Whats the Benefits of Installing a Diseqc Motor?

Gerb68 · 05-01-2015 06:13PM #1

I installed a very large Triax 120 cm satellite dish with a Motek SG2100 Diseqc Motor about 3 years ago. The plan then was to get into the whole Sat thing as a hobby but because of one thing or another this has never happened. All I use it for is the BSkyB sat on ASTRA 28E. Because of this I am thinking of taking the whole thing down and replacing it with a smaller mesh dish because with the large dish I get problems when the weather is bad.

Should I keep the Diseqc Motor and what really are the potential benefits to having it? I know a smaller setup is preferable if I am only using ASTRA 28E but I'm not sure what I'd be missing if I took down the motor.

Either way I have to change the size of the dish.

Thanx for any help.

phobia2011 · 05-01-2015 10:18PM

for the last 3 years you have been missing out on an awful lot, i had mine installed about 5 yrs ago, main reason was saturday at 3 o clock.

brk13 · 05-01-2015 10:51PM

phobia2011 wrote: »

for the last 3 years you have been missing out on an awful lot, i had mine installed about 5 yrs ago, main reason was saturday at 3 o clock.

When you say 3pm games, what about 12, 5.30 and Sunday games? Do you receive these

Gerb68 · 06-01-2015 12:11AM

That's why I ask. If the dish is installed and pointing at the Astra satellite.

Is the benefit of having a motor so that you can then move the sat dish to other foreign satellites along east and west. I assume these satellites have to be pre-programmed in.

machiavellianme · 06-01-2015 12:17AM

You'd probably be better off posting this question in the Foreign satellite forum.
Lots of knowledgeable people over there. This forum is more concerned with 28.2E and the Sky/Freesat/FTA options.

winston_1 · 06-01-2015 12:34AM

If a large dish is giving you get problems in bad weather it is not aligned properly. A large dish should eliminate such problems but is harder to align initially.

MrTrebus · 13-01-2015 06:58PM

or you could look at the Toroidal Dish solution
I personally got shot of my 1.2 meter dish and motor for a 90cm Toroidal dish
Instant channel zapping now from sat to sat !
Probably should have actually posted in the foreign sat section though !

Whats the Benefits of Installing a Diseqc Motor?

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