astra1 and hotbird on the same dish

Bogger77 · 15-11-2005 1:44pm #1

Hi all,
trying to setup 2 lnb's on my dish for astra1 and hotbird. I've got astra1 set up on it moment, but I'm confused over where to place the lnb for hotbird.
As I look at the dish, do I place the Hotbird LNB to the left or the right of the astra1 lnb?

Also, what other interesting sats could I get with a 85cm dish? I've already Astra2 coming from a qaud sky lnb to the reciever. I'd like to leave my dish centered on astra1/hotbird.

Thanks
Bogger

cormacl · 15-11-2005 1:58pm

when looking at.. to the right.. a few inches apart

Zaphod · 15-11-2005 2:37pm

The dish acts like a mirror:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/page9.htm

Bogger77 · 15-11-2005 4:24pm

Thanks Zaphod, I'm always getting my left and my right confused, I had it on the wrong side

ps, it's the reciever I bought of you, it's working brillant, ta mucho

watty · 15-11-2005 7:26pm

This page has a photo. Astra is the central on the arm and hotbird up close to RHS looking at face of dish, i.e more east though a more westerly sat.
http://homepage.eircom.net/~watty/satellite/sathowto-p6.htm

This was a few years ago. It is now bolted and the Sky LNB is now a Quad (almost 100% quality).

Ulsterman 1690 · 15-11-2005 10:03pm

Nice site watty

Any chance of an "beginners guide to putting up a wall bracket" for those of us who are ahem "challenged" when it coes to DIY

Greenman · 15-11-2005 11:05pm

Bogger77 wrote:

Hi all,
trying to setup 2 lnb's on my dish for astra1 and hotbird. I've got astra1 set up on it moment, but I'm confused over where to place the lnb for hotbird.
As I look at the dish, do I place the Hotbird LNB to the left or the right of the astra1 lnb?

Thanks
Bogger

This pic says it all!!!

Bogger77 · 16-11-2005 1:46am

Thanks Guys, like I said, left and right were never really my thing in school

Bogger77 · 16-11-2005 1:48am

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

Nice site watty

Any chance of an "beginners guide to putting up a wall bracket" for those of us who are ahem "challenged" when it coes to DIY

Hi ulster,
May I suggest my method. Mention to my dad I'm going to be using a masonary drill bit on the house, and tell him when. He never fails to be there, he's seen my DIY too many times! Measure twice, cut once, and join

Ulsterman 1690 · 16-11-2005 7:41pm

Rather than faffing around with brackets you can get a thing called a "monoblock" LNB which is basically two LNB's stuck together spaced to give a 6 degree difference on an 80cm dish

Handy if its just Hotbird/Astra 1 youre after

watty · 16-11-2005 8:04pm

They even do a triple for three sats 3 degrees apart on a 80cm dish or it might to 6 deg apart on some 1.2m dishes.

But the monoblock has the Diseqc built in which won't suit if using separate receivers (as I was) or the LNBs as part of a 4 way setup.

Bogger77 · 16-11-2005 9:27pm

I've already got the LNB's and Bracket from Tony, and it's a learning process, I've picked up some stats I wouldnt have bothered with if I had a mono block. The plan is to add a motorised system to my collection in the new year, have to see what the wind effect is at the new house as it's very exposed to the south/southwest

Tony · 16-11-2005 10:09pm

Monoblocks can be tricky to set up as you need some way to inject a diseq tone while you have the meter on. For diy I would think two separate lnb's are the way to go

Smeagol · 17-11-2005 12:16pm

@Tony
For that purpose a Nokia D-Box1 with a portable tv seems to be a good alternative. With the DVB2000 software you even get a little spectrum analyzer.
(btw.Exellent for feedhunting)

For diy I would think two separate lnb's are the way to go

Agreed.

@Watty
But these yokes are neat, allthough with d-switch aswell.
http://cgi.ebay.de/MAXIMUM-Monoblock-QUAD-LNB-0-3-dB-MARKENWARE_W0QQitemZ5828727676QQcategoryZ77751QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

byte · 17-11-2005 10:10pm

Wow, a quad monoblock! I never knew they existed! Damn, Germany has access to some great satellite gear!

astra1 and hotbird on the same dish

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