Direcway internet satellite for FTA

[fad_shen]

Hi All,

I saw the following topic:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=61870&highlight=Direcway

and was wondering if anyone knows how large was that dish is? ... is it an oval or circular shape and roughly where in the US was this ... lat .. lon

Many thanks,

Fady

 

[Mr Tony]

There are 2 models. The "small one" is 32x20 and the larger is 37x27 (I think)

I have the 32x20 and it works fine for most FTA here in Minnesota

 

[scottc98]

Its more like 39x24. Got one in the basement (freebie find). Its wider that my channelmaster (36x26) but not as tall

Haven't used it yet cause the LNB was missing on it and need to have some unique way to mount one (or more)

 

[Mr Tony]

oh crap thats right...the DirecPC dish I had was 39x23

 

[Anole]

mount that LNB

User Z4cCamaro had an interesting way of mounting an LNB.
Check out his pictures.
I went to the hardware store yesterday and got some of the brackets, and am following in his footsteps.
Perhaps you could do the same.

build notes:
I bought one 1.5" and one 1.25" bracket
The 1.5" sized bracket is too large for the neck of my Invacom... which has a 1.5" neck...!
The 1.25" bracket fits the neck quite well.
With the 1.5" bracket bolted to the arm, I think the LNB might be a little too high, so I'm going to try using two 1.25" sized units.

But regardless of the LNB being .25" high or maybe low, I think a minor adjustment to the dish elevation will resolve the problem.
If I were relying on the skew on the dish mount, then changing the focal point might be a problem.
I'm not, so I don't expect any difficulty.

 

[turbosat]

39x23, direcway dish I have. Spent about 3hours just today, trying to find G10 with it. Pain in the rear (no meter) Works out ok with good signal levels but the least bit of rain washes it out. Used it for a couple of months last yr before I got a good primestar oval.

 

[MotleyFool]

emt, emt hangers, some all thread, nuts, lock washers, these are all your friends for a DirecWay conversion.

 

[scottc98]

emt, emt hangers, some all thread, nuts, lock washers, these are all your friends for a DirecWay conversion.

Got a install instruction or picture for this

 

[Anole]

for what? mounting the dish?

If that question was for how to mount the dish to reduce the weight, check out this old Primestar thread.
Give it a read-through, looking at all the pictures and absorbing all the ideas.
I certainly found a lot of good info over there.

If it was for anything else, I want to see pix, too.