Advice Needed Strong satellites

[Gladstones]

Which receiver is recommended Octagon sx88+ se
Or Octagon sf 8008v2
How the receiver can control the motor
Do motor have to connect to the receiver via wire

 

[william-1]

The SX88+ will be OK for now very easy to set up,
The DiSEqC Motor is controlled via the coaxial cable going to the Lnb,
So the route is Cable In motor--Cable out of motor to Lnb.

 

[Gladstones]

Why there is no difference between 80 cm perforated and 1 meter solid Dish
Both got same gain
It’s on here

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www.systemsat.co.uk

• 80cm Technomate Mesh Satellite Dish
• 71x79 cm
  Gain (10,7GHz) 38,9dB
• Gain (11,7GHz) 37dB
• Gain (12,7GHz) 39,8dB
• 
  
  1m Technomate Soild Satellite Dish
• 87x100 cm
  • Gain (10,7GHz) 38,9dB
  • Gain (11,7GHz) 37dB
  • Gain (12,7GHz) 39,8dB

 

[Lazarus]

Patently a publication error.

IIRC, the figures for the bigger dish are correct.

 

[Gladstones]

The SX88+ will be OK for now very easy to set up,
The DiSEqC Motor is controlled via the coaxial cable going to the Lnb,
So the route is Cable In motor--Cable out of motor to Lnb.

I use to have 300 cm motorised mesh c band dish Back home with pace receiver motor was connected to separate power supply
So when I want to change sat. I select the channel on desired sat then. I move dish with power supply up and down button
Talking about 90s
Things are more simple now a days as receiver can move the dish to desired satellite

 

[Gladstones]

Which company dish is better
Technomate
Triax
I notice some suppliers are printing there own names on dishes
Or all are the same

 

[Analoguesat]

Most dishes are reasonable these days. Most of the old lags on here wont touch the big Jonsa or FortecStar dishes though as their quality leaves a bit to be desired

 

[Gladstones]

Why there is no difference between 80 cm perforated and 1 meter solid Dish
Both got same gain
It’s on here

Temporarily Unavailable

The requested site is not currently available.

www.systemsat.co.uk

• 80cm Technomate Mesh Satellite Dish
• 71x79 cm
  Gain (10,7GHz) 38,9dB
• Gain (11,7GHz) 37dB
• Gain (12,7GHz) 39,8dB
• 
  
  1m Technomate Soild Satellite Dish
• 87x100 cm
  • Gain (10,7GHz) 38,9dB
  • Gain (11,7GHz) 37dB
  • Gain (12,7GHz) 39,8dB

Yes looks like printing error
Cause 80 cm will never beat 100 cm
I checked on technomate website
But they are not showing any technical information

 

[Channel Hopper]

What is your budget ?

 

[william-1]

For dishes 90cm to 120cm Gibertini takes some beating.

 

[Analoguesat]

If you live near the coast buy aluminium dishes - they wont rust when the paint gets chipped

 

[jeallen01]

Having 3x TRIAX dishes (all secondhand - thus bought very cheaply!) I wouldn't recommend any of them because setting the declination angle is a real pain in the A** (and the arm and brain!), especially the larger ones!

The adjustment on the Gibertinis is much more straightforward and easily controlled.

No experience of Technomate dishes.

 

[Gladstones]

What is your budget ?

Not worried about budget but can not go bigger than 100 cm as planing rules secondly it’s going to be at the front so as discreet as possible

 

[Analoguesat]

Discreet is difficult with a 1m!

However you could get some car primer the approx colour of your brickwork & lightly spray the face of it.

 

[Analoguesat]

To be honest it all depends how tolerant your neighbours are & how well you can hide them - at one point I used to have 9 dishes in the garden including two 1m and a 1.1m

 

[Gladstones]

80 cm technomate mesh looks discreet as I am not allowed solid 1 meter dish
I think if I get
28.2
19.2
13
and maybe few others I will be happy to scan and keep my hobby alive
Anybody using this dish ?

 

[Gladstones]

To be honest it all depends how tolerant your neighbours are & how well you can hide them - at one point I used to have 9 dishes in the garden including two 1m and a 1.1m

That was about a full dinner set

 

[Gladstones]

To be honest it all depends how tolerant your neighbours are & how well you can hide them - at one point I used to have 9 dishes in the garden including two 1m and a 1.1m

Neighbour said get 5meter one and connect my tele Aswell

 

[william-1]

Having 3x TRIAX dishes (all secondhand - thus bought very cheaply!) I wouldn't recommend any of them because setting the declination angle is a real pain in the A** (and the arm and brain!), especially the larger ones!

The adjustment on the Gibertinis is much more straightforward and easily controlled.

No experience of Technomate dishes.

Technomate dishes are cheap & have the same declination angle set up as the Triax dishes so another one to avoid also the gain is very poor due to the poor construction OK if you just want strong satellite like Astra-1 & 2 but a 60cm oval in a test I did a long while ago gave better signals that the 100cm Technomate dish that I scrapped

 

[jeallen01]

Discreet is difficult with a 1m!

However you could get some car primer the approx colour of your brickwork & lightly spray the face of it.

Agreed. Choose the colour to, as far as possible, match that of the building behind it - or maybe use a combination of colours (red oxide + a brightish green) in a "zigzag" or "random spots" (what the Russians use on their fighters!) camouflage pattern if there's vegitation (trees or bushes) behind it. Works quite well in my experience .

PS: Don't forget that the dish may not have to be on the actual front wall of the building, as ground-mounting (or on the wall, but close to ground level?) would be more "discrete" and much easier to adjust, providing that the buildings on the other side of the road are not too tall (use dishpointer to check what elevation angle you would need for your chosen sats.)