A forest dish
- Thread starter polonez
- Start date
- My Satellite Setup
- Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
Very nice pics polonez. How your dish managed to see anything of the sky is a surprise 
Thanks guys , yeah it wasn't easy , I was walking around my cottage house holding compass, looking for a little opening in that green canopy .I don't like the idea of putting a big antenna high up on building as I prefer an easy access to it ...wind load , snow and ice removal and so on . Took my chances with one spot by the fence and after making a solid concrete base I was rewarded with strong 95% signal .There is no way I can get a full H -H sweep but all birds from 28.8 E up to 12.5 W should come in strong.Here is one more pic. You can see the dish on the left side ,hidden behind the tree.
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- My Satellite Setup
- TM 5402HD
Sky+ UK.
- My Location
- Scottish Borders
A nice install in a difficult location 
I.LuV.ManUTd!
Regular Member
- My Satellite Setup
- 80cm motorised with quad LNB, static 28.2E with quad LNB, VU+ Duo, DM500S, DM500S, DM800HD, Openbox S9.
- My Location
- Manchester
That's awesome, how long did it take you to get it set up and working?
Sandybob
Regular Member
- My Satellite Setup
- 1.2 Channel Master and polar mount, 1.2 Gibertini, 1m Orbital, SG2100A, tm-5400, tm-600 linux, manhattan xt-cm, v-box III, and lots of other stuff in the attic!
- My Location
- uk
Very nice photo's and looks a good job done in a difficult but idyllic location. Nice.
I.LuV.ManUTd! said:
Evaluating the installation site took me more than a week ( at one point I lost hope and almost gave up )Once I picked the place I kept my fingers crossed ( that was still a guessing game if I get the signal or not ) After two days of digging a hole in the ground and pouring close to 100 kg of concrete into it I became one BIG SMILE .You know that feeling when you slowly move the dish with eyes glued to the tv screen and BINGO ..the quality bar shoots up and turns green.
Hi guys , just an update of my satellite set up. I have added smaller 76cm winegard dish last summer to receive Hot Bird . It works generally ok .When gets windy and trees sway in the summer breeze I do lose signal for split second ..it is frustrating but can live with this .I have no intention to fall any more trees as I like the forest the way it is .
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hexah
Specialist Contributor
- My Satellite Setup
- motorized Gibertini 85cm, fixed dishes from 1m to 64cm, generic FTA HD RX, TBS DVB-S2 PC card, a pile of bits and pieces
- My Location
- Hadrians Wall
If they were mine, I would have spray painted the back and the mounts of the dishes dark green to make them less visible.
Leaf interference is a pain. Often cutting just one or two branches does the trick but then you would have to stand outside when it is windy to find the right ones.
Regardless, it is a good install.
Leaf interference is a pain. Often cutting just one or two branches does the trick but then you would have to stand outside when it is windy to find the right ones.
Regardless, it is a good install.