hey peeps, newbie needs advice...

[saj1985]

yes they can, however i have trees in my line of sight on 28.2e and have no probs, but 28.2e IS a strong sat for uk, you MAY have probs with some of the weaker ones

a long time ago i had a quote from a geeza,
he checked on his electronic satellite compass,
he said i should get thor, sirius, astra 28.2, astra 19, hotbird, hispasat and many more.

i dont remember whether he said it will be an issue or not,
but theres a tree in the way, and the thing is, its a big one
its in the line of astra 28.2e, hence my concern.

[Shady]

only one way to find out mate.....

[saj1985]

only one way to find out mate.....

i hear ya, was wondering if i got a digital satellite compass,
wouldn't that show me if i could get the satellite even with the tree there?

or is that just a basis to show me the right direction?

[Shady]

no, they just help to find direction etc... you need to get the dish up there and attach it to a meter/tv to have any indication

[ron007]

I bought the same dish of ebay mate delivered super quick.I found the hardest part was getting the bracket level.I'm just outside crewe and get loads of sat's .Still a newb myself mate and found its easier than it sounds.Bought a cheap meter from argos and in little writing it says not sutible for motorised dish.I still used it ok though.

[Shady]

go to dishpointer.com, type in your postcode, zoom in to your house and place the marker where your dish will be, pick a sat, from the drop down list (28.2e) this will show you the direction with a blue line.. you can then use the obstacle checker to get rough idea

[saj1985]

I bought the same dish of ebay mate delivered super quick.I found the hardest part was getting the bracket level.I'm just outside crewe and get loads of sat's .Still a newb myself mate and found its easier than it sounds.Bought a cheap meter from argos and in little writing it says not sutible for motorised dish.I still used it ok though.

so im in the same boat as you were!
the dish etc seem good quality?

go to dishpointer.com, type in your postcode, zoom in to your house and place the marker where your dish will be, pick a sat, from the drop down list (28.2e) this will show you the direction with a blue line.. you can then use the obstacle checker to get rough idea

i didnt realise there was an obstacle option on dishpointer,
i think i might be able to get away with the side of the tree, fingers crossed

[ron007]

so im in the same boat as you were!
the dish etc seem good quality?



i didnt realise there was an obstacle option on dishpointer,
i think i might be able to get away with the side of the tree, fingers crossed

Well its been up over a week now in all that wind and its still getting all the sat's i'm picking up some sat's that i should need a bigger dish for so i am pleased.The biggest problem i am having now is sorting the good channels from the rubbish .Lol yeah overall i'm pretty pleased

[saj1985]

Well its been up over a week now in all that wind and its still getting all the sat's i'm picking up some sat's that i should need a bigger dish for so i am pleased.The biggest problem i am having now is sorting the good channels from the rubbish .Lol yeah overall i'm pretty pleased

sounds all gud mate!

seems to be a couple of pli images in the download sections,
im not too sure which one i need,
so i was wondering which is the latest pli image that i need to download from the download section?

[Shady]

plijade3
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http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/images/2/pli-jade-dm500-284/

[saj1985]

plijade3
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Digital Kaos - Downloads - PLi Jade for DM500

i'll try that image...

[Shady]

in my link
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[saj1985]

in my link
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thanks for the link!
i'm still not sure whether to get a solid or a mesh dish!