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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Buying motorised from scratch... HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 5976" data-attributes="member: 174998"><p>Couple of points in answer to some questions you raise in above two posts:</p><p></p><p>a Gregorian dish is roughly 20% more efficient for a given size than a standard offset. But it is typically a fair bit more expensive. I use a 1.2m x 1.35m Gregorian and it pulls in just about everything in the Ku-band (mind you, I'm in the Netherlands, better placed than the east-coast of Scotland).</p><p></p><p>H-H means horizon-to-horizon and indicates that the mount can track the Clarke-belt fully. So long as your mount does that and your mount+motor do not interfere with your dish, and your motor is big enough to carry the dish (remember: the weight is not the issue, the wind-resistance is) then you shouldn't worry about whether it's a 10-inch or 12-inch or whatever. But as I said before, seek professional advice in your area.</p><p></p><p>If you only want your second LNB/output for the Sky stuff, I wouldn't bother. After all, you would never get the independence of operation that two dishes would offer. For example - if your family want to watch Sky while you watch something through the second (Echostar?) receiver then you will still be restricted to watching stuff on the same (Astra2/28.2e) satellite. And believe me there's not much there of interest other than the Sky stuff.</p><p>An alternative to consider is this: stick with a single standard universal LNB and feed both receivers off it, switching between them using a so-called Smart Priority Switch such as that made by the company "Global"). This also avoids running two co-ax cables.</p><p></p><p>The Viaccess hack is now in the public domain and if you get an Echostar ad3000ip-viaccess you would be able to use "DIY" wafer cards for that too. There is a fair adult content on Viaccess these days too, including late-night films on TV1000 & Cinema (both on Sirius), as well as the 24-hr SCT and the 21:00-03:00 Ultra-Blue channels (both on Hotbird) (Ultra-Blue & new SCT keys available as of a few days ago...).</p><p></p><p>2old</p><p>(delighted owner by the way of an ad3000ip-viaccess....)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 5976, member: 174998"] Couple of points in answer to some questions you raise in above two posts: a Gregorian dish is roughly 20% more efficient for a given size than a standard offset. But it is typically a fair bit more expensive. I use a 1.2m x 1.35m Gregorian and it pulls in just about everything in the Ku-band (mind you, I'm in the Netherlands, better placed than the east-coast of Scotland). H-H means horizon-to-horizon and indicates that the mount can track the Clarke-belt fully. So long as your mount does that and your mount+motor do not interfere with your dish, and your motor is big enough to carry the dish (remember: the weight is not the issue, the wind-resistance is) then you shouldn't worry about whether it's a 10-inch or 12-inch or whatever. But as I said before, seek professional advice in your area. If you only want your second LNB/output for the Sky stuff, I wouldn't bother. After all, you would never get the independence of operation that two dishes would offer. For example - if your family want to watch Sky while you watch something through the second (Echostar?) receiver then you will still be restricted to watching stuff on the same (Astra2/28.2e) satellite. And believe me there's not much there of interest other than the Sky stuff. An alternative to consider is this: stick with a single standard universal LNB and feed both receivers off it, switching between them using a so-called Smart Priority Switch such as that made by the company "Global"). This also avoids running two co-ax cables. The Viaccess hack is now in the public domain and if you get an Echostar ad3000ip-viaccess you would be able to use "DIY" wafer cards for that too. There is a fair adult content on Viaccess these days too, including late-night films on TV1000 & Cinema (both on Sirius), as well as the 24-hr SCT and the 21:00-03:00 Ultra-Blue channels (both on Hotbird) (Ultra-Blue & new SCT keys available as of a few days ago...). 2old (delighted owner by the way of an ad3000ip-viaccess....) [/QUOTE]
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