Monoblock LNB & Sky dish with DI

[duglish]

Looking for some help here

What I would like to do is...

Keep my existing Sky Dish.

purchase a 65cm or 80cm to receive Hotbird (13E) and Astra (19.2E) using a monoblock LNB...

Then could I feed both of the dishes to a DiSEqC? or would I have to buy that LNB bracket for the dish then feed each LNB to the DiSEqC switcher?

[dick b]

I would personally use seperate LNBs on a multibracket feeding a 4 way diseqc switch you could either leave 28.2E on the mini dish and just have 13E & 19.2E on the the other dish(the 80cm would be best) but the neatest way would be to have all 3 on the one 80cm dish using 19E as prime.

[duglish]

I would personally use seperate LNBs on a multibracket feeding a 4 way diseqc switch you could either leave 28.2E on the mini dish and just have 13E & 19.2E on the the other dish(the 80cm would be best) but the neatest way would be to have all 3 on the one 80cm dish using 19E as prime.

Is it not possible to use a satellite splitter with monoblock LNB then feed that into the DiSEqC? i have heard this works?

I assume a 65cm dish would be enough for 13E and 19.2E?

[ramjet]

Is it not possible to use a satellite splitter with monoblock LNB then feed that into the DiSEqC? i have heard this works?

I assume a 65cm dish would be enough for 13E and 19.2E?

rumours say it works , but I never got it to work so had to use an A/B switch instead

your best bet is to have an lnb rack on the hotbird/astra dish with 2 lnb,s and a shotgun cable (or 2 single cables) to the diseqc switch, with a third cable to the diseqc switch from the sly dish lnb

this gives 3 lnb,s on 3 different satellites to the switch, and the common to your satellite receiver. this is exactly how my lad has it to his spiderbox from a zone 1 sly dish on 28 east and from a zone 2 sly dish on astra/hotbird

ps , a monoblock lnb is designed to work on an 80cm dish

[duglish]

Thanks ramjet

What LNB's did he use or does the bracket fit all?

I think im gonna go and get a zone 2 dish then get the LNB bracket

[duglish]

http://catalogue.semenedis.com/images/products/TX-FLEXI310.JPG

would i be best getting something like that?

[ramjet]

The twin bracket you linked to is for a triax dish

there are various options on the market, and I cannot remember the name of the one he used, but its not a triax as the holder will not fit the arm

the lnb,s are just modern sly ones, nothing special, although you can use most standard collar universal lnb,s

[duglish]

Just curious as to which one i should go for

most of the lnb brackets have 4? I only want 19.2E and 13.0E really

[duglish]

Triax 60cm Zone 2 Satellite Dish

what about that dish Ramjet??

[ramjet]

as long as that triax lnb holder you linked to will fit the end of the arm it should be fine, then just use 2 standard universal lnb,s

the problem here is that the standard zone 2 sly dish by raven doesnt have any multi lnb holders made for it. so the point is that with most installations you have to make it up yourself from suitable parts not meant for that particular dish (which is what we did)

so assuming you wish to just buy the parts and go, without having to adapt anything, that triax is good as longer as the holder can be swapped from the single to the double

its no good asking anyone if this is possible unless that person has bought those exact parts and used them

I have a similar setup with an 80cm triax but have used the 4 lnb holder, not the double holder , but the one you linked to would fit my triax 80cm dish, so I could use it, thats all I can say

[dick b]

If your happy to do a bit of fitting I"v found the gibertini rails are easy to adapt as being all metal the mounting bracket can be bent to suit most lnb arms and you can have one holder at prime in line with the arm.(if you make up extra brackets(A) you can cut the rail to make replacment single LNB holders as well)

[ramjet]

If your happy to do a bit of fitting I"v found the gibertini rails are easy to adapt as being all metal the mounting bracket can be bent to suit most lnb arms and you can have one holder at prime in line with the arm.(if you make up extra brackets(A) you can cut the rail to make replacment single LNB holders as well)

looks like that is the one we used too

the point here being that not all dish manufacturers make the accessories we require, meaning sometimes you have to think outside the box and adapt what is available to suit your needs

triax tend to have various options for use with their dishes, others may not, which means you adapt gilbertini arms to fit sly dishes as dick says

or maybe something like this

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f11/sly-dish-flexi-block-mod-222989/#post1724556

[duglish]

If i was to be lazy ramjet

I could by the triax td64 cm dish and then the triax multi lnb holder

correct?

[duglish]

MULTI LNB HOLDER 3 LNBs FITS ALL DISHES | eBay

or would that fit onto a Sly dish?

[ramjet]

If i was to be lazy ramjet

I could by the triax td64 cm dish and then the triax multi lnb holder

correct?

correct

as for the last link, its nothing to do with dishes as its an adapter that fits around the neck of the lnb on the dish (assuming there is room for it) and allows one or two extra lnb,s to be fitted

so one is used on the existing lnb and one or two more fitted

so its not fair of them to say it fits all dishes as I dont think that is true

it is fair to say that it fits to any long necked lnb on any dish allowing for one or two more lnb,s to be fitted

some people are economical with the truth !