what on-line shop with sat accessories

beny

I'm looking around for a internet shop selling satellite equipment. It could be either in UK (shipping to IE) or in Ireland. I want to buy motorised rotor (diseqC 1.2) for dish and mayby new LNB
any advice?

sayireland

www.satellite.ie

beny

Originally posted by sayireland
www.satellite.ie

nope
they dont have rotors

Tony

Originally posted by sayireland
www.satellite.ie

Thanks for the plug. I'm sorry we dont sell the motors you wanted, problem is we have not found one yet that lasts more than a year.

Tony

Greenman

Try http://www.brymar.co.uk/

beny

Originally posted by Tony
Thanks for the plug. I'm sorry we dont sell the motors you wanted, problem is we have not found one yet that lasts more than a year.

Tony

but what kind of problems occur with the motors? Is it the wind? BTW they (in Europe) sell those rotors and users claim have no problems at all

Zaphod

www.myersat.com

Have found them good to deal with in the past.

Capt'n Midnight

mutliple LNB's on the dish or even spread over two or more dishes ?

Unless you are into scanning you'll find it more reliable (and maybe cheaper) and quieter to use fixed dishes.

chernobyl

Originally posted by greenman
Try http://www.brymar.co.uk/

Used them to buy a motor recently. Fast and reliable.
Manhattan 120 rotor.

Originally posted by beny
but what kind of problems occur with the motors? Is it the wind?

You would need a serious storm to destroy the motor. They just wear out and are designed to do so. I was getting about 1 1/2yrs out of em with heavy use[using it for up to 10hours a day]. But for just general browsing you will get [i hope] an extended lifespan.

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
mutliple LNB's on the dish or even spread over two or more dishes ?

Unless you are into scanning you'll find it more reliable (and maybe cheaper) and quieter to use fixed dishes.

By getting mutiple feeds you are only delaying what you actually want. you will want to constantly see what left and right of your fixed [:-(] dish and will always be itching for a motorised system.

Noise has never been and issue with the new motors.
Manhattan are very quite.

Tony

Originally posted by beny
but what kind of problems occur with the motors? Is it the wind? BTW they (in Europe) sell those rotors and users claim have no problems at all

cheap construction using plastic cogs which wear quicky. I have a sample rotor on the way fro Europe I'm hoping this will be of suitable quality

Tony

chernobyl

Even the metallic gears get some serious wear on them:




An actuator has less stress on it and is generally protected from heavy wind by being behind the dish and both mounted and bolted to a dish and the mount in a "stress" free way.



A fantastic review of rotors tested over a long period of time on Satcritics: here

Tony

Originally posted by chernobyl
Even the metallic gears get some serious wear on them:




here

Thanks for the link, very interesting

Greenman

chernobyl

An actuator has less stress on it and is generally protected from heavy wind by being behind the dish and both mounted and bolted to a dish and the mount in a "stress" free way.

My actuator is 5 years old in everyday use "touch wood" hasn't missed a beat!!!


Capt'n Midnight

mutliple LNB's on the dish or even spread over two or more dishes ?

I use that system very very good for the main sats 28.2,26,19 and 13 degrees!!!

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.satellite.ie/acatalog/Dishes_and_Lnb_s.html

Superjack 12 inch actuator/motor for use with motorised dishes. Can easily track from 28 degrees east to 45 west on dishes up to 1.2m. Works really well with Channel Master and Triax polar mounts.

Price: €68,99 / STG£48.29 Including VAT at 21%