looks like the aiming point is directly at the center of the dish.

Thanks for these pictures! I just discovered yesterday that I have one of these in my stash, had completely forgotten about it. This will be my project for the upcoming weekend.

 

[arlo]

Pulled my retired Wild Blue dish from 'the pile'. It initially had a tria mounted under the arms pointed at a subreflector.
It took a bit of doing. The water trik was a disaster. Little stick on mylar mirrors and maybe a little smoke. The sun and a piece of paper. With a bit of playing around with angles to get the best offset figured out. That was back in my chinabox days before my friend got 'the letter'. But after some tweaks it worked pretty good. That's where i learned how important skew was with multi lnb setups. To balance signal levels. Getting that sun spot as tightly focused dead knutz in the center and jotting down the measurements. Then swinging it left and right to make sure it stays a spot. Adjusting elevation and doing it all over again. Patience.