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  • thegoat
    Member
    • Apr 2008
    • 45

    #1

    Thinking of going motorised

    Hi all i'm thinking of buying a motorised dish setup are these anygood:

    100cm 1m MOTORISED SATELLITE DISH KIT + 0.1db TWIN LNB | eBay

    if not can you recommend 1 cheap as poss.

    cheers
  • digicon
    V.I.P. Member
    • Jul 2009
    • 8261

    #2
    Originally posted by thegoat
    Hi all i'm thinking of buying a motorised dish setup are these anygood:

    100cm 1m MOTORISED SATELLITE DISH KIT + 0.1db TWIN LNB | eBay

    if not can you recommend 1 cheap as poss.

    cheers

    Basically there is Cheap and then there is Cheap tat and what you linked to is the latter, my advice would be to put a little more to your budget say around ?130 and get something that will last from day one.

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    • mdt
      V.I.P. Member
      • Feb 2009
      • 3034

      #3
      Originally posted by thegoat
      Hi all i'm thinking of buying a motorised dish setup are these anygood:

      100cm 1m MOTORISED SATELLITE DISH KIT + 0.1db TWIN LNB | eBay

      if not can you recommend 1 cheap as poss.

      cheers
      that will do the job fine and get you all the strong birds in all weathers... like anything in life you get what you pay for but if your source the stuff seperately then a tm2600,t,k and pole,inverto black ultra and td88 cable and clips will perform as good if not better and last alot longer without adding to much to the cost.regards mdt
      Last edited by mdt; 17 March, 2013, 19:14.
      DM800HDSE SIM 2.10. SSL84D OPEN-ATV ORBITAL 80CM/DARK MOTOR/IBU/53E-30W

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      • thegoat
        Member
        • Apr 2008
        • 45

        #4
        Re: Thinking of going motorised

        Originally posted by mdt
        that will do the job fine and get you all the strong birds in all weathers... like anything in life you get what you pay for but if your source the stuff seperately then a tm2600,t,k and pole,inverto black ultra and td88 cable and clips will perform as good if not better and last alot longer without adding to much to the cost.regards mdt
        Okey dokey just searched that lot so its a motor lnb whats a t, k and pole? And what dish would you put with it all? Links please if you can?

        sent from my s3

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        • dick b
          V.I.P. Member
          • Jun 2009
          • 2462

          #5
          this pic shows a gibertini 85cm dish on a TM 2300 motor mounted on a piece of scaffold pole between a pair of "T & Ks"

          Google will find all you need

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          • jaws2
            DK Veteran
            • Oct 2012
            • 345

            #6
            check you have good view no trees buildings blocking your line of sight of the satellites.

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            • nibblitz
              DK Veteran
              • May 2010
              • 1300

              #7
              Whatever you buy, and like already advised, the T&K bracket mounting is a must... Reason being, not just because its stronger but, unlike a fixed dish the pole the motor and dish mounts onto has to be perfectly plumb level, but the wall you put it all on wont be. The L mount in that kit is ideal for a fixed dish, but trying to get that plumb level for a motorised setup will be one hell of a ball ache, and probably so much so that after many hours of fettling you might just give up and make do, only then to find you cant get all satellites properly... So, just be sure that whatever price you pay for your dish, motor and LNB, dont try and save few quid with a cheap mount, get strong pole (scaffold ideal) and T&K brackets...

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              • digicon
                V.I.P. Member
                • Jul 2009
                • 8261

                #8
                T&K's are the ideal solution but they are just as much ballache to get right first time the same as an 'L' shaped barcket, the only difference is with the T&K you have a fall back for what i would term front and back adjustment you still have no right or left adjustment so this has to be spot on first time

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                • BigfatPaulie
                  Top Poster +
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 203

                  #9
                  Re: Thinking of going motorised

                  Tks for me too... Unless you house faces south, you may need a pole that allows your dish to "see" over the roof or gutter - with tks you can use any length pole.

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                  • thegoat
                    Member
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 45

                    #10
                    Re: Thinking of going motorised

                    Are there's a point me house faces east......

                    sent from my s3

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                    • BigfatPaulie
                      Top Poster +
                      • Dec 2011
                      • 203

                      #11
                      Re: Thinking of going motorised

                      Originally posted by thegoat
                      Are there's a point me house faces east......

                      sent from my s3
                      South facing wall?

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                      • Elric
                        V.I.P. soft lad
                        • Mar 2008
                        • 853

                        #12
                        you can go here to check the coverage

                        Satellite Finder / Dish Alignment Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com







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                        • thegoat
                          Member
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 45

                          #13
                          Originally posted by BigfatPaulie
                          South facing wall?

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                          Nope no south facing wall but.....

                          The rear extension is onle 1 storey high sticking out east from the house so of a dish was on there the it would be pointing south (i Think)

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                          • dick b
                            V.I.P. Member
                            • Jun 2009
                            • 2462

                            #14
                            as"elric"has said use dishpointer.com you can place a pointer where you want the dish on your house and then choose all the sats you want in turn and it will tell you if you have "line of sight"

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                            • BigfatPaulie
                              Top Poster +
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 203

                              #15
                              Re: Thinking of going motorised

                              I have dish pointer on my phone, and then holding it where the dish is going gives you a virtual reality view of what's what... Ideally you want a mount dead south with a view to the horizon east and west, but this is rarely possible - so you compromise best you can.

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