Freestanding satellite dishes
I have purchased a freestanding satellite dish online, but find that it is only one metre from the ground. The company says this is fine for good reception but it seems rather low to me. Can someone either reassure me or advise otherwise. I am new to the world of motorhomes and caravans.
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I have a sat dish on a tripod that is only 1 Metre of the ground I have been using this for over 15 years, no problem with signal just make sure that there are no trees in sight of the dish as it will not work, you have to have a clean line of sight. Compass set to142 degrees is where the signal is. As for setting it up switch the TV on and the sat box and go to settings and signal strength. Then rotate the dish slowly starting from the east and going south when you reach SSE you will see the picture on the TV then go back a little and forward to find the best reception and lock it in place. Make sure the legs of the tripod are pegged in first. Simple. Try it at home first.
Brian.
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No problem with mine can have it lower, just peg the tripod legs down for stability in wind. Also have 25mtr of WF100 sat cable, so the dish can be moved to get a good line of sight if trees in the way.
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The height from the ground is of no importance as long as the "view" is unobstructed.
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My own view is keep it as small and discreet as possible. No need for a big set up in the UK. I have an Easyfind rectangular flat dish and its never more than a metre high on the tripod - if that - and gives a perfect signal.
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One metre off the ground will be fine. Having it higher on site could lead to problems in bad weather.
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As others have said one meter off the ground will be fine as it's the line of sight that matters. The only place I have had difficulty was at Lady Margaret's Park club site which is surrounded by trees. But I did manage to find a signal eventually. Unlike the motorhome next to us that had a roof dish, he never could get it locked on. Sometimes just moving the dish a few feet will be enough to pick up the signal. My dish at home is on a one meter pole in the garden and now buried within a hedge. I just trim a hole in the hedge to maintain line of sight and it works fine, I do wonder how sometimes though with the amount of growth on the hedge, but it does.
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Mine as the clip is even closer and specifically purchased because of that feature; the greater stability that configuration offers;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TFMqFI9OE
It brings disadvantages in looking over near obstacles like close by motorhomes, caravans to a lesser extent and hedging, though for trees a metre higher makes little impact.
Here as a ready guide the beam can conveniently be considered coming down at an angle of one in two, so if you are twice as far away as something is high you are going to see the satellite over it.
On club sites with their very close spacing it can be an issue seeing over a neighbour, but the club generally provide a viable digital terrestrial signal so the dish rarely gets deployed on club sites.I do feel the size etc of dishes used here in the UK has connotations of a status statement; a discrete 36 CM would often be suitable but one sees massive 80 CM white jobs on towering tripods proudly taking a big slice of an already modest pitch.
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Mine as the clip is even closer and specifically purchased because of that feature; the greater stability that configuration offers;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TFMqFI9OE
It brings disadvantages in looking over near obstacles like close by motorhomes, caravans to a lesser extent and hedging, though for trees a metre higher makes little impact.
Here as a ready guide the beam can conveniently be considered coming down at an angle of one in two, so if you are twice as far away as something is high you are going to see the satellite over it.
On club sites with their very close spacing it can be an issue seeing over a neighbour, but the club generally provide a viable digital terrestrial signal so the dish rarely gets deployed on club sites.I do feel the size etc of dishes used here in the UK has connotations of a status statement; a discrete 36 CM would often be suitable but one sees massive 80 CM brilliant white jobs on towering tripods proudly taking a big slice of an already modest pitch.
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