how to install a motorised dish

[RP3X]

Ive made a suggestion to digidude but dunno if its appropriate.

But I followed the guide as best can and done well but when it came to the actual mounting of the satelite was stuck, seems you cant just use any drill for drilling into concrete/stone/brick !

After speaking too a builder with experience hes advised me of a heavy duty Hammer Drill and ill require a masonry set also, masonry set can get thru brick/concrete/stone surfaces.

I maybe wrong about this but id guess most folk are gonna mount there kit against a solid fixture (stone/brick/concrete) and not a wood !

I think it would be nice too have it part of the guide otherwise people will just get stuck half way thru like myself

[jimbofz]

top marks

Top marks for effort ,spot on ,just wondered ,i have fitted a 1mtr motorised dish but in my location[ north west] it cant see above 19 deg astra so ,on the front of house i have a sly minidish for 28 deg and a separate feed to back or receiver
is it simple enough to wire a splitter to switch between dishes as i dont wavt the motorised dish to move when i select 28 deg?

[safc1234]

safc

do you no where i ca n get a motorised set up pleas,

[plamen.1973]

do you no where i ca n get a motorised set up pleas,

Maybe this can you help?

[Annonimous]

Fantastic post there, Its now got me thinking about having a go my self as Ive been quoted ?130 but this includes T&K bracket, pole, dish and L.N.B, cable AND fitting so I don't know if Im being a tight ass as that seems to me to be a knockdown price and I wont even have to get the ladders out!!

[standarren]

help guys i cant find thor
when i point the dish at due south then input vmy position the dish points back at the house something doesnt seem right i've got the dish on the same south facing wall as a sky dish

[thered]

help guys i cant find thor

can you find others

[standarren]

can you find others

yes think i can find the sky sat but cant be 100%
is there any other guides i can use what have i done wrong

[Bulld0g]

help guys i cant find thor
when i point the dish at due south then input vmy position the dish points back at the house something doesnt seem right i've got the dish on the same south facing wall as a sky dish

Not all sky dishes are on a south facing wall. Use a compass to make sure your dish is on a south facing wall

[thered]

yes think i can find the sky sat but cant be 100%
is there any other guides i can use what have i done wrong

where have you got too its possible to find all satellites from sky

[standarren]

Not all sky dishes are on a south facing wall. Use a compass to make sure your dish is on a south facing wall

i cant seem to find thor on dishpointer
i'm sure its pointing in the correct position

[thered]

in your arc can you get hotbird 13e and astra 19.2e as well as astra (sky 28.2)

[Bulld0g]

i cant seem to find thor on dishpointer
i'm sure its pointing in the correct position

My mate had his dish on the same wall as his sky dish. When i went to set it up for him because he was having trouble getting a signal, the dish was on the wrong wall. Get a compass or a satnav and make sure its on a south facing wall

[standarren]

in your arc can you get hotbird 13e and astra 19.2e as well as astra (sky 28.2)

yes can get all of them

[thered]

yes can get all of them

ok so when your dish spins round from say 28 to 13 how far from your wall is the dish getting closer to wall