New Pictures: 100CM dish

[Sadoun]

We have added some new pictures for the 100cm Offset dish. We also introduced a heavy duty floor mount for this dish.




MORE PICTURES HERE!

[ftaeddie]

I ordered one of these FM100 floor mounts and it came today. However I don't know how to drive the "Anchor Bolts" into the floor (due to weird bolt design)...apparently they're supposed to anchor the base frame to my wooden balcony floor. But judging by this example picture showing these anchor bolts laying next to the mounted pole they are not even being used for that stated purpose. Should I just forget about these "Anchor Bolts" and get some 1/4 inch hex head self driving screws from my local hardware store?

Thanks for any advice you can give me.

[Admin]

The bolts you see are used with concrete floors. If you have a wooden platform, use lag screws.

[ftaeddie]

Oh, I see. Thank you.

[bobkat]

Originally Posted by Admin

If you have a wooden platform, use lag screws.

Yeah... big ones !!! (for that monster !!!) HeHeHe

kat

[ftaeddie]

What size lag screw do people recommend? Thanks for any help you can give me.

[bobkat]

Well, depends what you are mounting the dish on (ie: how thick the wood mounting base is) but I would not go less than 3/8" by 2 3/4" lag screws.

kat

[ftaeddie]

Thanks for the size info. I think my baseboard is 2'' x 4''. I will get the 3/8 * 2 3/4 tomorrow. Maybe I should stick with 3/8 * 2, huh?

[bobkat]

Originally Posted by ftaeddie

Thanks for the size info. I think my baseboard is 2'' x 4''. I will get the 3/8 * 2 3/4 tomorrow. Maybe I should stick with 3/8 * 2, huh?

Well, that depends on whether you can see the ends of the lag screws protruding through the underside of the 2X4. If you can't, then no big deal; let them protrude. If you can see them then I suggest using lag bolts rather than screws; at least it looks cleaner to see a nut and bolt rather than a sharp screw; safer too.

kat

[ftaeddie]

I went live today and I'm up and running now. I have my 80cm dish tracing the sky very nicely. I was able to install the FM100 floor mount to my wooden balcony using 3/8" x 2" lag screws. I had to play around with my left/right mast positioning to get good signal quality. Also the dish elevation calculations for hh90 rotor on sadoun calculator page are a little off, what should have been 38.6 degree dish EL wound up being closer to 42 for me. Also my true south sat (amc6) had absolutely nothing on it, which threw me a little bit but amc3 and the others worked out.

So far FTA seems cool. Now I just have to find the "good" stations

Thank you to everyone that helped me.

[pictureon]

Originally Posted by Admin

The bolts you see are used with concrete floors. If you have a wooden platform, use lag screws.

How do they work on concrete? I could not figure out.

[Salukian]

When attaching to concrete, I suggest you pre-drill your holes using a hammer drill and a masonry drill bit. Use a smaller screw gun to attach masonry bolts/screws. Then, HAND turn the bolts (with a screw driver... the old fashioned way) for the last few turns.

Oh, and I like the movie. Especially the part with the girl. She's cute.

http://www.sadoun.net/videos/Sadoun1Mini.wmv

[sagirma]

That is a HOT mini movie, ..... LOVE IT

[reho33]

What ever happened to the photos of a 100 CM dish and someone outside of the Sadoun HQ using a Sathawk showing the signal and picture quality? Tried to find it on forums and no luck.

[carl066]

I've just installed my 100-cm Fortec. Was hoping that there would be some sort of threaded fine adjustment in the vertical plane, but no. The 75-cm Star Choice dish has such an adjuster. If the vertical setting you are adjusting around is less than 40 degrees, there will be a tendency for the dish to sag down, once you've loosened the two bolts. I added a couple of beefy turnbuckles attached to the bottom mounting bracket and connected to the main mast via U-bolts. Works great and only cost a few bucks. Too bad Fortec couldn't come up with something similar.