Directway
My results so far have been very good. Not sure what you are looking for in way of a mount. Does your dish still have the orginal arm?
I will assume it does and the original LNB is toasted? The radio has been removed? If not remove it.
As soon as I can I will try to post pictures of the below, in the mean time this might give you an idea or two to try out for a mounting bracket. I am assuming you meant the LNB bracket and not the dish mount. If you meant the dish mount, mine has the original with skew adjustments. Can't help you there, so I will just post this for others who might need an idea of mounting the LNB!
Unless you just want to make a bracket, you can buy one on Ebay for like $7 bucks including shipping just to test with.
If your dish still has the original arm, It should have 2 allen bolts? The original mount required 2 allen bolts (not sure of the size but would appear to be near 5mm to 6mm. In between those two holes you should see a slot about 1" to 1 1/2" wide and about the same in depth. It has a small back stop the original LNB rested against. Remove that...with a cut off grinder or dremel tool. Leave the bottom part in, that will give your new bracket a rest stop.
Now you need something like a 1"x 1" aluminium angle about 4" long. Bore 2 holes in the angle so they fit exactly over the 2 original holes in your dishes arm.
Make sure the angle is turned like and upside down L and it covers the very front (looking towards the dish) of the original mounting. Use the original Allen bolts and mount it!
Now you are going to need to take the new bracket, and cut out a slot just wide enough for it (new LNB bracket) to slide down in. The very top side of the upside down L, should be nice and flat and should fit nicely. Thats where you need to cut the slot, just cut until your depth meets the side of the aluminium. Don't remove the side.
It will be about 1" wide and you need to cut out enough aluminium that the Plastic mount can fit snug and plumb and slide up and down. If you cut this out accordingly this will put your LNB very close to the focal point of the original LNB. You will also have enough up and down adjustments to get it close if not exactly the same. Depending of course on type of LNB. Leave the aluminium on the Front side looking towards the dish because it will act as support and you will need to bore a hole in it later.
If you purchase the mount from Ebay I suggested, it comes in 2 parts, Plastic and metal with 2 mounting bolts. Don't use the metal part, you will not need it.
If you follow the above the plastic part should fit nice and plumb in your slot you cut in the aluminium angel. Fit it in, and in the center you should see the up down adjustment slot on the plastic, drill a horizontal hole in the aluminium angle centered and sized to fit the bolts that came with the new bracket. Should be something like 4mm hole or 5mm... Now bolt it on this will make a very nice and simple means to mount a Linear LNB for testing.
Later you might wont to reinforce it by taking another aluminium angel cut to fit over the inside part to support the front side of the LNB holder (the inward side facing the dish)
The back side should be covered by your 1st attempt. All this sounds complicated, took me about 5 minutes to make and it will not move, bend or otherwise. Still have adjustments for Up and down and I can change my LNB with ease.
Note, The DirectPC dish needs to be set to dead zero on Skew and you have to skew the LNB alone for stationary setups. Also know, it is very narrow to adjust, means you have to move it in very small steps. Like a 1/16" at a time and sometimes that is to much!
I had very good luck with a FortecStar Linear Universal LNB and this setup.
LNB information is, FSKUVN Universal Linear FortecStar. Standard LNB would be just fine. LNB costs Less than$20 bucks...
I will try as soon as I can to post actual pics of my mounting of the LNB. I am going to have to beef it up a little as I have added an Invacom LNB and its much larger and heavier than the Fortec. So far my mount has worked well with no sagging even under the weight of the new Invacom LNB. :up
I know this sounds very confusing and complicated just to mount and LNB. However, I researched this Dish for almost 2 years before making my bracket. Let me tell you in that time, I saw all sorts of expensive and confusing and very complicated mounts for this dish. Why? I asked myself! I saw all sorts of mounts using machine shops and about every thing possible but simple.
My mount may not be the best idea out there but it was simple and cost less than $4 dollars not including the Plastic LNB holder. I could have made just as easy...Just prefered that plastic one better. With this approach you can add LNBs using a MAGIC LNB bracket with ease which what I like...Easy is best!
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