What type of mount to buy ?

[jonfr]

I am moving back to Denmark in May. I plan to setup 3 or 4 satellite dishes. While I am not in the best location for getting signal from the satellites on the east part of the sky. I can get the west part of the sky clearly. The dish that I am going to use are not big. The largest one is going to be 65cm, the rest is going to be 40cm in size.

I know that I can use small mount for this type of dishes. But I am still wondering what type of mount I should buy. I also do not have any idea where to buy this type of mount in Denmark. It needs to hold all the 4 dishes. The balcony that I am going to have has windows in it, so it can be closed. But I do not think it is going be any problem for me.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Robbo]

What are you gong to mount the dishes on? a wall, the floor....?

 

[jonfr]

They are going on an wall. I am not sure where at this point. But I might be able to set them inside. I am not sure if I can place them outside as they have to be close enough for me to correctly align them to correct satellite.

 

[Robbo]

It's going to be impossible to buy one mount to hold all four dishes and have them not blocking each other.
i think you are going to have to decide on the arrangement first, then use a few poles and clamps to knock something together.

 

[jonfr]

If I can get long enough mount. This should not be an problem. The dish are only 40cm in size and the largest is 65 cm in size. I am not sure yet if I can use all four of them. It depends on what I can get at my new home.

 

[sonnetpete]

I agree with Robbo, you'll find it almost impossible to mount more than two dishes on a pole without one blocking the other. Have a look at my set up here : http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...dishes-15-lnbs-five-switches-lot-cable-5.html and the photos on post #47. I've managed to get four dishes up but only by using two mounts.

 

[Robbo]

Perhaps it would be a better idea to ditch all the dishes, and just get a T90 since its just for the western arc, and also, your dishes are small, so you would only pick up strong sats anyway. The T90 would perform much better than four tiddly dishes, take up less space, look better and be easier to mount.

 

[jonfr]

Perhaps it would be a better idea to ditch all the dishes, and just get a T90 since its just for the western arc, and also, your dishes are small, so you would only pick up strong sats anyway. The T90 would perform much better than four tiddly dishes, take up less space, look better and be easier to mount.

I had an many dish on one mount that I had specially built for me. The solution is to get high mount, so it provides enough space for all the dishes on it. I do not want to get T90. As I find it easier to control each dish if I want to change what satellite I am viewing.

 

[Robbo]

Yes, if you had plenty of room for a long pole, you could put as many dishes as you wanted on it,as long as you have enough spacing.

You can still choose different sats with the t90, by sliding the Lnbs around.

 

[RimaNTSS]

In any case, for more common satellites T90 will perform better than 3-4 antennas where 65 cm is bigger one. Even more, with small antennas you will not get all transponders which you can get with T90. Agree with Robbo, when T90 is set-up, changing of satellite is easy as 1-2-3 just slide LNB on rail.