I will try to explain a brief introduction on how to assemble Vsat from the very first step. Actually, when you bought a vsat antenna they will give you a manual book which actually quite clear on how to assemble the antenna because it is actually a self-installation. But, i will share all these steps according to my personal experience in the field and the antenna i used is Prodelin 1.2M Ku-BAND Rx/Tx ANTENNA SERIES 1136.
The pre-installation process must be complete before you assemble anything or open anything from the boxes. What is the pre-installation? First thing first you need to check is, the west direction from the spot you picked for the antenna clear from obstacle (such as tree and buldings). And then you need to buy a pole (iron pipe) 3" inch dim (diameter) and 3M height. Why must 3M? because you need to dig the ground up to 1M so that i will had solid foundation when you pour the cement inside. You need at least 1 full day to make sure the foundation of the pole is dry enough. Use Inclinometer to make sure the pole is straight.
The pre-installation process must be complete before you assemble anything or open anything from the boxes. What is the pre-installation? First thing first you need to check is, the west direction from the spot you picked for the antenna clear from obstacle (such as tree and buldings). And then you need to buy a pole (iron pipe) 3" inch dim (diameter) and 3M height. Why must 3M? because you need to dig the ground up to 1M so that i will had solid foundation when you pour the cement inside. You need at least 1 full day to make sure the foundation of the pole is dry enough. Use Inclinometer to make sure the pole is straight.
After the pre-installation process complete, when the antenna arrive the first thing will caught your eye called "Reflector", because it is the biggest box in the carrier and the 1,2M indicator is the indication of how big is the diameter of the antenna. After that, you can check that there are 2 small boxes that go along with the reflector, the first box will be the place for the Sky edge modem (black color) and the second small box contain LNB,BUC and feedhorn (separated).
Just a reminder that you must check everything (damage boxes or missing part) before the carrier go so that they will have the responsibilities if anything happen.
Just a reminder that you must check everything (damage boxes or missing part) before the carrier go so that they will have the responsibilities if anything happen.
Based on my experience, the first thing i would do is assemble the LNB,BUC, and Feedhorn altogther. Why am i taking this step as my first step because this is the most important part from the antenna you really need a cool head and clear mind when assemble this because you need to be careful and patient. This part is very tricky because the hardware is very fragile and all bolts looks the same don't get careless when putting the bolts. The complete parts altoghether you can see above (image on the header).
After you finished with the LNB,BUC and Feedhorn the next step you need to is to assemble the whole reflector with all the parts that come along. The first step you need to stick the Canister to the back of the reflector using the correct bolts. So, what is a Canister? Canister is the parts where you can see a hole on the bottom, that hole is the place for the iron pipe. Finished with sticking the canister to the reflector, we move on to the Feed Rod that stick shape parts that looks like a tripod to hold the LNB,BUC and Feedhorn (as you can see on the image above) when facing to the Reflector. REMINDER!! do not attach the LNB,BUC, and Feedhorn to the Feed Rod before you place the Reflector on the Iron Pipe/Pole because before you tighten the bolt that connect the Feedhorn with the Feed Rod you need to adjust the LNB skew.
You can check the elevation of the antenna and the LNB skew on dishpointer.com choose the satellite (74.9E ABS-2) and type in your area where you want to plant Vsat. They will give you info about the elevation of the antenna and the LNB skew. You must use inclinometer to check the elevation of the antenna (stick the inclino to the flat surface on the canister) and for the LNB skew you can check out here http://www.satsig.net/polangle.htm as your direction when finding the right angle.