... and it's up!
Will need alot of tuning and peaking tommorrow, but just couldn't wait to get it up
I guess that's one sign I'm an FTA addict; another is that the final pictures bring a tear to my eye. Is there anything more beautiful that seeing multiple satellite dishes gazing thoughtfully up at the stars... and realizing they're on YOUR house?
Fun things I've learned thus far in my MicroBUD adventure:
1. 1.2m is BIG. Like, REALLY big (see first picture).
2. My SG2100 DOES move the dish from one end of the arc to the other and back without locking up or getting an error light. Not that it moves very quickly
3. Setting up a dish like this by yourself is insane.
4. I am insane.
5. Directions included doesn't mean they're always helpful.
6. There are always enough spare parts left over to cause panic.
7. Patriot 1.2m dishes fit ok on STAB motors; they don't work on SG2100's.
8. Anyone who recycles old Dish Network parts to make the above work is insane.
9. See #4.
10. Neighbors think you're insane climbing around on your roof at midnight installing what looks like something a rather unsubtle foreign spy might use.
11. Wives do not appreciate the door being open and shut 35 times while running in for this or that.
I'm sure I'll have lots more interesting facts tommorrow, if I get a chance to try it out. In the meantime, enjoy some pictures. The Patriot came shrink-wrapped and banded to a large wooden pallet. Anyone in the Utah area need some firewood?
Will need alot of tuning and peaking tommorrow, but just couldn't wait to get it up
I guess that's one sign I'm an FTA addict; another is that the final pictures bring a tear to my eye. Is there anything more beautiful that seeing multiple satellite dishes gazing thoughtfully up at the stars... and realizing they're on YOUR house? Fun things I've learned thus far in my MicroBUD adventure:
1. 1.2m is BIG. Like, REALLY big (see first picture).
2. My SG2100 DOES move the dish from one end of the arc to the other and back without locking up or getting an error light. Not that it moves very quickly
3. Setting up a dish like this by yourself is insane.
4. I am insane.
5. Directions included doesn't mean they're always helpful.
6. There are always enough spare parts left over to cause panic.
7. Patriot 1.2m dishes fit ok on STAB motors; they don't work on SG2100's.
8. Anyone who recycles old Dish Network parts to make the above work is insane.
9. See #4.
10. Neighbors think you're insane climbing around on your roof at midnight installing what looks like something a rather unsubtle foreign spy might use.
11. Wives do not appreciate the door being open and shut 35 times while running in for this or that.
I'm sure I'll have lots more interesting facts tommorrow, if I get a chance to try it out. In the meantime, enjoy some pictures. The Patriot came shrink-wrapped and banded to a large wooden pallet. Anyone in the Utah area need some firewood?
