Astra 1, 2 and Hotbird on a zone 2 mini dish?

[Ghostleader]

Oh good stuff, so do the adaptors allow a standard 40mm LNB neck? I have only seen the the mad outsized official saddle $ky LNB holders to be honest.

 

[timo_w2s]

If you don't have a dish right now I'd go for a regular shaped dish rather than a Sky type dish for multi sat.

 

[Ghostleader]

If you don't have a dish right now I'd go for a regular shaped dish rather than a Sky type dish for multi sat.

But that's no fun timo!! :-)

 

[Ghostleader]

No fun at all...

 

[daro2096]

Oh good stuff, so do the adaptors allow a standard 40mm LNB neck? I have only seen the the mad outsized official saddle $ky LNB holders to be honest.

They are sky lnbs with a 40mm adaptor to fit mk4 minidishes. Sellers on Ebay sell them. A 40mm quad sky lnb with mk4 adaptor is about £9 odd each.

 

[daro2096]

In a housing acc flat right now. Weighting up my options. The other flats have minidishes. I don't want to look out of place with a big round dish. Besides they may only allow me to put up a minidish.

 

[william-1]

I have just set up a 60cm mini dish for 28E +19E +13E works ok,
Use these pictures as a guide,
I think 7 east could be added as well will try this week the illustration showing 42E + 28E + 19E + 13E + 5E is stretching it a bit too far as only very strong transponders on 42E may come in but until you try ?

 

[Ghostleader]

In a housing acc flat right now. Weighting up my options. The other flats have minidishes. I don't want to look out of place with a big round dish. Besides they may only allow me to put up a minidish.

Yeah housing associations are like bloody Nazis with their tenancy T&D's, I hate the idiots.

 

[timo_w2s]

In a housing acc flat right now. Weighting up my options. The other flats have minidishes. I don't want to look out of place with a big round dish. Besides they may only allow me to put up a minidish.

Fair enough, yes a Sky style dish would blend in better.

 

[Ghostleader]

Careful as the $ky ones don't have a lot of neck to clamp the rails onto

 

[Ghostleader]

See the tiny neck here:

 

[daro2096]

Yes, that is a problem, Ghostleader.

 

[daro2096]

Seen this but it is a stock photo. Have asked seller if the LNB he is selling is like the one in the picture.

 

[Ghostleader]

That looks like a MTI brand from a wee while back bud, Visiblewave is the common make now.

 

[Ghostleader]

Here's my idea...... Take the MK4 arm (This is the Raven brand one, but there the same spec)

 

[Ghostleader]

Then replace the $ky guff with a standard LNB holder with the same pitch angle, see here:

 

[daro2096]

That looks like a MTI brand from a wee while back bud, Visiblewave is the common make now.

That is why I have asked the seller.

 

[Ghostleader]

Just need to drill a three mm hole thru the LNB bracket and drop a nut and bolt thru to secure it thru the existing arm hole. Will have a go tomorrow.

 

[hexah]

Careful as the $ky ones don't have a lot of neck to clamp the rails onto.

See the tiny neck here: View attachment 68722

Try packing it out with a turn of self amalgamating tape.

The rubbery friction will also stop any chance of the LNB turning in the holder.

 

[hexah]

Also remember that you can paint the dish with matt Plastikote spray paint or a similar brand to make it blend in. That might help with getting it approved.

Look at this for an example http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...ish-multi-lnb-system.74232/page-2#post-506510 though he should have painted the LNBs (not the white cap) the switch and brackets as well.

You could try a perforated ISS 80cm and ISS makes LNB brackets for it.

Brown Webro WF100 cable will be less visible than black whatever dish you get. Even if the wall is white!