Motor on Sky Dish

[garry1312]

If I was to add a motor to a Sky dish what satellites would I be able to pick up and would they be decent satellites with films in english? Not to bothered about sports being in another language.

[Rodbouy]

I dont think you will be able to fit a motor to a sky dish mate, I maybe wrong tho.

[garry1312]

cool could i use a dish of a similar size mate?

[bj1]

a motor works best on a 80cm dish and upwards.....BJ1

[Rodbouy]

Get a 80cm motorised dish pack for ?100.

Thats what I have in the west of scotland.

I get 28, 23, 19, 16, 13, 9

[bj1]

you get them on ebay for 70 quid....

[Rodbouy]

Even better then.

[garry1312]

nice and with a 80-85cm dish would i be able to use the current bracket and how much roughly would it cost to get installed if i dont do it myself.

[garry1312]

i also cant find a set up for those prices on ebay all start a good wee bit above ?100.

[bj1]

search under satellite dish prices low to high buy it now you will find one for 70 quid

[garry1312]

cheers mate

[Rodbouy]

here mate

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=80cm+motorised+dish&_sacat=0&_dmpt=UK_ConEle_SatCableFreeview_RL&_odkw=80+cm+sat+dish&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

Also its not that hard to install mate, time patience and some tools.

Here is a wee guide I wrote up awhile back it might help you.

Sat set up.zip

[garry1312]

thanks mate and can that dish support full HD?

[Rodbouy]

Dished or lnb dont dictate HD signals.

You see see the claim in HD lnbs but its a lot of nonsense.

So you will be fine with any setup mate.

[dave-h]

To answer your original question you can motorise a Sky dish. Though obviously a bigger dish will be better/pick up more sats.

I know a lad in Glasgow who runs a Z2 on a motor and is able to receive 42e,39e,28e,19e,13e,9e and 5W and even a few of the stronger tps on 16e