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help which best way to install?

  • 13-07-2007 6:15pm
    #1
    satellite07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭


    hi folks , not sure about this one, but i got a new fortec star satellite dish from maplins, 90cm. from the instructions you can either install it on the wall of the house or as a tripod on the ground bolted down..

    install video
    http://www.ftavideos.com/fortec/cd/videos/fortec_mmotor_and_antenna_assembly.html

    not sure which is best,, any ideas, seems like a big job to get this monster up a ladder without falling off and killing myself..

    if i install it on the patio and bolt it down, do you think it would work ok?
    or is it better to install it up on the side of the house?

    any suggestions ?


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  • #2
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Doesn't matter where it sits, as long as it has a clear view of the satellites in the sky.


  • #3
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    I have actually seen Sky dishes mounted below ground level on basement flats.

    Reasons to ground mount
    No ladders/drilling walls
    Ease of access,
    Ease of positiioning, adjustment adding extra etc
    Less prone to wind buffeting
    Complaints from neighbours/management companies, busybodies etc

    Reasons to wall mount
    Interference by children, animals
    Obstructions : ground distance to obstacle less than double the height
    Complaints from missus about yoke on patio

    Feel free to add to list, I am sure there are plenty more.


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