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http://www.satsig.net/maps/satellite-tv-dish-pointing-uk-ireland.htm

This is a good site for dish oriantation. There is a little blac flashing dot in the middle of the map. Drag the map to anywhere you want with your home/caravan site into the middle to match the black dot and you get all the numbers below. Make sure you click on the correct satellite you want below the map

Certainly this far north people have problems in bad weather with small mesh dishes. The kit from Aldi has a weird mount providing you have good line of sight you can park the car on the mount. seen some that fit to car roof with suckers. Dishes are quite cheap these days you can easily add a bigger or better quality dish to a cheap kit. The receiver with the Aldi kit is £50 on it's own at Maplin. Something no one has mentioned is bad weather. TIP: The satellite cable carries a voltage, water is  a big killer of LNBs, put vaseline around the plug on LNB this prevents water ingress, more waterproof than cheap insulation tape.

Quote: Originally posted by keiralindsey1 on 01/6/2008

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need sky as our site doesnt have good tv reception for the freeview

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I have wrapped the plug at the lnb end in sealing tape and leave it sealed. we connect the meter at the other end.  makes it a bit more fiddly setting up but I don't worry about water ingress to the cable.

We rely on sky simply for the number of channels it carries, especially for kids.

Brian

I have mine mounted on a pole attached to the jockey wheel by a clamp. If I think it is going to be windy then I mount it on 1 pole and if not I mount it on 2 to heighten it and save interuptions when people walk past.

If you have attached the pole to the jockey wheel and have it solid on the ground it will hardly move at all even in the wind.( you could even use a spike on the end of the pole) Just make sure the poles are solid .Maybe 2nd hand steel awning poles.

you could even use a spike on the end of the pole) Just make sure the poles are solid .Maybe 2nd hand steel awning poles.

thats what i use a heavy spike.knock it into the ground and it takes the pole on the inside.rock solid.

this is a good site to find your dish info.

http://www.dishpointer.com/

Yes you can.  We bought another box for £20 but because our home box is sky plus we can't get all the channels in the van.

Brian