some help/advice for a newb getting into sat please

[Allycuk]

Hi,about a year or so ago I purchased a dm500s and then re-sold it as I didn't fancy cs,(it looks like a pain to set up for a newb to sat like myself)I have been thinking about a sat system though for around a year but i am just dumbfounded with all the different options.I would like to get 4 boxes for my family with some entertainment channels,movie channels and live footie channels.This maybe a dumb question but say you have a motorised dish it can only be pointed to one sat at a time so if you had 4 boxes would you not then require 4 motor dishes if each box wants the options of all sats?would a motor system pick up freesat(seems like a good basic channel list)?is it possible to get a fixed dish pointing to a few sats?what fta channels can I get?what sats have the best channels etc?can anyone give me some advice on what kind of stuff to look into?(pms welcome)cheers all!

[dick b]

if you want 4 boxes to recieve all the available sats independantly you would need 4 motorised dishes.(planning only allows 2 dishes 1 up to 1mt and 1 up to 60cm.)you can also fit a quad lnb to feed 4 boxes on a fixed dish to all receive the same sat but with independant channel selection.
a motorised dish will pick up freesat on 28.2 E(line of site permitting)
you can use 1 dish to get several sats using several lnbs providing they are not too far apart.there is also a speciallised dish a wave frontier that is supposed to do this without signal loss.
28.2E,19.2E & 13E are among the most popular sats.
I"d have a good read up on the subject before spending any money so you are sure what you are doing.

[Allycuk]

thanks dick b, that wave frontier dish looks great.if it is possible to feed 4 boxes with independent channel selection from it then I think that would be the way to go for me personally(4 seperate dishes is out of the question).I have been wanting to get into sats for over a year now but I do need alot more info on it.my sis has a friend involved in sats so I am gonna have a talk with him and hopefully he can point me in the right direction.cheers!

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(planning only allows 2 dishes 1 up to 1mt and 1 up to 60cm.)

Me thinks it is 1x 1m + 1x 80cm in most places

[dick b]

Me thinks it is 1x 1m + 1x 80cm in most places

national planning is 1x 1mt and 1x60cm and strictly speaking you then have to remove any terrestrial aerials but few do.If you live in a conservation area or own a listed house you need to apply for planning consent.