Help Sky uk

[toby69]

Re: Help Sky uk

I have an iss 80 cm and pick up most of the sats I want.
I was pleasantly surprised today when I tried tring. Receiving it with about 50% snr.
I tried a while back and was only getting about 30 % and was breaking up badly.
It was at the same time of day as well so I don't know what made the difference.

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tring 16east, for me on 120cm dish,
s= 79%
q= 76%
if possible, always go for the biggest dish you can, 120cm ample for most sats

[odysseas1991]

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Just a tip if you want advice on a good technomate box...

The TM5402HD is the best budget, all rounder box that is FULL HD and drives a motor if you have one. It is also the most user friendly box you can get as its menus and chnnel selections are very basic... I think you could find it for aroudn £140. Very good box with support and updates frequently available.

[digicon]

Re: Help Sky uk

Just a tip if you want advice on a good technomate box...

The TM5402HD is the best budget, all rounder box that is FULL HD and drives a motor if you have one. It is also the most user friendly box you can get as its menus and chnnel selections are very basic... I think you could find it for aroudn £140. Very good box with support and updates frequently available.

I would also second that it really is an exceptional box for the price and has one of the best sensitive tuners available in any receiver currently available

[bokkie]

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I've been toying with the idea of getting a bigger dish.
Not much bigger, maybe a td88. Just enough to bring those marginal signals in.

[rob45]

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hi bokkie just curious but what size of dish is a td88.

[digicon]

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I've been toying with the idea of getting a bigger dish.
Not much bigger, maybe a td88. Just enough to bring those marginal signals in.

Dont waste your time with a TD88 for the extra 12cm go for the 1m at least say an orbital perhaps, this should give you good margins for Badr4 at 26° east and also bring in lots on 7° west

hi bokkie just curious but what size of dish is a td88.

It's a Triax 90cm but actually is only 88cm when measured

[bokkie]

Re: Help Sky uk

Reflector size is about 95x85 compared to my iss 80 which is actually 80x73.
Triax are very highly regarded and also have multi lnb brackets and holders designed specifically for the triax range.

[sidwho]

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am running 3 systems, spider hd 9000,1 meter dish 42e to 35w. spider 8000, 80cm dish, 38e to 30 w. dynavision fox, 95 cm dish 42e to 30w. all systems on wifi to internet. no problems with 80cm which is on the roof of the house. the other 2 systems i put in my self, this gives me the chance to swap things around from time to time to see if i can improve the performance of a system. so get a motorised system and enjoy, kind reguardsv sidwho

[bong1]

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in the uk anything over 1m needs planing permission

[toby69]

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in the uk anything over 1m needs planing permission

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seems there different rules for different areas,
see here,



planning-applications.co.uk/Satelite%20Dish%20Info.htm

also have read, 150cm for some foreigners.

[brogan]

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foriegners dont need planning permission for a huge dish as they say they need it to pick up there homeland tv channels, everyone else is suppose to have planning permission depend on where you live; as toby pointed out above, but so long as your neighbours aren't nosey interfering busy bodies who complain about everything possible, then you should be allright with a 115-120cm dish.. also sticking it on a shed or in the back garden somewhere will be fine as you can get away with saying it isnt a permanent fixture.

[pan1300]

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foriegners dont need planning permission for a huge dish as they say they need it to pick up there homeland tv channels, everyone else is suppose to have planning permission depend on where you live

Ok, off topic, but I thought it was bad here in Belgium (not sat only, but general), but that's even worse! I know in the Netherlands there are (or were) also strict rules about dishes.
Where's Europe now ??

[toby69]

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I've been toying with the idea of getting a bigger dish.
Not much bigger, maybe a td88. Just enough to bring those marginal signals in.

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get one bokkie, i started as you did with small dish, like you 80cm, then i got 90cm off a closed pub wall (with permission from builders), then got 120cm off a chap for £30, makes quite a big difference on signal improvements, especially in bad weather.

[bokkie]

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Problem is that my dish is on the roof, attached to the neighbors wall. It's hard to explain but that was the only way to fix the dish as I have a conservatory on the rear south facing wall with no place for a dish.
Good thing is you can't see the dish from ground level at all. It's completely hidden in the roof valley.

[runmo]

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please stick to the topic "help sky uk". I propose that communication/info about dishes should be put specific dish thread
regards
runmo