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Where to get wall mount for dish.

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  • 16-06-2011 6:51pm
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    zaphodbeeb
    Registered Users Posts: 368 ✭✭


    I need to put up a satellite dish on the side of the house, but the dish needs to point at more than 90 degrees to the house back towards the house.

    I.E. If the house side wall is at 12 o'clock, the dish needs to point at 10 / 11pm or so - hope that makes sense...

    The bracket I got with the 60cm dish causes the side of the dish to hit the wall at 90 degrees so no use.

    I was about to buy a standard sky dish, lnb and 370 mm wallmount earlier today when the guy in the shop pointed out that that mount wouldn't let me go beyond 90 degrees either as while the dish would clear the wall, the arm of the stand itself would get in the way.

    Left frustrated at no suggested alternative so went home and took a stroll up the road.

    What some neighbours have done is a regular wallmount with an extension of some kind (kind of like a telescopic radio aerial). In this way the mount doesn't protrude from the wall too much and the dish is higher that the base of the roof (slightly hiding the dish) - and the dish could in theory rotate 360degrees.

    WHERE WOULD I GET SUCH A THING :-)

    About to give up on this whole satellite lark!
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    Tony
    Registered Users Posts: 11,327 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    If you are in Dublin try Satworld in Kimmage

    Desktop PC Boards discount code on https://www.satellite.ie/ is boards.ie



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    zaphodbeeb
    Registered Users Posts: 368 ✭✭zaphodbeeb


    ....no joy.


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    hanloj1
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭hanloj1


    I'd get chatting the neighbours boss.


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    lucernarian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    Brakets and masts used for aerials can offer quite a lot of flexibility for getting around obstacles. You can get brackets with different distances from the pole mounts to where the bracket meets the wall. And there are masts with a bend in them to avoid gutters/eaves etc.

    Here's one maker's site: http://www.blake-uk.com/masts.aspx and http://www.blake-uk.com/brackets.aspx

    Getting a thick pole and a sturdy bracket would be needed mainly because the dish will catch the wind reasonably well and if it's on a longer pole then it can have strong leverage on the bracket, which you don't want. If you get an "alloy" pole in particular, you can cut any pole to the ideal size with a hacksaw.

    Also, there's nothing to stop a dish from working at ground level so long as the view of the sky towards the SE is not particularly obstructed. The signal comes in at a steeper angle than what the "arm" of the dish would lead you to believe. Angle of elevation is 22 degrees give or take a degree depending where you are around Ireland.

    You can buy a variety of brackets/masts to suit on this website for example: http://cpcireland.farnell.com/aerial-fixing-accessories


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    pelisor2000
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 246 ✭✭pelisor2000


    zaphodbeeb wrote: »
    ....no joy.

    O man they really have many type of wall mounts, extensions or T&k brackets ,,,:confused:


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    eamonnq
    Registered Users Posts: 4,011 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    http://avslgroup.com/en/product/120.929UK

    http://avslgroup.com/en/product/120.956UK

    Something like that ?


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