Satellite dish: customization, installation with your own hands, equipment selection and benefits
Recently, satellite TV is in huge demand, and this is not surprising. This method of broadcasting can improve the quality of channels, increase their number, and it's just much more convenient, than using modems or cable TV.
Introduction
It is also worth noting, that the installation of a satellite dish can be done yourself, and you do not need to have unique knowledge in physics or be able to use a soldering iron. Installing a satellite dish with your own hands, vice versa, happens quickly and easily. You will only need to follow the recommendations, and use specific basic knowledge in astronomy.
Using a satellite dish
Usually, before installing the satellite, many people think about having a permit. And whether it is necessary to obtain permission to install a satellite dish? Actually, you can do without permission, after all, receiving television services via satellite is free, but it will not be possible to watch all the channels.
Many channels will be marked with an asterisk or exclamation mark, that is, the broadcast can be made only after payment. To open full access to all channels, need to buy a special key card.
Permission may be required to install the antenna, but from the utilities. If the "plate" is installed on the roof of a building or load-bearing structures, then you will need to obtain a special document, which confirms the installation of the satellite, otherwise, the antenna may simply be removed and the person will pay a fine.
If you install a satellite dish on the side of the building, that is, there, where there are no load-bearing structures, then you can do without permission, but the equipment will constantly suffer from wind gusts, moisture, cold. The influence of external factors significantly reduces the service life.
Many Russians mostly order the installation of a satellite dish through companies, who assume all obligations, including obtaining a permit to install equipment in ZhEK.
General information about satellite television
Before you start installing a satellite dish, you need to know some general information, which will eventually help in setting up the equipment. To begin with, it is worth understanding, what is a geostationary orbit. This is the orbit, which is at a height 35 768 kilometers, and is equal to the equator. It is at this height, the speed of the Earth is equal to that of a satellite. In fact, the satellite in such conditions stands still.
It is the standing of the satellite in one place and gives the desired result, which allows you to use it to quickly transfer information. This information is required when installing the antenna, as it will need to be adjusted to the location of the satellite. in addition, Proper setup can help increase the number of free channels.
Sometimes questions may arise, and whether it is possible to catch speech from several satellites at once. Naturally, since the rays of information in satellites, which are in space, often intersect, but mostly channels can be useless. People set up satellite dishes most often with a focus on their country and language. Given this, then the number of satellites to configure can be selected much less. In many regions, only one satellite may be available.
Home satellite TV
When installing satellite TV, as mentioned earlier, will need to install or, as they say, in professional circles of adjustment. This is a kind of selection of a thin angle, to find broadcast from a particular satellite. For a person, who has no experience in setting up a satellite dish, it is difficult to carry out such work. But you can call the wizard at any time, which will make the adjustment in minutes, after all, he already has experience, and the eyes are drawn to the selection of the required angle.
The cost of such work is not too high, but don't expect it, that the adjustment must be performed only once. Any gust of wind or snow can knock down the antenna, and you will need to call the wizard. Why? You can do everything yourself and gain the necessary experience in setting up practice.
Recommendations for setting up satellite TV
Other times, even with all the TV settings, there is simply no broadcast or you can only see channels with poor quality. The reason is usually that, that the antenna is installed in villages or hamlets, which are in the lowlands and at the same time can not qualitatively capture the satellite signal, after all, he "shines" quite strongly at the right point. Therefore, when buying a satellite, you need to consult, about which satellites will be able to catch the "plate" and choose an acceptable option. After that, when setting up, you should pay attention to some details.
- Catch the satellite frequency with your own hands just do not come out, therefore, when buying an antenna, the customer receives a book with the required frequencies. These are mainly satellites of the Sirius model, operating on frequency 11.766 GHz. Other satellites operate at frequencies with a radius of 10 GHz.
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You can catch two satellites on the same frequency, and at the same time the quality of signal reception does not worsen. The point is, that signals from two satellites will run parallel to each other, intersecting only at the entrance to the satellite dish.
