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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Calculating the correct elevation of a dish.
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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 793498" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>Like Pete I am just a hobbyist. It's only recently I've bought a proper meter and for many years I used only a Digibox to set up dishes for 28E. The largest I had to do was 80cm and I never had a problem. I guess that maybe I was missing the last few percent but it was quite good enough. </p><p></p><p>Prior to 28E coming on stream I used to use an analogue satellite receiver and could set up for 19E and 13E without problem. I was even able to position a 1.8m dish against the side of the house to pick up the Nordic transmissions at 1W. </p><p></p><p>I can understand your frustrations (I work in IT as well) but the hardware is made down to a price and it's up to the installer to position it correctly taking into account any slackness in the mounts or overtightening on one side that sometimes happens. IF you can be sure that the wall or post at your friends is EXACTLY the same for verticality and trueness as yours then there's a very good chance that it'll work as you want. But, as I said, anything larger than 80cm is likely to show up the slight differences in construction and assembly that inevitably occur.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 793498, member: 176256"] Like Pete I am just a hobbyist. It's only recently I've bought a proper meter and for many years I used only a Digibox to set up dishes for 28E. The largest I had to do was 80cm and I never had a problem. I guess that maybe I was missing the last few percent but it was quite good enough. Prior to 28E coming on stream I used to use an analogue satellite receiver and could set up for 19E and 13E without problem. I was even able to position a 1.8m dish against the side of the house to pick up the Nordic transmissions at 1W. I can understand your frustrations (I work in IT as well) but the hardware is made down to a price and it's up to the installer to position it correctly taking into account any slackness in the mounts or overtightening on one side that sometimes happens. IF you can be sure that the wall or post at your friends is EXACTLY the same for verticality and trueness as yours then there's a very good chance that it'll work as you want. But, as I said, anything larger than 80cm is likely to show up the slight differences in construction and assembly that inevitably occur. [/QUOTE]
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