What Satellite Dish.

[FordJunkie]

Were going to be taking a satelite dish to Houx for the first time this year, got the T.V sorted and bringing sky box from home.

But what dish would you recommend getting ?

[garethdphillips]

Any UK Sky mini dish should be OK, but due to the relatively small size, the margins are quite small on alignment. The bigger the dish, the easier it is to point and set up.

Are you mounting on a tripod, or or a caravan or camper van?

One of the Triax folding arm dishes are great, and their size and shape makes things a little easier to align as I say. Also light.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TD-64-64CM-TRIAX-SATELLI...

You don't need a dual LNB unless you want to use both tuners, but they aren't a lot more than the single output versions;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Twin-Dual-Outp...

A squeaker meter is a a good idea too to help with setup, and the relevant coax etc of course.

[FordJunkie]

Will be on a tripod, thanks for the advice tho.

[Rs2oo]

Bigger the better. Trees cause a few problems so get a long cable.

[Nohedes]

FordJunkie said:

Were going to be taking a satelite dish to Houx

[MadMacMcMad]

We had a dish topple over and smash the LNB a couple of years back, so a decent tripod is very important.
Getting the kit there is a pain, but while trying to sort my problem I found a hardware store in LeMans and bought a 850mm dish and single LNB for £80.
You can even buy replacement single and double LNB's at the local Carrefour.
Don't feel you have to take everything with you. The French supermarkets are better stocked than ours.