Hiya, enthusiasts!
Well, at some point, I hope, my family will have our own place (we live in London) and then I plan to install this piccolo monster I have in the garage...
Currently, I use T90 plus a small dish for 30W, with some 12 LNBs and that's OK for my family...
However, for me this is not ideal, of course, hehe.... Soooo...
I have several questions (other than the central satellite, obviously: Thor or 1,9E?):
1) Do I need a permission to set up 1,5m motorised (probably polarmount?) satellite dish, depending on where/how I install it? As in, on a:
a) house (probably just under the roof, so it can scan as much of the sky as possible [preferable, I suppose]); or an
b) outhouse/shed (kinda much lower); or as a
c) ground installation (cement block in the ground with a large mast, say 1.5 - 2 m high)?
2) Which motor to buy for this beast? I would prefer something capable and sturdy (no plastic cogs, if any, I guess), so what's the best, longest lasting?
3) Do I need another little box, i.e. positioner for it?
4) If I do get an external, separate positioner/driving the dish motor, which will save all the satellite positions it can get to in it, can moving it be automatised, so I don't have to press a special remote for the positioner first, when I want to change a satellite position, i.e. can I only use E2 RCU (I presume so, depending on the positioner box, as it most probably must have USALS code in it but better I ask all the questions...)?
5) If that is possible, how does one set it up inside E2, precisely, please - given I would frequently re-flash my boxes...??? USALS? In which case I should always put the dish into a zero position before I reflash my E2 box or...???
I had motorised dishes a very long time ago (2008 was the last such setup I had) and I suppose things have changed in the meantime, as technology frequently does change fast... Besides, that dish was 1m x 80cm, the motor was not DiSEqC, so I better ask...
Thanx in advance!
P.S. georgeflu and the pros - given your knowledge and experience, precisely with larger dishes, I am hoping especially you guys will put up some good info, links, plus some words of wisdom... :)
P.P.S. I suppose I would need a proper polarmount like this: https://www.gibertini.it/index.php/en/accessori-op150s?id=2 - I can't remember if I bought it with the dish, damn... must go dig in the garage, hehe...