Help needed for a rookie!!!dish size

[hope1106]

i am planning to buy a TECHNOMATE TM-6900 HD COMBO
i would like to have channels from:
Intelsat 3R/11 at 43.0°W (mexican channels in europe)
Thor 3/5 & Intelsat 10-02 at 0.8°W
Hispasat 1C/1D at 30.0°W
Hot Bird 8 at 13.0°E
Hot Bird 6 at 13.0°E
Hellas Sat 2 at 39.0°E
Intelsat 905 at 24.5°W
Astra 2D (28.2E)
the question is how big the dish should be?
i suppose i need a motorized dish if i want all these satellites.
what lnb is best for hd channels??
sincerely
peter

 

[Topper]

Welcome to the forum hope1106

OK first things first, what line of site have you got? An 82 degree arc is quite a challenge, but not impossible assuming you have LOS, as regards Mexican channels, there are televisa mexican channels on the European beam, and in the clear not that I can get them, but dish size does not appear to be a problem on the European beam. For all the other I always suggest 1mtr simply to be within local regulations without applying for planning permission. For such an arc you will need your mounting to be spot on vertically.

 

[dasteelman]

for what its worth I can pick up all those eurpean beam satellites u mentioned on an 85cm dish and im in the north east of england.

I fortunatly have a direct due south wall and have access to the entire arc

 

[hope1106]

thanks guys for the help.
how can i check my arc???????
because i live here:
latitude:51.876515
longitude:-0.589239
and south from my flat we`ve got The Chilterns with a peak 250m high(about 18 miles from us),so possible that i don`t have the arc good enough for the Intelsat
regards
peter

 

[Topper]

I suggest you go to _http://www/dishpointer.com to determine that, insert the lat and long thus 51.876515, -0.589239 and away you go

 

[hope1106]

thanks topper.i checked the website
it says
Latitude: 51.8765°
Longitude: -0.5896° Name: 45.0W Intelsat 1R
Distance: 39766km Motor Latitude: 51.9°
Declination Angle: 7.5°
Dish Elevation: °
Elevation: 17.9°
Azimuth (true): 231.2°
Azimuth (magn.): 233.3°
LNB Skew [?]: 28.8°

that`s for intelsat

and for hispasat

Latitude: 51.8764°
Longitude: -0.5896° Name: 30.0W Hispasat 1C, 1D | Spainsat
Distance: 39107km Motor Latitude: 51.9°
Declination Angle: 7.5°
Dish Elevation: °
Elevation: 24.6°
Azimuth (true): 215.6°
Azimuth (magn.): 217.7°
LNB Skew [?]: 21.1°

can u tel me please if my arc is good the wall where i wanna put the satellite is open to the satellites

thanks

 

[Topper]

Well without a photograph of where you are mounting the dish and the corresponding line of site I cannot say. That detail you give covers two satellites there could be a lampost in front of where you are mounting the dish I do not know thus cannot say. Just remember that with an offset dish the signal actually come in from above not from where the dish is pointing as per the picture

 

[hope1106]

thanks topper
i think there won`t be any problem because i can put the dish on the third floor and there`s not many lampost in front of us(the distance to the obst. d:49.9m and the height is h:16.1m).
thnaks for your help once again

 

[hope1106]

i just talked to the guy at the AERIALFORCE.he says i need 1,2m dish for intelsat 45w could have problem with 1,0m dish(he says buy the TRIAX 1.1m) .what do u guys think?i don`t want to buy bigger than 1m because of the planning permission.any idea????!!!
thanks

 

[Robbo]

I have a Triax TD110, I will take a look a bit later on and see what kind of signal strength I'm getting.