Another Dish Size Question

[joselin]

Hi

I've been trawaling through the normal sites for dish size's etc and as i live in the channel islands the recommedation is 50/55cms ????? does any live on the southcoast of england or normandy that can give me an idea of minimum size dish i can get away with a discq motor ?

Thanks :-worship

 

[Robbo]

Hi

I've been trawaling through the normal sites for dish size's etc and as i live in the channel islands the recommedation is 50/55cms ????? does any live on the southcoast of england or normandy that can give me an idea of minimum size dish i can get away with a discq motor ?

Thanks :-worship

It depends on what satellites you want to pick up.

You can motorise a really small dish if you want, but your choice will be limited to say 13E,19E,23.5E,28E,42E + a few others.

Most people go for an 80cm to 1m dish for a Diseqc motor.

Robbo

 

[joselin]

It depends on what satellites you want to pick up.

You can motorise a really small dish if you want, but your choice will be limited to say 13E,19E,23.5E,28E,42E + a few others.

Most people go for an 80cm to 1m dish for a Diseqc motor.

Robbo

I think 80-85 as well.

Another question slightly different though. Is there likely to be signal decay because of distance from dish to receiver with the technology these days?

 

[rolfw]

Yes, that is a measurable factor, determined by the type of cable you use over the distance. How long is the cable run? Also have a look at the Fracarro Penta 85cm dish, our supporting advertiser High Definition Ltd sells them.

 

[joselin]

Yes, that is a measurable factor, determined by the type of cable you use over the distance. How long is the cable run? Also have a look at the Fracarro Penta 85cm dish, our supporting advertiser High Definition Ltd sells them.

its going to be 30m ish, can you recommend a cable type i should be looking at ?

 

[Robbo]

30m ish would be OK.

An approved 100 type cable like wf100 would do the job. This cable has a foam filled dielectric, there are also semi-air spaced dielectric cables such as WC100, which is less crush resistant but performs the same.

Robbo

 

[wod]

its going to be 30m ish, can you recommend a cable type i should be looking at ?

webro wf100 i would also recommend or wf125 if you can get it cheap.