My New (To Me) BUD

[beavs2112]

Finally got my 10 foot BUD up and running. I got it from a guy about an hour from me. It was only on a 9 foot pole so i bought a new 18 foot sched 40 pole for $80. I needed to clear my shed (the burgundy colored building in pic # 1 so that's why the pole is so tall. It's 5' in the ground with an 8' copper clad ground rod attached. I think the dish is a Star Trak dish since the original LNB was a Star Trak and the receiver was a Star Trak 8. It was sold by a company called Zorra TV in Zorra Ontario Canada (pop 8000) and they're still in business so I'll call them to see if they know the make/model.

While my new AZbox Premium + is doing a blind scan of 91W C-band i thought i'd post these pics. sorry they're not clearer but it's only a cell phone. got some tree trimming to do next to see the westernmost end of the arc. some of them are leaning on my chainlink fence also.

Kevin

 

[photoman76]

Very nice installation. The photos are excellent also. Cell phone camera quality has really improved. How did you get the dish up there on the pole?

 

[beavs2112]

thanks photoman. i am proud of the job i did. the mount went on first because it was so heavy solid thick steel (dish is aluminum). then i fed a rope thru the mount's top left dish bolt hole and then thru the dish's top left mount hole then tied a good knot on the other side of the dish. then i just hauled up on the rope while my neighbour guided the dish from the ground (i was on the ladder). i had already inserted the bolts in the other 3 mount holes. after some minor guidance i got all other bolts in place then put on the lock washers and nuts. we both had a nice cold corona afterwards though it was hot work in the sun!

 

[Corrado]

Nice professional looking install. Good job. :up

 

[sideswiper]

nice job hope you enjoy c band as much as i do good luck

 

[comfrey]

Very Cool install.

 

[beavs2112]

thanks @ sideswiper i'm loving c-band already after 2 days! it's so cool to find stuff! when i saw that quality indicator go up on the receiver during alignment i was so happy i did a little dance!

 

[turbosat]

Must've been an ordeal getting a dish up that high! And for an 18' pipe that doesn't sound like a bad price either , though I suppose you're talking Canadian dollars. Hate to have to work on that one very much without a lift truck lol.