Pictures of a Primestar Dish.

[mr.crane]

This is the dish I got for FREE yesterday, in Dublin, Ca from an Ice Skating Rink, they were going to throw it away. Which motor will work for this Dish. I measured it, it is wide 39.5 inches and height 29.9.

 

[voomvoom]

Try again mr.crane, I don't see any picture?

Al

 

[PSB]

If you remove as MUCH weight as possible it will work on a Moteck SG2100.....

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=23072&highlight=Primestar+sg2100

 

[mr.crane]

here are pics!

Sorry!

 

[PSB]

Same 40" Primestar as I have

(Seen in the middle below)

GREAT Dish I have mine fixed on Pas 9 with an Invacom Universal LNBF right now

 

[mr.crane]

Same 40" Primestar as I have

(Seen in the middle below)

GREAT Dish I have mine fixed on Pas 9 with an Invacom Universal LNBF right now

Pete, was it alot of work to add the Invacom, i have one also!

 

[PSB]

Nice! The down side with the 40" dish is the dish does not rotate to skew, I have mine on a poor mans H to H mount for now. BIG difference in signal quality when you skew the WHOLE dish and not just the LNBF (Of course)

 

[BKP]

Very nice score especially with that ground mount..

 

[mr.crane]

Very nice score especially with that ground mount..

Yes! just need some cement blocks to secure if from moving, I guess I will use this one only for G10!, and that depends on the picture quality.

 

[mr.crane]

Nice! The down side with the 40" dish is the dish does not rotate to skew, I have mine on a poor mans H to H mount for now. BIG difference in signal quality when you skew the WHOLE dish and not just the LNBF (Of course)

Pete! you have any more pics of your H-H mount, and does it scan the whole orbit?

 

[PSB]

Yes the "Poormans H to H Mount" scans the whole arc

Been using this method for years in the UK before coming here!

 

[waters]

M r. Crane

I live in Santa Cruz and have a Primestar pointed at G10. It works great! KEG's comes in at 59 or 60 on a pansat. It would hardly come in on my motorized dish

 

[mr.crane]

Yes the "Poormans H to H Mount" scans the whole arc

Been using this method for years in the UK before coming here![/QUOTh
Thnks Pete!

 

[mr.crane]

M r. Crane

I live in Santa Cruz and have a Primestar pointed at G10. It works great! KEG's comes in at 59 or 60 on a pansat. It would hardly come in on my motorized dish

are you using the original lnb that was attached to the dish?

 

[PSB]

Hope the above has given you some ideas

I use many different LNB's I crack them open and the 20mm neck is a PERFECT fit for the LNB holder!

 

[waters]

No I am not using the original LBN. I took the single LBN ,SHN-031 invacom LBN, that I had on my motorized dish and zip locked it on the Primestar dish. The Primestar dish that I got didn't have it's original LBN. It seem to work fine with the zip locks.

 

[iafirebuff]

Just curious if you could advise what type of "clamp" you have on your primestar? I have a regular antenna u-bolt, but I can't get it down tight on my spare Primestar. The Primestar I have up has a different type of clamp that works perfect. I can't find them anywhere! Thanks!

 

[Inno]

I like the way you guys think. Just goes to show that with a bit of ingenuity there really is no "wrong" way to do things......unless of course it doesn't work.

 

[iafirebuff]

Nevermind... I found some bolts and a bracket in my "junk can"