Over a long period of time I have tested the components ( receiver/dish/motor/LNB) I use in the MOTOR package and selected them for

• best overall stability on a H-H motor
• wind resistance
• repeatable positioning
• ease of programming

With an 80cm dish you can receive most of the common satellites used over Europe and a good many from the Middle East . A motorised system is ideal for those wanting many languages and countries, sports followers, watchers of animal programmes and international News . 80cm is a great compromise between cost and value in terms of number of channels available

Should your favourite program or channel move from one satellite to another - as certain countries are notorious for doing! No problem, a few buttons to press, move the dish to the new position and its back.

Q how does a motorised dish work?

A . The satellites are all positioned around the earths equator in synchronous orbit so from the ground they appear to be in an ARC across the sky, the mount that the dish is on allows the dish to follow the arc and pickup signals from each one as the motor moves it East or West to the new satellite position. Modern electronics have managed to manufacture a system with a single cable carrying the positioning command, the power for the motor and the signal back to the receiver.

Each Satellite is identified by its angle, starting at Greenwich which marks 0 degrees, Hotbird for example is in orbit at 13 degrees to the East ( of Greenwich ) the strength of the signals from each satellite are different. They are meant to be received in the country of origin of course, so towards the edge of the 'footprint of the signal', there is a need to increase the size of the dish to compensate. Here the quality of the LNB and the sensitivity of the receiver can make a big difference. The Manhattan and the Technomate are very well proven in low signal conditions so I recommend them. For the weaker satellites such as the Czech Republic and Turkey I can offer a larger size of dish on a motor .

	Here the official Satellite footprint for Astra 3 shows clearly that in Norfolk and East Anglia the dish size needed is Imetre and further inland it will have to be much bigger
The combination of wall mounting for a little shelter, a high quality dish like the 1 metreTriax shown here and a Technomate motor will give years of good service and accurate positioning, once set up correctly
Triax 1metre motorised dish	Orbital with Invarcom LNB

Table showing satellites you can receive , the min dish size and links to pages showing the channel lists

* 180cm has to be ground mounted

To see prices or to order follow:- (80cm)

for more info on the bigger 1metre dish follow

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