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    0.8w 13e 19e and 28.8 on sky dish?

    Hi there folks iv just got myself one of these boxes and have been reading up on all but have few questions still

    My current dish is approx 70cm wide x 60cm high (is this the sky zone 2 dish?)

    Would like to know my next best step please - is it possible to keep existing dish and add to it to enable me to get more sats. I think i can get 13e and 19e handy enough but what about 0.8w? Do i go monobloc or should i get single lbns and a holder?

    Or is dish not big enough and shud i go motorised?

    Please any advice be great

    Many thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickerrr View Post
    Hi there folks iv just got myself one of these boxes and have been reading up on all but have few questions still

    My current dish is approx 70cm wide x 60cm high (is this the sky zone 2 dish?)

    Would like to know my next best step please - is it possible to keep existing dish and add to it to enable me to get more sats. I think i can get 13e and 19e handy enough but what about 0.8w? Do i go monobloc or should i get single lbns and a holder?

    Or is dish not big enough and shud i go motorised?

    Please any advice be great

    Many thanks
    welcome to the forum

    plenty of info on this in the dish and lnb forums including some pretty pictures, as its not actually a spiderbox question, but a dish reception question

    moved to there

    yes it sounds like a zone 2 dish

    no I dont think you will get 0.8w, but you never know until you try

    the other 3 can be easily got with the dish (well I did it anyway, read my thread)

    yes a motor is better

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    your weakest sat would be .8w and on a 60cm dish not ideal

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    .8w would just be a bonus - can you tell me do i need special lbns that will work with my sky dish - i think i read they are different to normal lbns due to shape of dish?

    or would i be better with monobloc sorry?
    Last edited by flickerrr; 30-07-2012 at 04:22 PM. Reason: extra question

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    Quote Originally Posted by echelon View Post
    welcome to the forum

    plenty of info on this in the dish and lnb forums including some pretty pictures, as its not actually a spiderbox question, but a dish reception question

    moved to there

    yes it sounds like a zone 2 dish

    no I dont think you will get 0.8w, but you never know until you try

    the other 3 can be easily got with the dish (well I did it anyway, read my thread)

    yes a motor is better
    can you send me link to ur thread?

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    You may be pushing it with 0.8° west maybe pick the strong TP's up but anything else probably not, The Zone 2 is ideal for multi-lnb due to it being around 70cm wide and 60cm high the best lnbs to use are the Sly ones as the feedhorn is perfectly matched to this shape of dish a standard LNB is not.

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    So next question is which sly lnb?! Is the new mk4 ok for my dish or do i need one suitable for zone 2?

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickerrr View Post
    So next question is which sly lnb?! Is the new mk4 ok for my dish or do i need one suitable for zone 2?
    You would probably struggle to get a Single output Sly LNB anymore as all are now either quads or Octo's so the quad will work absolutely fine.

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    Hi flickerrr,

    I think this might be the thread your lookng for.

    Regards,
    Mike.
    https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...ne-2-now-5-way

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    Quote Originally Posted by digicon View Post
    You would probably struggle to get a Single output Sly LNB anymore as all are now either quads or Octo's so the quad will work absolutely fine.
    anything else i need?

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickerrr View Post
    can you send me link to ur thread?
    Try here:

    https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...-zone-2-dishes

    or here

    https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...ne-2-now-5-way

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    can buy dedicated satellite dishes for this purpose that will give you the wide seperation you need

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    would these do the job? _http://www.****.co.uk/itm/MK4-Quad-LNB-Suitable-for-Sky-And-Freesat-Supplied-with-the-Legacy-Adaptor-/251092986780?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_S atellite_LNBs&hash=item3a764eeb9c

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickerrr View Post
    would these do the job? _http://www.****.co.uk/itm/MK4-Quad-LNB-Suitable-for-Sky-And-Freesat-Supplied-with-the-Legacy-Adaptor-/251092986780?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_S atellite_LNBs&hash=item3a764eeb9c
    try reading the rules again

    no links to other retailers


    and try doing some reading as all the info is in here, so you should be reading not typing

    thanks

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