Noob Question - Sky dish LNB 28.2 etc

[amjadhussain]

Dont laugh and hear me out.
I have an old (10yrs or so) standard sky dish, works fine. 28.2 obviously. Think it is single LNB.

How easy is it for me to pick up other channels off other satellites? Whether they be scrambled channels or FTA?
I love my sport, especially Football.
Will I need a new dish? Or can it be done with new LNB's but same dish? Heard something about "off-setting new LNB on same dish" no idea what this means!

Also bear in mind I have to get installers to fit a dish or LNB (I do not do DIY...), how much am I looking at, what are my options? Am I being a fool?

Thanks guys

[digicon]

A standard Zone1 $ly dish is really only useful for 28.2? east and probably if you re-aligned for the stronger transponders on 19.2? and 13? east, as for an offset LNB you will get most of the strong TP's from 19.2? east but this is not ideal.

You would be better with a standard Dish say something like a Triax TD78 or an orbital 80cm with this you could pick up at least 4-5 of the stronger satellites.

Cost now there's a question you probably looking at something like the same cost of installing a Motorised system or there abouts maybe more depending on which LNB's you choose

Get some quotes from around your local area

[crude]

A standard Zone1 $ly dish is really only useful for 28.2? east and probably if you re-aligned for the stronger transponders on 19.2? and 13? east, as for an offset LNB you will get most of the strong TP's from 19.2? east but this is not ideal.

You would be better with a standard Dish say something like a Triax TD78 or an orbital 80cm with this you could pick up at least 4-5 of the stronger satellites.

Cost now there's a question you probably looking at something like the same cost of installing a Motorised system or there abouts maybe more depending on which LNB's you choose

Get some quotes from around your local area

With an 80cm dish pointed at 28.2, would you need to move it to pick up 19.2 etc, or would the size of the dish mean you could receive 19.2 too?

[digicon]

With an 80cm dish pointed at 28.2, would you need to move it to pick up 19.2 etc, or would the size of the dish mean you could receive 19.2 too?

The idea of having an 80cm dish is so you fit a Multi-LNB bracket with 3-4 LNBs so no need to move the dish

[shawy1970]

Motorised 80cm dish not a large cost and gets me all I need for as much 3pm sat football as I could watch....my weekends now consist of 12 pm sat till 8 of games and same sunday till 9pm....I dont get out much now tho lmao