Arc Extension

[Costactc]

My 10' Channel Master bud is presently arcing from 11-127w. I use my 8' Fortec solid for the circular sats from 11-53w so the fact that I cannot scan sats from 131-139 west is a waste for me. I plan to loosen the main clamp on my actuator and push it up about 1/2" and add an additional part of steel to where the the main actuator is attached to the dish. The latter will ensure that the motor and dish do not meet when I am nearing the end of my arc.

I will be doing this with my good neighbour Lexmark tomorrow morning. As long as my arc starts at approximately 31.5w, where the first linear c band sat is located, then I will be able to extend it past the present 127w to accomodate those 5 sats from 131-139.

[eastof111]

Cool! Don't forget to post some pictures.

[rrob311]

Excellent idea and I am jealous because I have the room to swing the dish but I am too low to see past the trees. I have a filtered view of 131 and that's it.

[Costactc]

It's a no brainer as my 8' solid is being used exclusively for those circular sats. Will be nice to finally scan in those last 5 sats on the American arc.

[Costactc]

All done. My new arc is now 20-139w. I could move the actuator clamp slightly down if I wanted to get back to Express AM44 at 11w but that circular sat is covered with my dedicated circular 8' solid. I will post pics of the newly scanned in sats, for the moment I will have to redo all my positioner positions:


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[eastof111]

Looks good Costa, enjoy the arc!

[easily confused]

Looking good, bud.

[Costactc]

I ran into a small hiccup after scanning in 135w, my dish flopped. My son helped get the motor and dish back on track. I attached a piece of wood, as advised by Lexmark, to prevent future flops. I also moved the actuator clamp slightly higher but I can only get to 135w. I'm going to store my sat positions once again but me thinks I'm going to have to put the actuator on the other side. Here are a couple of pics showing how close the motor arm is and how close the dish is to dropping again:


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[eastof111]

Probably will take some experimenting to find the sweet spot for that particular actuator.

[Costactc]

I'm sure if I place the actuator on the west side that 139w will be no issue but I'm not quite sure how much of the east side I will lose, no biggee.

[Costactc]

I will be slapping the motor on the west side for the first time ever, always had a fascination with the Atlantic sats. Since my 8' dish is basically set up for that side, my 10' will be concentrating more on the American side. It will be interesting to see what my new arc will be on this dish.

[Costactc]

We managed, without any hitches, to place the actuator on the western side. All sats are now programmed into my Pansat positioner and my new arc is 31-139w. Unfortunately 137 and 139w are a no go as my house is in the way but I have plans on slapping a side feed which should pull them in for me.

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QVC HD Amc 11 131w

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Ewtn HD Galaxy 15 133w

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Hsn HD Amc 10 135w

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