Motorised dish, two rooms, recommendations for cabling/receivers

[Huevos]

Got 6 dishes here. But only one on the house.

Anyway what I mean is a dish is pointing at the sky. Normally there is no need to mount it high up.

 

[goldnet]

There are also other local planning laws to consider. Where I live (Ireland East coast) the local recent by-laws allow one satellite dish only and should not be on the front of the house. I actually have two (one motorised, one fixed) but they are on the back of the house and I've had them for 15 years or more. Neighbours haven't complained either... I've also got ADSB antenna and vertical VHF/UHF antenna, but technically I'm outside the law

You do need line of sight with a dish, so you can't mount it in an attic/loft. You could hide it behind a roof line so it couldn't be seen from the front of the house. You mentioned a chimney mount - I'd suggest that this would not be suitable for a 90/100cm dish, especially with a motorised setup, due to wind load. I see a lot of SKY installs in my area where they are attached to chimneys, but I don't think it's a good idea.

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Yes, understand planning laws - not an issue here.

There's a tall and solid chimney stack coming up from a fireplace at the end of the (modern) house (wall/chimney faces South, so good for motorised directionality) - it's not an old rooftop stack. I wouldn't think there is a huge difference in mounting on here or adjacent to it high up on the same end wall, is there?

To answer Huevos also I think I can only get clear line of sight to satellite band if the dish is high up, otherwise fences, walls, plants etc would be in front of it.

Can anyone recommend a good longlife dish and quality LNB - Technomate, Triax - my dish in London was a Cahor Visiosat Bisat 75 cm. I see they do a fibreglass version. Is 75cm big enough for Shropshire or do I need to size up?

 

[Huevos]

To answer Huevos also I think I can only get clear line of sight to satellite band if the dish is high up, otherwise fences, walls, plants etc would be in front of it.

Get an AR app for your mobile and check.

 

[Andy_Hazza]

I would size up. Technomate are excellent dishes. Something like this from WoS >> https://www.world-of-satellite.co.u...omate-97cm-motorised-mesh-satellite-dish-pack


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[goldnet]

I would size up. Technomate are excellent dishes. Something like this from WoS >> https://www.world-of-satellite.co.u...omate-97cm-motorised-mesh-satellite-dish-pack


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Thanks Andy - yes, others have also suggested a size up. Is a fibreglass dish likely to last longer than a mesh one (we're in quite an exposed position). Or do you recommend a mesh one because it would be lighter?