Need Help - How to Setup and Remount 1 meter Fortec Motorized Dish on a roof

[jsattv]

Davage, thanks for the info and great installation video except that when I play it the last 1 and a half minutes are missing.

Re the shaky roof mount, I found out from the Fortec Dealer today that there are 3supporting arms or legs for the 1 meter dish. They go around the dish pole on a band that can be tightened, then they can be bolted to the roof. They were provided free at the dealer, but made me wonder why they were not originally supplied!!

 

[mrweather]

Interesting. You're not the first to have a problem with missing hardware.

My buddy put up a 1m Fortec last summer and found they had packed the wrong support braces for the lnb arm. The dealer replaced them without a problem but really, they should've been there in the first place.

The mounting bracket for my 90cm Fortec came with the "outriggers". I never ended up using it as I custom installed a mast for the motor setup but it was good to know they included them.

 

[Hakkamike]

Here is a shot of my rooftop installation using a vent sleave as described by Pittsville. In addition to being U-bolted to the top and bottom cords of the truss it is pinned to the bottom truss to prevent rotation. Some shimming may be required to plumb the pole if the truss is not perfectly vertical. I recommend schedule 40 pipe if you mounting point is going be be more than a couple feet above the roofline.

What is missing in this picture is proper grounding of both the pole and the coax.

Nice setup, I did mine the same way a while back.