Motorised / Fixed dish installtion in north facing garden

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fezfezed

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My Satellite Setup
Zone 2 Raven dish, Technomate Quad LNB, 13e/19e, Technomate 5400 CI.
My Location
East London
Hey guys, need some advice on potential new satellite set up. I currently have a sky minidish at the front of the house (pointed at hotbird) and an old sky mini dish mounted on a pole at the back of the house that was left by the previous owner. I am currently thinking of going with either a multi lnb set up to get 28.2e, 19.2e and 13e (ideally if I can pick up a Raven Gemini dish) or go with a motorised set up.

The mrs had a real go at me when I had the Sky guys install the minidish at the front of the house (facing south) so I doubt she will let me mount a larger sized dish at the front. I have attached a few pictures of potential locations I'm thinking about mounting the new set up.

Picture of back of the house, old sky dish mounted above gutter line can be seen also.

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This picture is of my neighbours set up, who I think has a monoblock installed for 13e and 19.2e. I'm wondering if his loft will block my line of sight?

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I also have the option of installing it onto the garage at the back of the garden, but not sure if the line of site is clear.

Picture of the garage at the back of the garden.

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View of the southern skyline from the garage

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Hi,

From looking at the pictures, I would say you can get away with a fixed multi-LNb set up positioned where the old zone1 sky dish is; achievable on a 70cm Raven Gemini. You will of course need to totally start again with the TK/pole fixings.
 
Thanks mate, yeah those old t and k brackets are rusted through. I guess putting a motorised dish up there is pushing it? We might convert the left next year so I'm also toying with the idea of mounting the dish onto the garage wall...
 
Very possible. What sort of cable length are you looking at?
 
satelliteman said:
Very possible. What sort of cable length are you looking at?
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Im estimating a 30m cable run should be enough to route the coax from the garden to the back living room, possibly 40m if I want to wire the front living room as well?
 
That cable length won't be a problem.
 
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