[mistermonster]

OK, I'm a noob and I don't have any kind of a setup yet; I'm still in the research stage.

But it seems to me like a motor would give me all kinds of satellites, versus just a couple for a fixed dish. Yeah, they might be crazed dictators ranting in some unintelligible language, but at least they would be different... for a while.

Seriously, why isn't a motorized dish tthe universal solution?

[pulpworker]

Believe me I had one, but where I live I am lucky that i'm getting anything with any of my dishes. I had one bought a brand new one but ending up selling it because of my location. Thats my reason or I would have one.

Also sorry forgot to welcome you aboard, please enjoy your stay here at ABA dss.

[boboisno1]

Hello and welcome. It might cost more than some want to pay and it's not suited for the extreme channel surfers.

[buddyjh]

Welcome aboard...motors add extra weight and are used mostly for dishes of 30 inches or more so its really not feasible to use it on say your standard Dish Pro dishes and such

[steven charles]

welcome to abadss the best fta site on the net,hope you enjoy your stay....

[creativegenius]

Some elect to use motors, depending upon their budget and preference, others just use a big-ol-eliptical and LNB it to the 9's



This unit (shown) utilizes a 'special' LNB mounting rig called a 'daucer' check out e-bay for details.

Creative Genius

[johnnybluedawg]

also,, fixed dishes are better for using on multi STB households,,
this way,, others can watch what sats they want,,depending on
the amount of lnbs, dishes, and switches in the set up,,,

[VGiddy]

Good explanation for using a Fixed dish - Johnny.....

[jfonseca]

Creativeginius: What switches are you using with this setup? How dificult is to setup?

[creativegenius]

You'll want to get a good Desq Switch, like the EMP-Centauri 8 to 1



And as I understand it, having a Sat Meter may be handy for this set up.

Creative Genius

[coorslightly]

like anything else you start any hobby small and work your way up
start off with a single satellite. then next thing ya know you end up with a sat farm. or you can go to one sat and a motor off the bat and save some money in the long run.

[jfonseca]

I have two sat 110,119 and two dishes and a Kbox. If it is a good investment at this moment with the problems with FTA?

[Larryppl]

I,m running a motor and dish and get 82-91-95-110-119-123-129. so just depends on how much you want to spend and what yur lookin for. I watch both international channels as well as others. at this time i,m running satzen and seeing all lol. happy hunting for sats and ftas ...

[rj4285]

Dish Elevation is a problem with using a motorized unit. I have one. When you are tapping into a satellite feed, the Latitude and Longitude on your dish will determine what angle you have to tilt the dish so your LNB can "see" the signal. The elevation of the dish will change with certain satellites, ie, Nimiq 1 and 2 are pretty much in the same Azimuth so its easier for the installers to line up the dish properly. While the motor works great for this application, if I wanted to watch programming on say, 110 or 119, I would have to go outside and raise the angle of the dish to a certain angle to get those satellites. The motor works great in some cases but a second motor which could raise and lower the dish angle would make me even lazier.LOL
Welcome to ABA

[yipitsme]

Congrats on your first post Mistermonster, Welcome to the ABA community! hope you found you answer in all these replies to your question. Have a great day.

[drboyd]

Dang! Good answers, one and all! You guys are great!

Thanks (but keep 'em coming!)

[bill of oz]

Originally Posted by rj4285

Dish Elevation is a problem with using a motorized unit. I have one.

i would like to know what kind of inferior motor you have that does not track the arc and properly compensate for dish elevation.....i cant believe such a thing would even be on the market.....

a properly installed motor will line up perfectly for every satellite in the sky from eastern horizon to western horizon.....

you should never have to go outside to make any kind of adjustments.....if you do, then you didnt install it properly to begin with.....

my motorized dishes have been up for over 3 years and i have never had to go outside to adjust anything.....ive never touched them again.....

[bill of oz]

Originally Posted by mistermonster

Seriously, why isn't a motorized dish tthe universal solution?

on the positive side.....a motorized dish setup is nice and neat and clean looking.....no need for multiple dishes or LNBs or an ugly dish farm.....one single dish gets you every satellite in the sky.....

on the negative side.....if you like to switch channels alot there can be some "lag time" while the motor moves the dish.....

a motorized dish is really best for a single receiver setup.....if you want multiple receivers then you are better off going with stationary dish(es).....

i love my motorized dishes.....once you go motorized you will never go back.....

[pulpworker]

Originally Posted by bill of oz

i would like to know what kind of inferior motor you have that does not track the arc and properly compensate for dish elevation.....i cant believe such a thing would even be on the market.....

a properly installed motor will line up perfectly for every satellite in the sky from eastern horizon to western horizon.....

you should never have to go outside to make any kind of adjustments.....if you do, then you didnt install it properly to begin with.....

my motorized dishes have been up for over 3 years and i have never had to go outside to adjust anything.....ive never touched them again.....

Good info Bill , thanks, I don't know of anyone in this community that has one, either they are too expensive or can't get them set up properly, I know a guy that was on his roof for 4 days trying to set that up and I guess he got so upset he through it off the roof and set his single dishes back up again. He would get up early in the morning and start and stay there until evening and i'll tell ya that was in the middle of summer and geez it was hot, real hot too.

[sly]

there not that hard why didnt you go help him you could have helped him drink his beer hehe. first time i did mine it took about 4hr and when i moved it it took about 30 min but after that it has been up there for 4 or 5 years with no problems. worked great when i was using its worth the money for sure.