DISH POSITION

[radders58]

Hi,All
just bought a motorised system.
was just wondering about the best position to fit the dish.
I have a old sky dish at the back of the house,the back of the house faces almost east.
Will it be ok to locate the motorised dish in the same place??
Cheers.

[SuperSat]

The best will be facing south
and it depence where you are located
think about the longitude and the latitude
to get the best picture and strong signal also

[stavross]

As supersat said!!

Face the dish south then plug up to receiver enter your lon and latitude go to then say 1 west disconect from motor using a cheap sat meter to get best possible signal reconect motor hopfully you should then pull all 1 west in the rest should follow.
Not sure if this is the correct way but it worked for me for the sake of a tenner on a cheap meter also make sure mounts brackets are horizontal vertical ect..........

Stavross

[radders58]

Cheers,
but if I mount the dish in the same place i dont think the dish will be able to rotate from east to west and the mounting pole is,nt long enought to clear the roof,its a dormer house with a flat roof then up to the apex.Do you think its best to re-locate to the side of the house which faces north. and then rotate the dish to face south without obstructions??
Thanks. Radders.

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

Get a pair of 24" T&K brackets and a 6ft or even 10 Ft scaffolding pole. Put brackets on north facing wall with a spacing of about 85cm between part "T" and part "k". this will stabalise the dish in high winds then get the dish and motor to lok over te north facing wall towards south!

[radders58]

cheers,jackpot,
but will i not be breaking planning rules if it peaking over the roof or will it be ok just below the apax??
Radders.

[socktug]

cheers,jackpot,
but will i not be breaking planning rules if it peaking over the roof or will it be ok just below the apax??
Radders.

Planning laws allow for 2 dishes, the bigger can not be more than 100cm.

Going above the roof line should be fine, but you could ring your planning office to double check if you want to satisfy yourself. I'd say go for it!

Just remember as said before, make sure your mounting pole is 100% straight. You will save yourself an enormous amount of grief by getting this bit right first time!

[dick b]

cheers,jackpot,
but will i not be breaking planning rules if it peaking over the roof or will it be ok just below the apax??
Radders.

you can have one dish up to 1mt and one dish up to 60 cm without planning consent providing you are not in a conservation area. but if you use a scaffold pole on a wall there will be an awful lot of weight there

[ITS A SCAM !]

cheers,jackpot,
but will i not be breaking planning rules if it peaking over the roof or will it be ok just below the apax??
Radders.

I would imagine you will be breaking the rules for allowing your dish to go above the highest part of the roof, ( usually your chimney ) You really need to keep it below if possible. You dont want to go through all the installation proceedure again if you have to move it...There are some people out there who will enjoy moaning about having to look at your dish ( i have one myself ) and you can tell them that its been done within the guidlines they have not got a case to complain....

[radders58]

prob need to get a alluminium pole to gut down on the weight

The original position on the east facing wall.there is a flat roof which runs to the apex which is about 6 foot above.
If i site the motorised dish there I think it will block out signals from satellites in the west. Am I correct in saying that??
cheers radders

[ITS A SCAM !]

If you use a aluminium pole, and if its too long it will move in the wind. This will NOT allow you to watch TV when its windy. So either a short length of aluminium pole, or a long heavyweight steel pole in needed for your installation. You need T & K brackets without a doubt if you want a good installation, and a good fixing to the wall is very important if you do not want the dish to move in high winds. Try going to Dishpointer to help you decide whats the best location
Satellite Finder / Dish Pointing Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com

[radders58]

cheers,I will have a look now
thanks.Radders

[dick b]

you can get complete over the gutter mounting kits with brackets,pole etc., the motor needs to be as close as possible to the top bracket but allowing a full arc travel.the shorter the pole the more secure it will be.if you go on to satellitesuperstore.coms web site you can see whats available even if you dont buy from them.as already said you dont want to use an ally pole if you can help it.

you must also ensure the dish can "see" the sats your after without being blocked by the roof.

[radders58]

cheers dick,
I,m going to try and get a 6ft aluminium pole tomorrow and some 18" t&k brackets,I know the dish will be above roof height but I will take my chances.If someone complains to the council I will have to take it down but will stall as long as pos.
Thanks.radders.

[dick b]

cheers dick,
I,m going to try and get a 6ft aluminium pole tomorrow and some 18" t&k brackets,I know the dish will be above roof height but I will take my chances.If someone complains to the council I will have to take it down but will stall as long as pos.
Thanks.radders.

you can get purpose made steel poles easily enough,either way it must be 2"dia minimum and if ally make sure the walls are thick enough do not use a pole thats for a tv aerial. surely you wont be going over ridge height.
ps. dont forget you will need safe access to the motor/dish during setup.