Newbie looking for advice on motorised setup

[jordanb]

Hi,

I currently have a sky mini dish pointing to 28.2e, and a vu+solo2 receiver.

i am looking for info on a motorised setup, which would ideally be able to pick up bulgarian TV, which I beleive is on hellas2.

I am located in Ayrshire, around 20 mins from glasgow.

im mainly looking at it for watching football, and that my girlfriend is bulgarian, so would be a nice wee surprise for her if I could receive channels from there.

thanks

[mdt]

triax td88cm dish, darkmotor usals motor, inverto black ultra lnb, set of T+K, POLE. you could of course get yourself an official stb and 12 months sub for about ?180 and then just get yourself a dish/lnb/L bracket and fix it on 39east. regards mdt

[jaws2]

I have a dark motor and a 1 meter orbital dish, the dish pulls in a good signal, I know a few people on here would recommended the Orbital, or triax, I would go for at least a 1 meter,

[jordanb]

hi, thanks for the replies,

can anyone reccomend a reputable supplier, and one who would also sell what I require in a complete kit?

thanks

[benny/9]

hi, thanks for the replies,

can anyone reccomend a reputable supplier, and one who would also sell what I require in a complete kit?

thanks

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[jordanb]

much appreciated, thanks will check those two out,

would you also be able to tell me a rouch price for fitting this and setting it up, dont want to be paying over the odds, im in central Scotlans,

thanks

[ramjet]

assuming you have a local installer and he isnt travelling miles then I would have thought about ?150 to ?200 for fitting and alignment, especially if he is a registered tradesman and not doing it "on the side" , this is provided you actually have a suitable fitting point and so have a suitable wall that has a south east to south west uninterrupted view of the sky

[jordanb]

This is the view from my backdoor, I would ideally like to mount the dish on the rear fence if possible, as the garden is a lot more sheltered than the front of the house, which takes a LOT of the wind.

DSC_0200.jpg DSC_0198.jpg DSC_0199.jpg dishpointer.jpg

As i am quite unsure can anyone forsee any problems with mounting at the above location, if mounting here, would be a 1.1m dish mounted on a 5 foot fence (which is secure)
The branches from the bushes and trees can be trimmed back, but would I be able to tune into the majority of satellites?

thanks

[ramjet]

I think the houses would be in the way and the fence wont take the load

if mounting at the back fence, you need a scaffold pole in the ground, postcreted solid and plumb and vertical

you need a good line of sight from say 30 west, passing through south to say 42e , but the houses and chimneys may get in the way

your back garden appears to face north , so ideally the dish would be on the front, but the wind load could be bad from what you say

the only other way is to mount it high on the back wall with the lnb travelling a foot or two above the tiles, pointing towards the ridge (how mine is)
I have it on a scaffold pole and 3 t-k brackets rawlbolted to the back wall , when pointing at thor is when the lnb is closest to my tiles (but no chimney)

[happy_highlander]

@ Ramjet. Sticking your head above gutter level in central Scotland is dodgy at best, never mind a 1.1m dish. Come autumn either the scaffold pole will bend or the top four courses of brickwork will come off, and correct me if I'm wrong jordanb but is that not an old steel framed house in one of the mining areas.

[ramjet]

dont get me wrong here, I understand that aspect of the wind factor which he already mentioned in his post
my point was that it would need to be where I said if on the north side which is clearly an issue anyway

I even said this in my reply

your back garden appears to face north , so ideally the dish would be on the front, but the wind load could be bad from what you say

the point being that on the back wall it is protected to some degree by the buildings as the dish would be below the ridge line
he wanted to do this on his rear fence for the same reasons , building protection from wind

but I do agree that with high winds it doesnt really matter too much where it is, I have had to reset mine a few times over the years due to bad weather , the last time being before last xmas

so he needs to take account of wind factor but it still needs a clear line of sight from south west to south east, and no fence is strong enough to take this, never mind the flimsy one in the pictures (we dont seem to have a picture taken from his back door of the rear fence)

[portbhoy]

Can you post a better picture of the back fence, I have my dish on a fence held with T&K brackets and a scaffold pole to the ground (not fixed in the ground) and it's solid and it's a wee bit windy up here too

[jordanb]

hi thanks for the replies,

The fence is not one shown in the pics, I forgot to take one of it, its a new ish 6 foot vertical slat fence.

As far as Im aware its a brickbuilt house, think it said that on the registry document, although could be wrong.

what Kind of weight are we talking for a dish, bracket and motor? The front of the house would definately be the best place to fit the dish, but due to wind I would prefer not to, and also the possibility of it falling onto someone .

here is a pic of the fence, DSC_0203.jpg

The wind comes right down the back doors of the street, fence to the left took a battering from it, also the same wind issues at the front.

[happy_highlander]

You have a great space just in front of the fence for a ground mount as previously suggested if it has to go there. The dishes themselves are not that heavy. Probably 10kg or so but the problem with them is that as well catching the satellite signal they would make greats sails, especially at 1.1m. If you think along the lines of trying to carry a 3 1/2 foot Square piece of 1" ply wood in the worst winds you get that will give you a good idea of just how good the mount has to be to hold it down

[jordanb]

You have a great space just in front of the fence for a ground mount as previously suggested if it has to go there. The dishes themselves are not that heavy. Probably 10kg or so but the problem with them is that as well catching the satellite signal they would make greats sails, especially at 1.1m. If you think along the lines of trying to carry a 3 1/2 foot Square piece of 1" ply wood in the worst winds you get that will give you a good idea of just how good the mount has to be to hold it down

The only thing Im worrying about mounting it in the rear garden is if it will clear the house and see the arc clear enough, haha yep thats a good explanation, have experienced that kind of situation helping joiners in with plasterboard sheeting, not fun. would a scaffolding pole postcreted a few feet into the ground suffice?