spirit level on dish
Wrightsaerials
The instructions made great play of this accessory- obviously the manufacturers
are very proud of it. But what's it for? You don't need one, and you can't make
sensible use of one. Is someone at Channelmaster having a laugh? Bill W
ANDY
<wrights...@aol.com> writes
-- I think the idea of the spirit level is to ensure that the dish is plum, so
that the skew of the lnb is not compromised, maybe some installers do not know
that the skew of the lnb is adjustable from it's factory setting who knows?.
Also I did here that some installers like to reform the mesh dish to get a
better signal, something to-do with pre-assembled dish's rolling about in the
back of the van, and loosing thier true shape!.
Maybe this is why some manufacturers would prefer sky to spec solid dish's,
harder to bend you see.
Are you sure the dish is a channelmaster and not one made be a company called
raven, they also are going for that spirit level look.
ANDY
Wrightsaerials
azimunth are all adjusted whilst observing the signal (or should be) I can't
see what a spirit level has got to do with it. All three parameters vary,
dependent on the location of the dish, so how could you set them up with a
spirit level? Even if the level was used in conjunction with a chart of some
sort to get a rough alignment, the final alignment would still have to be by
meter or analyser. bill W
ANDY
<wrights...@aol.com> writes
-- Well I hope the spirit level is not there, to ensure that the dish is not
installed side on, and then trying for the best signal, now I have seen upside
down lnb's ( analog systems ), and I have also seen an upside-down floor
mounted ofset dish, both of which work fine but look dam silly.
ANDY
David Taylor
> -- Well I hope the spirit level is not there, to ensure that the dish is not
> installed side on, and then trying for the best signal, now I have seen
> upside down lnb's ( analog systems ), and I have also seen an upside-down
> floor mounted ofset dish, both of which work fine but look dam silly.
No offence, but I have no idea what you're talking about, since that entire
paragraph is one rambling sentence which makes no sense.
--
David Taylor
david...@co.uk
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Mark Stevens
wrote:
I did notice that my Sky+ installed dish had a spirit level but it
wasn't! Got to admire them. That and the excellent job they did of
slinging the cable into my gutter when they said they were going to
pin it to the facing boards - great guys!
Mark
Wrightsaerials
in a newsgroup.
I agree that the poor use of language can obscure meaning, but I understood
what the guy was on about. I know it's annoying to read poor English, but I
think we should live and let live. Bill W.
Stephen Hogg
make the odd mistake and I wouldn't dream of nit-picking over them but
some contributors to the newsgroups seem to either have a complete
disregard for grammar in its entirety or reduce their messages to
something which takes time to decipher because of their propensity for
using txt msging abbreviations.
It has always been a tenet of the newsgroups that we never criticise
poor grammar or spelling on the understanding that English might not be
the writers first language. I have every sympathy with that but
sometimes it seems that the guys who don't have English as their first
language make a better job of writing the language, or at least
attempting to, than some contributors who are English.
Some messages are so poorly written it can take ages to understand what
the author is banging on about. If we all ignore the very badly written
stuff and, worse, make a religion out of not addressing the problem,
then sooner or later no-one is going to know what the h*ll anyone else
is talking about. Poorly written messages are, after all, the source of
most flames.
When I first started reading the ngs the rule was write it, read it,
pause, send it ... but that was 15 years ago.
I will now get down of my soapbox. Shields up, shades down, flame on.
my regards,
Steve
Sathelp
to make sure the fitters get it level. Saves loads of trouble and call
backs later.
"Wrightsaerials" <wrights...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20010927143059...@mb-cl.aol.com...
Martin Pickering {UK}
Stephen Hogg <sdh...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>With all due respect (and I do mean that) can I disagree? I know we all
>make the odd mistake and I wouldn't dream of nit-picking over them but
>some contributors to the newsgroups seem to either have a complete
>disregard for grammar in its entirety or reduce their messages to
>something which takes time to decipher because of their propensity for
>using txt msging abbreviations.
<LECTURE MODE ON>
I agree. As many of you know, I give free advice via e-mail, apart from
publishing some 500+ pages of free information and "virtual books" on my
web sites and visiting this group when time permits.
However, one of the prerequisites for receiving my free advice is that you
don't waste my time. If you can't spell words like "receiver" and "aerial"
I find it mildly irritating, since it gives me the impression that you
don't really care. I also feel that it shows a lack of respect that you
can't be bothered to run a spellchecker through your text.
If your spelling and grammar are so bad that I can't understand what you
mean then I'm not going to waste my time even trying. This comment applies
especially to those who don't start a sentence with a capital letter or end
it with a full stop. The meaning may be obvious to *you* but how am I
supposed to guess where the stops are meant to be? Randomly sprinkled
commas and apostrophes don't help to make your meaning clear, either.
If you have a real problem with English as your native language, now is the
time to visit your local library to ask about adult learning courses.
Otherwise you'll continue to give everyone the impression that you are a 6
year old child with writing abilities to match.
I correspond with a 13 year old dyslexic boy whose English is almost
impeccable. I know he finds it a struggle but he makes the effort.
Consequently, you would barely tell from his writing that he is not an
adult.
Bottom line is that first impressions really do count. If you want to
receive a condescending reply, no reply at all or - even worse, because
your meaning wasn't clear - the *wrong* reply, then carry on "texting" and
ignore punctuation, spelling and grammar.
<LECTURE MODE OFF>
Martin Pickering
http://www.satcure.co.uk
http://www.satcure.com
P.S. yes I know the adage regarding "people in glass houses". If I've left
any "typos" in this message I apologise. My news reader software is so old
that it doesn't have a spellchecker!