Dish point @ 28.2...

[Segel]

My dish has been setup and is pointing at astra 28.2 e wile it's setup specificly for this am i capable of scanning any other satellites and pulling anything else in, i totally understand if signal might not be all that, but any information on this would be great...

Thanks,

[pedro2000uk]

Originally Posted by Segel

My dish has been setup and is pointing at astra 28.2 e wile it's setup specificly for this am i capable of scanning any other satellites and pulling anything else in, i totally understand if signal might not be all that, but any information on this would be great...

Thanks,

no, a dish has to be aimed at a satellite to get its' channels ....

[Segel]

I've see sats that have like 4 sets of lnbs mouted onto one dish, are these lnbs hitting the back of the dish at a certain point or something, then connected to a sat finder to find the sat station.

Then again, another lnb pointing at the same dish picking up other sat sations.Same for the other two and as mainy as you can fit...

The dish is still pointing in one direction, and for example in london, you would point a dish in the same direct for 28.2E ASTRA and 16E SESAT or even 26E ARABSAT.

just haven't done much practical myself with dish alignment.

[mikie8]

there are 4 satellites at 28.2e , so you are already viewing 4 . if you have a large dish you may be able to have more lnbs added . each lnd you add will sit to the side of the lnb and view the dish offset to the opposite side .

if you only have an original sly dish , these not much you can do , although some people have motorised it .

a motor is by far the best option to view other birds . they are cheap and even with an old 80cm dish you will be able to see alot more sats .

[Mickha]

You can use multiple LNB's, and a Diseqc switch, to receive other satellites, but your dish has to big enough and the LNB's need to be correctly aligned.
What size dish are you currently using?
If it's a normal Sky dish then I'd leave that on Sky, 28.2E, and consider a larger, second, dish for other satellites, and you'll need a different receiver as Sky receivers are only designed to be used for Sky.
We will also need your general location, e.g. North East UK, to judge the size of dish required for 16E, and an idea of the channels you're hoping to receive.

[pedro2000uk]

Originally Posted by Segel

I've see sats that have like 4 sets of lnbs mouted onto one dish, are these lnbs hitting the back of the dish at a certain point or something, then connected to a sat finder to find the sat station.

Then again, another lnb pointing at the same dish picking up other sat sations.Same for the other two and as mainy as you can fit...

The dish is still pointing in one direction, and for example in london, you would point a dish in the same direct for 28.2E ASTRA and 16E SESAT or even 26E ARABSAT.

just haven't done much practical myself with dish alignment.

yes you can do that too .. but that's different though- the extra lnbs see other satellites in offset as it were ...

you can do that with a sky dish to a degree* - should get Hotbird with an extra lnb on the right side as you look at the face or even 19.2e with thin / bullet lnbs - but the signals will be lower.

[Segel]

Well really i wouldn't mind anything from 28.2E, 13E, 19.2E, 16E, or 26E. Which are all pretty much in the same direction from my loaction in North London UK. I now have a technomate 600 PVR.

Would i need seperate lnbs along a mount, or could i just install a motor on the dish and use one lnb ? Going back to my first post, surley even though i'm pointed and alinged at 28.E on a normal sky zone 2 dish at the moment, i would be able to still scan any of the above and still pick up a weakish signal...

What dish and how big recommended Mickha ?

And mikie8, doesn't 28.E only have 3 sats which are...ASTRA 2A, ASTRA 2B and ASTRA 2D. What's the fourth one?

[pedro2000uk]

Originally Posted by Segel

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surely even though i'm pointed and aligned at 28.E on a normal sky zone 2 dish at the moment, i would be able to still scan any of the above and still pick up a weakish signal...
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No, the design of a dish & lnb's feed horn is to focus the satellite you are aimed at & exclude other satellites & any surrounding noise as much as possible- any bleed over is noise - most satellites use the same or similar frequencies, but with different attributes so won't show on the same channel either (usually).

If you are aimed at a weak satellite & there is a stronger satellite right next to it such as the weaker 26e next to 28.2e- on a smaller dish, the stronger 28.2e (or 23.5e) will bleed over 26e ... a larger dish not only delivers more power but also focuses more separating the satellites better.

[Robbo]

Originally Posted by Segel

Well really i wouldn't mind anything from 28.2E, 13E, 19.2E, 16E, or 26E. Which are all pretty much in the same direction from my loaction in North London UK. I now have a technomate 600 PVR.

You need a motorised if you want those, as 26 is too close to 28, and 16E and 26E are both weak.

Alternatively you could have a fixed 1m on 26E, and a 90cm/1m for 13E, 16E and 28.

[Segel]

Interesting thanks alot for the information so far, so if i wanted to take 26.E out of the equation. And if i'm understanding correctly get a one 1m dish, that is motorised, would i only need the 1 lnb.

How exactly would a motor work, would i still need to align anything or would i just install the dish, point it in the right direction, go to my 600 and start scanning channels on 13E, 16E and 28E. Then the motor would move the dish and align to the specific sat.

Sorry again, no field work with installing dishes.

Ok so say if i'm watching a channel on 13 E but change channel to something on 16e, would the motor on the dish have to move the dish to align to the sat to get the signal...

Would something like this do,Triax TD110 110cm Motorised Dish Pack on eBay (end time 01-Feb-11 12:34:31 GMT)

I did look at you're sig robbo haha

edit: or something like this, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-1m-TECHNOMATE-DISH-PACK-550mm-MOUNT-CABLE-MOTOR-LNB-/390134989745?pt=UK_ConEle_SatCableFreeview_RL&hash =item5ad5db83b1

i'm quite in love with technomates at the moment.