- The speed of data transfer depends mainly on the quality of the satellite dish and the right settings. Most often, the speed parameters are denoted by the letters SR (Single Root). Next to the abbreviation SR are digital symbols, which indicate frame packets, available for channel viewing. This is special traffic for access to channels, but it should not be confused with television.
Antenna selection
The choice of satellite dish is mainly limited to buying a model with the required diameter. Usually, it is the diameter of the "plate" mainly depends on the quality of reception of satellites, but if in St. Petersburg can, enough and 60 cm, then the southern regions will need a great length, which can be equal to and 1,5 m.
It is worth noting, what many people think when choosing an antenna, as if a large diameter can catch a huge number of channels or improve the quality of speech. No, actually, with a large diameter of the plate channels can become larger, but their quality is significantly reduced. Most of the satellite signal is reflected from the satellite of the satellite "dish". When choosing an antenna with a small diameter, the quality is better, after all, the signal from the satellite is focused. in addition, such equipment is much easier to configure.
We must not forget, that when buying equipment you need to buy additional and multifit. This will allow you to install multiple converters on one satellite dish. Sellers, usually, are interested, whether the equipment is a single socket or multifit. It is necessary to choose the second option, even if only one slot will be used in the end. This not only gives the advantage of using a converter, but also in case of breakage of one cell, the equipment can be switched to other sockets.
Choice of converter and receiver
A converter is an important part of any satellite dish. Usually, this item is selected separately for the "plate", but what part of the work is performed by this equipment? Converter serve to, to catch a signal from a satellite and convert a strong signal, which penetrates the atmospheric layers an easy flow of information for the receiver.
Most people buy circularly polarized converters, since they are not so sensitive. in addition, such converters allow to catch a qualitative signal, which will not change depending on the weather outside or due to the deviation of the satellite in orbit. It is important to remember, that the quality of speech will directly depend on the choice of model and company of the converter.
The receiver, on the other hand, has almost no effect on speech quality, and basically his choice comes down to the cost and number of features.
Installation of a satellite dish
On the Internet you can find quite a lot of different schemes, which allow you to install a satellite dish, but step-by-step work and recommendations are difficult to find. Be sure to follow the recommendations when installing the antenna, which allow you to avoid mistakes.
- It is important to remember when installing, that the pipe-resistant mounting part must be directed strictly vertically in two planes. Otherwise, you may have problems adjusting the equipment.
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Antenna installation, usually, should be held on site, where there are no reflective elements, such as window glass. The plane of the mirror must be clean. Axis, usually, does not match the mirror, therefore its direction, slightly changed. It is important that when changing the display, the plane of the mirror did not look at the reflective elements.
- If the installation of equipment takes place in private areas, then you need to raise the satellite dish to a height of about 10 meters. This will significantly reduce its dustiness, which in turn will improve the signal quality.
- When mounting a satellite dish with your hands, many use ordinary dowels, but, usually, gusts of wind when using such consumables, swing and deform the equipment. You need to use special collet pins, having a diameter 8 mm and a length of about 200 mm. in addition, such fastening is strengthened by nuts and locknuts.
- When installing a pipe rack, you only need to install one part first. The second pipe is assembled at home. This reduces the complexity of the work, and at the same time it will be easier to check strict vertical parameters at installation.
Adjustment procedure
Usually, for high-quality alignment of the antenna you need to take the TV with the receiver on the street, pre-plugging it into an outlet. Then:
- After connecting the TV, converter and receiver, you need to set the manual search parameters.
- Turn on the signal search mode.
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The trajectory of the satellite dish changes smoothly up and down for that, to catch a satellite signal. Usually, when using equipment with a small diameter, it is not necessary to measure azimuth.
- After the signal was caught, the antenna is tilted slightly to find a better signal. The priority is the quality of speech.
- The antenna must be firmly fixed with nuts, but there may be difficulties. It is necessary to tighten nuts so, so that the signal does not go wrong. If the quality of speech has deteriorated, the diagonal nut is tightened.
Conclusion
Even a beginner can install and adjust a satellite dish with his own hands. This will save you a lot of money, but, the main thing, do not make mistakes and do everything exactly as instructed.
