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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="T-E-E-N-A" data-source="post: 83622" data-attributes="member: 188801"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: purple">I have my eye on a couple of sg 2100 motors on ebay, now the thing is I have a fixed Sky digital dish 80cm, which picks up the usual Astra 1 and Astra 2 FTA channels, which are boring. I was going to try to motorise <u>this</u> dish, but to me that is a waste of time, as I have been up and down a ladder turning this thing and I can't seem to get any other satellites, I used to be able to get all the German channels, but they were on Astra 1. Now before I get a motor I think it's best if I get a good dish. Does anyone have any ideas on what kind of dish, a friend of mine says she has a dish on her wall I can have, hopefully it isn't sky digital. I hate to sound stupid here, but here goes <img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />, if it is a round dish, around 80 - 100 cm will that be ok? (That does sound stupid, but my dish at the moment is the oval type). Does it really matter what type of lnb you have? What is best 0.3db 0.4db 0.5db 0.6db ? Plus if you turn the dish left and right, should it be able to pick up the other satellites or will I have to tilt it up? As I said I've done this with my Sky dish which is picking up nothing but Astra btw it has a Grundig Lnb. My receiver is a good one compared to others I've seen (My sister bought hers from Lidl 3 days ago, a COMAG SL55 for around £45 I think, but mine is much better, I can find more channels) and it is USALS and diseqc compatible.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><img src="http://i5.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/2e/ab/f6_1_b.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: purple">Sorry for the long winded post, but I don't want to buy a motor until I have my dish right. Thanx to all of you who are taking the time to help me.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T-E-E-N-A, post: 83622, member: 188801"] [center][font=Comic Sans MS][color=purple]I have my eye on a couple of sg 2100 motors on ebay, now the thing is I have a fixed Sky digital dish 80cm, which picks up the usual Astra 1 and Astra 2 FTA channels, which are boring. I was going to try to motorise [u]this[/u] dish, but to me that is a waste of time, as I have been up and down a ladder turning this thing and I can't seem to get any other satellites, I used to be able to get all the German channels, but they were on Astra 1. Now before I get a motor I think it's best if I get a good dish. Does anyone have any ideas on what kind of dish, a friend of mine says she has a dish on her wall I can have, hopefully it isn't sky digital. I hate to sound stupid here, but here goes :rolleyes:, if it is a round dish, around 80 - 100 cm will that be ok? (That does sound stupid, but my dish at the moment is the oval type). Does it really matter what type of lnb you have? What is best 0.3db 0.4db 0.5db 0.6db ? Plus if you turn the dish left and right, should it be able to pick up the other satellites or will I have to tilt it up? As I said I've done this with my Sky dish which is picking up nothing but Astra btw it has a Grundig Lnb. My receiver is a good one compared to others I've seen (My sister bought hers from Lidl 3 days ago, a COMAG SL55 for around £45 I think, but mine is much better, I can find more channels) and it is USALS and diseqc compatible.[/color][/font][/center] [center][font=Comic Sans MS][img]http://i5.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/2e/ab/f6_1_b.JPG[/img][/font][/center] [center][font=Comic Sans MS][color=purple]Sorry for the long winded post, but I don't want to buy a motor until I have my dish right. Thanx to all of you who are taking the time to help me.[/color][/font][/center] [/QUOTE]
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