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| From | alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.tech.digital-tv |
| Subject | Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals |
| Date | 2026-07-26 17:44 +0100 |
| Organization | At Home |
| Message-ID | <ncmrruFj7sbU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 26/07/2026 15:49, Java Jive wrote:
> On 2026-07-26 08:39, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
>>
>> On 26/07/2026 07:15, alan_m wrote:
>>>
>>> On 25/07/2026 22:25, Java Jive wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the thought, but I don't think there's anything very
>>>> suitable close enough. The land behind the house was clear-felled
>>>> not long before I moved in, and has been naturally regenerating ever
>>>> since, so all the trees on it are thin and bendy. The trees on my
>>>> land are more bushy than anything else, so are thin and bendy in a
>>>> different way.
>>>
>>> A bit of scaffolding pole concreted into the ground? The dish
>>> doesn't have to mounted high - it just needs line of sight and not
>>> obscured by undergrowth etc.
>>
>> tripod mount frame thingys used to be available for this exact purpose
>> - so no need to mess around with concrete - apart from the bags of
>> concrete required to stop it blowing away in a gale
>
> Tx to both. Tripod, I don't think so, too easily disturbed. Scaffolding
> pole, not quite solid enough to hold the dish steady in a gale.
It's better or equivalent to the same size poles used to mount a dish
above the eves of a house to obtain the signal over the roof.
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/reference/dish-screened-by-roof.pdf
However if in scotishland you need a dish larger than 65cm (Zone 2
sky/freesat dish = 80cm x 60Cm elliptical)
>
> As far as I've thought about it, I think something like an old telegraph
> pole but about half the height, with a footing about a metre long buried
> in concrete, is probably about the best that can be done. At the
> moment, there are only ever sheep in the field it would look over, but
> there are plenty of cattle around here as well, so the dish would have
> to be high enough to have an unobstructed view over the heads of any
> cattle in the field next door, yet solid enough that it wouldn't move
> too much in a gale.
You may be surprised how low the dish can be installed to clear an
obstacle in the path.
Go to https://www.dishpointer.com/
Select "28.2E astra 2F/2G for the satellite
Enter your location (by postcode etc.)
A map will be displayed with a green line showing the direction your
dish needs to be pointed.
You can move the end of the green line to your exact installation location.
In the dish setup data you can see the elevation for the signal
(Scotland approx 18 to 20 degrees) so the dish only needs to be 6m away
get clear a 2m high cow assuming the dish was mounted at ground level.
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Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-26 17:44 +0100
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Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 07:56 +0100
Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-18 08:34 +0100
Re: Non Freesat box to Receive Satellite Signals alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-20 07:31 +0100
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