Good choices so far, although I'm not very familiar with the VS Ultra. It should have blind scan capability.
The bigger dish the better, and the mount depends on your roof and your view of the southern sky. If it's going on your roof, you'll have to climb up there to tune it, tweak it. I started with my dish on the roof and finally, after several trips, had to move it to a pole in the back yard. The type of motor depends on the size of your dish. I have a 90cm dish with a Satcontrol SM3D22 and am very happy with it. A friend has a STAB motor and it works fine too. Many retailers offer inexpensive meters free or at discount, or in a kit, when you buy your gear. I purchased an ACUTRACK22 version 1 for $88 on eBay, but a simple analog meter will work fine. The connectors on the orphan coax may be corroded and should probably be replaced I buy all of my gear from two retailers, which I always recommend: http://www.gofastmotorsports.com/rickssatellitehome.htm http://www.sadoun.com Good Luck. Don't get discouraged on your install. Make sure your mount is "plumb". Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: intricate.rm To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 12:24 AM Subject: [TVRO] Seeks assistance to spec first FTA system... Ive been doing some reading and would like to assemble my first FTA system. Can anyone assist me to spec out the hardware needed to finish building the system? What I have in mind so far: VIEWSAT ULTRA receiver Invacom Quad LNBF I am open to suggestion whether a 30 or 35 inch dish would be best for rooftop mounting. I'd like to acquire a simple tonal analog meter to align the dish. I am looking for a motor to motorize the dish. Don't know a lot about servos as much as I know about stepper motors. I currently have coax in place from an orphan DISH system. Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions in the above mentioned areas. Novice ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/751 - Release Date: 4/7/2007 10:57 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
