Dish Setup Help

[daithi]

how high is the tree mate is it more than the 4 metres stated

[cooldood01]

Doing some really quick calculations (With a triangle piece o paper) i get just over 6mtrs, so its above the 4mtrs on that site.

[daithi]

was there a dish previously on the house if so where was it pointing at

[cooldood01]

Nope, the neighbours had one and i thought that it would be the same. But actually having a look the edge of there house just passes the trees.
Probably jumped the gun on this and thought i could make it work. I guess you live and learn.

[daithi]

cut the tree down or trim it and say nothing

[ramjet]

I was worried when I saw the trees in the picture in post #1 which was why I mentioned obstructions last night

pity you didnt post that dishpointer pic earlier as its clear the trees are in the way

you can try satellites like say 12.5w or 15w or 30w, just select one in my channel list, got to an fta channel like 1 or 2 in each list, and try aligning on one of those as it seems clearer on your western side , then try coming back down the sat list from say 30w, 22w , 15w , 12w , 8w , 5w back towards 0.8w thor

8w has a good strong feed called ishtar which is ch 1 in that list

12.5w has fox tv on ch 3

15w has mac tv on ch 1 and bbc persian on ch 2

22w has the huntington beach feeds on ch 1 and ch 2

24.5w has nta on ch 1

30w has al jazeerah on ch 1 and euronews on ch 2

once you can step through them you can see how far east you get before tree blockages

I assume these trees are not in your garden ?

[Nutsandbolts]

Nope, the neighbours had one and i thought that it would be the same. But actually having a look the edge of there house just passes the trees.
Probably jumped the gun on this and thought i could make it work. I guess you live and learn.

Hi. dont give up, you can still get signals coming through the gaps in the branches. I have installed motors with trees in the way a few times and worked. It can be tricky but can be done.

Regards

[daithi]

Hi. dont give up, you can still get signals coming through the gaps in the branches. I have installed motors with trees in the way a few times and worked. It can be tricky but can be done.

Regards

and what happens when the tree grows bigger in a year or two... or a storm starts blowing it around... or you install it in winter when theres no leaves and come spring its loaded with trees

[Nutsandbolts]

I did say it can be tricky but NOT impossible. I suppose if you lived in a forest you may have problems. Depends also which way the wind blows..... The people i have installed motors have never had any problems so you need to look at individual cases rather than general . I dont think you are thick though , you are just trying to be helpful like everyone else.

Take care

[digicon]

You have 2 options available to you 1. is to put it on the fornt of the property T&K's + scaff pole overlooking the roof this will give you the required clearance from the trees at the rear of the property. 2. depending on the height of the trees then the Gable end apex point again same install on scaff pole as long as the tree height has not gone above roof level.

if your going to do the install then do it right first time so it lasts years and not something where you need to be finding gaps in tree branches so you get a good signal, i have heard it all now.

[Manic01]

He just gets better and better.

[ramjet]

there is the other option of getting a couple of metres lopped off those trees

after all - if you remove or trim an obstruction, its no longer an obstruction !

[mdt]

nobody said it was easy, especially the first time you try setting up

once the motor is locked onto 53.7N dont alter it at all (the motor elevation), ie:- dont mess about with it like you have just done

@NUTS AND BOLTS TAKE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

regards mdt

[digicon]

@NUTS AND BOLTS TAKE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

regards mdt

PMSL


or to put it another way

[Nutsandbolts]

digicon you should change your name to BIG CON. At least i know how to find 5 west and how to do blind scans. I dont need silly spreadsheets like you do. Never heard anything so stupid. Read what the members says., ie BLIND SCAN WORK A TREAT without silly spreadsheets.
Stop making a fool of yourself...

Regards.