Inclinometer

[sharpee]

I want to get myself an inclinometer. I did a aearch on the major chain retailers.
No one had an "inclinometer" for sale. But I found an angle finder at Lowes.
Attahched is a pic of it : can someone let me know if this would help me out??

Sharpee

 

[global0]

There are many different builds of the same basic idea. Here is a number of differnt products: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/102...ngle Finder&rh=n:468240,k:Angle Finder&page=1

I have one with a magnetic base and it does the job.

 

[Greg Mueller]

Yes, to a certain degree........

 

[123tim]

Yes, to a certain degree........

Greg,

What's your angle?


Sharpee.

You could also make one as shown here:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/math_explorer/tfl_howHigh_inclinometer.html

I seem to have much better luck estimating....Straight over my head is 90º,
half of that is 45º, half of that is 22.5º etc.
I've only messed with homemade inclinometers though. It's hard to keep them (edit) still. Maybe a manufactured one would make a world of difference.

(edit 2) I only use this to survey a potential site. It won't do much for actually setting up your dish (if that is what you were wanting).

Good luck.

 

[Greg Mueller]

Ok, all seriousness aside....
Shaun Kenny gives some good tips on using an inclinometer in the first link at the top of this page
http://boresight.ripco.com/

 

[WyrTwister]

I want to get myself an inclinometer. I did a aearch on the major chain retailers.
No one had an "inclinometer" for sale. But I found an angle finder at Lowes.
Attahched is a pic of it : can someone let me know if this would help me out??

Sharpee

Bought mine at harbor freight .

Wyr

 

[Sadoun]

We sell the Johnson Level inclinometer:

 

[starman345]

I still have an inclinometer that I bought from Shawn Kenny, plus a lot of other stuff. I always looked forward to him bringing out the worst receiver of the week and smashing it with a slegehammer....and then of course there was yellow rain
Thanks for the trip down memory lane Greg

 

[sidekick]

Here's an inclinometer from Harbor Freight for under $6.00. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=34214

 

[sharpee]

Thanks guys!!
I love this forum, been learning quite alot.
Now i need to learn how to use the angle finder!
Need to determine where to place the thing for proper EL alignment.

Sharpee

 

[WyrTwister]

Thanks guys!!
I love this forum, been learning quite alot.
Now i need to learn how to use the angle finder!
Need to determine where to place the thing for proper EL alignment.

Sharpee

You can read some of my rambelings on angle finder at ;

hxxp://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=62571&highlight=angle+finder

Replace the xx with tt for a working link .

I promise some if the info is reasonably accurate .

Wyr

 

[sharpee]

Sorry guys,
I should have stated I have an offset dish!
Dish is 35x30 inches with standard lnbf
Traxis 3500 receiver
Tried leveling the mount as plum as i could with a mind for the dish weight
I noticed my lnbf has a couple of small cracks on the round white cover with a very small pinhole!! Could my lnbf be water damaged?? I got it and the dish at a flee market.
The dish looks like its fine.
Thanks again!,

Sharpee

 

[WyrTwister]

Sorry guys,
I should have stated I have an offset dish!
Dish is 35x30 inches with standard lnbf
Traxis 3500 receiver
Tried leveling the mount as plum as i could with a mind for the dish weight
I noticed my lnbf has a couple of small cracks on the round white cover with a very small pinhole!! Could my lnbf be water damaged?? I got it and the dish at a flee market.
The dish looks like its fine.
Thanks again!,

Sharpee

Gently try removing the white cap . Some twist a little & pull straifgt off , kind of a bayonet setup .

If the insides look OK , put the white cap back on & seal it back up with some silicone or E6000 .

Remember to set the skew on the LNBF , when you re-install it on the mount .

If all else fails , linear polorized Ku LNBF's are moderatly priced .

Wyr