How to Install a Motorized Satellite System

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Satellites have become a popular solution to receive digital TV. There are subscriptions & viewing cards for packages all around the globe, you probably have one as well and receiving these signals via a dish. The interesting thing is that if you tried rotating your dish, it would be able to view channels from different satellites. As we know, the horizon is containing satellites and FTA (Free To Air) channels that most likely does not need a large dish. The most viewed satellites in Europe are 13E and 19E which carries loads of these FTA channels in multiple languages, such as Italian, Turkish and Russian.

At first it might not sound interesting to view the foreign channels. But now lets say you would die to watch a tennis match not broadcasted on your channels but this is transmitted on a FTA channel on another satellite, wouldn't it be cool to watch it? There are different motors to choose from, like DiSEqC, 36v Horizon to Horizon and actuators. DiSEqC motors are the most installed and they work okay for antennas up to 95 cm. With this option it uses your satellite receivers power that runs on 17v/12v. Receivers have limited power for the motor as it shares it with the LNB (Low Noise Block. This makes them slow and not as powerful as say 36v H to H motors. Its a convenient upgrade because it uses the existing coax cable that already goes to the LNB on your satellite dish. 36v actuators and H to H motors are stronger, can handle higher wind loads and drive bigger dishes, these use their own power source via the receivers built-in 36v positioner. Most receivers don't have a built-in positioner but don't worry, in this case you could use a thing called VBox.

One advantage of this is that the satellite positions are programmed inside it instead of in the receivers software. Basically all the motors are designed to do the same thing, tracking the geostationary satellite arc within 180 degrees. It is not possible to go beyond as the remaining satellites are below the horizon, as in not visible. Its a good idea to plan where to install a dish so fences or mountains are not blocking view to the satellites you want to catch. If you have everything aligned correctly the dish will rotate to the programmed location as you hop channel. Now this will open up to a larger world of viewing.. On the Lyngsat site you can see which size dish is recommended from your location for any desired satellite. The larger size dish you have, the more channels you can lock a signal. There is also the option of subscribing to packages from other satellites. As said before channels also have English audio. There are a variety such as Sport, Cartoon and Nature channels. So for example if your are located in the UK you don't have to choose to Sky UK.

On the many satellites there exists multiple bands, each of these operating in different frequencies. C-Band is low band and generally needs large dishes. Ku-Band which is used throughout Europe, operates in the higher frequency band. Both of these bands have Vertical and Horizontal (Linear), Left and Right (Circular) polarization. LNB's are either Circular or Linear, you could still use both of them on the dish if you mount the two LNB's next to each other. If you choose to do this you should use a 2/1 DiSEqC switch. There are endless choices of dishes, motors and receivers but don't give up its not as difficult as you might think. The horizon is full of satellites and channels that everyone can watch with the equipment that's currently available on the market. Happy viewing!

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Article by Koral. Looking for more details on this subject. See my site regarding motorizing a 1.5 meter Gibertini dish.

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