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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="Mickha" data-source="post: 350054" data-attributes="member: 187442"><p>Hi mick2973,</p><p>hopefully I can provide a few bits of information, and you can then research the forum and decide what you really want, and need:</p><p>1 If I read your post correctly, you don't require a motor for inclined orbit tracking, this is just to pick up older satellites that are beginning to decay in their orbit, and so can not always be received by dishes tracking the normal arc. By this time the main channels have been transferred to newer satellites and these old satellites are just used for obscure transmissions.</p><p>2. A V box is just a device that goes between some receivers and motors to convert disecq to 36 volt, as most modern receivers no longer support this, too expensive, so they allow a separate piece of equipment to keep the price of receivers down.</p><p>3. You will probably keep your dish and motor even though you might change your receiver a few times, so try to get a reasonable quality dish and motor. Depending on where you are going to fix the dish, wall or ground mounted, I would try to get a 1 Metre dish, the new maximum, in most areas, before you require planning permission, but check the local regulations.</p><p>4. Blind search is a good facility for picking up feeds, but some receivers do take hours searching, so if this is important to you try to get a receiver that has a fast blind search capability.</p><p>5. One of the best value for money receivers, at present, is the Technomate 1000 range, this includes models 1000, 1500, 1600 etc. They are currently well supported, easy to patch, and have a lot of good features for the cost, which is less than £100 in a lot of cases. The enthusiasts receivers are Linux based, like the Dreambox, triple dragon and others, where you can link them to your computer, and the internet, and they have a lot of useful extra capabilities, but you will learn more of this as you get into this hobby.</p><p></p><p>The first thing you need to do is work out where you are going to have to position your dish, to be able to receive the most satellites, and the most appropriate size dish you will require, this all depends on your general location, so please provide a little more information, i.e. if you're in the UK, and general area, North West, South East.</p><p>Please read through the forum and then post back with more specific questions.</p><p>Best wishes</p><p>Mickha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mickha, post: 350054, member: 187442"] Hi mick2973, hopefully I can provide a few bits of information, and you can then research the forum and decide what you really want, and need: 1 If I read your post correctly, you don't require a motor for inclined orbit tracking, this is just to pick up older satellites that are beginning to decay in their orbit, and so can not always be received by dishes tracking the normal arc. By this time the main channels have been transferred to newer satellites and these old satellites are just used for obscure transmissions. 2. A V box is just a device that goes between some receivers and motors to convert disecq to 36 volt, as most modern receivers no longer support this, too expensive, so they allow a separate piece of equipment to keep the price of receivers down. 3. You will probably keep your dish and motor even though you might change your receiver a few times, so try to get a reasonable quality dish and motor. Depending on where you are going to fix the dish, wall or ground mounted, I would try to get a 1 Metre dish, the new maximum, in most areas, before you require planning permission, but check the local regulations. 4. Blind search is a good facility for picking up feeds, but some receivers do take hours searching, so if this is important to you try to get a receiver that has a fast blind search capability. 5. One of the best value for money receivers, at present, is the Technomate 1000 range, this includes models 1000, 1500, 1600 etc. They are currently well supported, easy to patch, and have a lot of good features for the cost, which is less than £100 in a lot of cases. The enthusiasts receivers are Linux based, like the Dreambox, triple dragon and others, where you can link them to your computer, and the internet, and they have a lot of useful extra capabilities, but you will learn more of this as you get into this hobby. The first thing you need to do is work out where you are going to have to position your dish, to be able to receive the most satellites, and the most appropriate size dish you will require, this all depends on your general location, so please provide a little more information, i.e. if you're in the UK, and general area, North West, South East. Please read through the forum and then post back with more specific questions. Best wishes Mickha [/QUOTE]
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