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aj4u · 03-03-10, 11:30 AM

Ok i am going to set up a dish my self for the first time.. I have one in the front of the house and wanna set one in the back tooo..

I have attached a pic below, please advise if this is possible..

I don't think im going to get away with setting it up on the fence as their are other fences, etc in the way .. i don't really understand how much sight of sky i need to get a decent signal.. i've posted a pic..

Rick · 03-03-10, 11:33 AM

Its very hard to tell from that, which way does your dish point it the photo ? Or give us due south.

aj4u · 03-03-10, 11:41 AM

ok this any better?

aj4u · 03-03-10, 11:45 AM

also im thinking about putting 1.0m dish with motor installed btw..

thansk aj

Rick · 03-03-10, 12:15 PM

Much Better

I think you have picked about the best position you can reception wise. You could concrte a post in and use that, or lay a couple of flags and use a ground mount. How tall are the trees ?

aj4u · 03-03-10, 02:13 PM

erm.. well i don't want to use concrte tbh, not a big diy man

.. erm.. i was going to use a stand of ebay.. thing is if i put dish in the garden, it will have to go in flower bed and problem is i don't think it will be solid enough, i recon it will move.. is their an easy solution for this? i was going to get a stand and get like big rocks or something heavy, rest it on the legs of the stand and hope for the best :-/

Please advise

thanks aj

Rick · 03-03-10, 02:42 PM

Well I would advise doing it properly, a 1m dish could go flying in a bad wind if it's nor secured properly.

Robbo · 03-03-10, 04:32 PM

You could use a NPRM mount, and a few slabs to hold it down, that should work OK.

aj4u · 03-03-10, 08:55 PM

How far up would a 1m dish need to be to catch signal ? i mean if were to put the dish looking up towards the sky how much up would the dish need to be to get a decent number of sats using diseq motor or course?

thanks aj

Analoguesat · 03-03-10, 08:58 PM

The dish face needs to be more or less vertical.

The dish can be at any height - the satellites are 36000km away, so an extra 30 or 40 feet isnt going to make any difference whatsoever - all my dishes are at fencepost level, with one ground mounted example.

03-03-10, 11:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rick Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Blackburn, UK Posts: 2,600 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,029 Times in 669 Posts	Re: Advise please Its very hard to tell from that, which way does your dish point it the photo ? Or give us due south. __________________ Fibo 1.2m HH, Wavefield T90. AzBox HD Premium, Vu+ Duo Plumber and Satellite Installer North West Satellite Systems

03-03-10, 11:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
aj4u Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 158 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Advise please also im thinking about putting 1.0m dish with motor installed btw.. thansk aj

03-03-10, 12:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Rick Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Blackburn, UK Posts: 2,600 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,029 Times in 669 Posts	Re: Advise please Much Better I think you have picked about the best position you can reception wise. You could concrte a post in and use that, or lay a couple of flags and use a ground mount. How tall are the trees ? __________________ Fibo 1.2m HH, Wavefield T90. AzBox HD Premium, Vu+ Duo Plumber and Satellite Installer North West Satellite Systems

03-03-10, 02:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
aj4u Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 158 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Advise please erm.. well i don't want to use concrte tbh, not a big diy man .. erm.. i was going to use a stand of ebay.. thing is if i put dish in the garden, it will have to go in flower bed and problem is i don't think it will be solid enough, i recon it will move.. is their an easy solution for this? i was going to get a stand and get like big rocks or something heavy, rest it on the legs of the stand and hope for the best :-/ Please advise thanks aj

03-03-10, 02:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rick Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Blackburn, UK Posts: 2,600 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,029 Times in 669 Posts	Re: Advise please Well I would advise doing it properly, a 1m dish could go flying in a bad wind if it's nor secured properly. __________________ Fibo 1.2m HH, Wavefield T90. AzBox HD Premium, Vu+ Duo Plumber and Satellite Installer North West Satellite Systems

03-03-10, 04:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,375 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,981 Times in 1,603 Posts	Re: Advise please You could use a NPRM mount, and a few slabs to hold it down, that should work OK. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites

03-03-10, 08:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
aj4u Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 158 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Advise please How far up would a 1m dish need to be to catch signal ? i mean if were to put the dish looking up towards the sky how much up would the dish need to be to get a decent number of sats using diseq motor or course? thanks aj

03-03-10, 08:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: Advise please The dish face needs to be more or less vertical. The dish can be at any height - the satellites are 36000km away, so an extra 30 or 40 feet isnt going to make any difference whatsoever - all my dishes are at fencepost level, with one ground mounted example. __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

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