Zone 1 or Zone 2?

Kotek Besar

Very quick question lads:

For Sky, will a 43cm Zone 1 dish be ok for Waterford City, or do I need a 60cm Zone 2?

Cheers.

Tony

benifa wrote: »

Very quick question lads:

For Sky, will a 43cm Zone 1 dish be ok for Waterford City, or do I need a 60cm Zone 2?

Cheers.

I'd strongly recommend zone 2 to avoid drop outs in bad weather

Kotek Besar

Tony wrote: »

I'd strongly recommend zone 2 to avoid drop outs in bad weather

Thanks mate.

Tony

pleasure

Kotek Besar

Actually Tony, since you're on..

I'm planning on installing a Sky FTA system for a mate soon enough (hence the initial question). I've never done it before. Near his house there are other Sky dishes up, so I can see the general direction it should be pointing to. Question is, am I being too optimistic to think I can do the install without a sat finder?

Tony

It can be done ok but may take quite some time unless you get lucky, make very small movements and wait a few seconds to see if you have a signal/lock. I'd recommend you beg steal or borrow a sat finder though

benifa wrote: »

Actually Tony, since you're on..

I'm planning on installing a Sky FTA system for a mate soon enough (hence the initial question). I've never done it before. Near his house there are other Sky dishes up, so I can see the general direction it should be pointing to. Question is, am I being too optimistic to think I can do the install without a sat finder?

Boggles

benifa wrote: »

Actually Tony, since you're on..

I'm planning on installing a Sky FTA system for a mate soon enough (hence the initial question). I've never done it before. Near his house there are other Sky dishes up, so I can see the general direction it should be pointing to. Question is, am I being too optimistic to think I can do the install without a sat finder?

There not that expensive mate, you can pick them up for a tenner, and believe me it will be a tenner well spent if it gets you down from that ladder quicker in this cold weather.

Kotek Besar

Thanks for the advice lads. I may invest in a sat finder, if I can find one in town!

michaelanthony

They sell satellite finders in maplin for about E20.

mustang68

hijacking this thread too

Why is it that when it rains that there are specific channels that drop, I presume that they all get transmitted at the same signal strength? or am I wrong?

Tony

mustang68 wrote: »

hijacking this thread too

Why is it that when it rains that there are specific channels that drop, I presume that they all get transmitted at the same signal strength? or am I wrong?

They all use different power levels