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Hi cokeaddict,after being very frustrated setting up one of these triax multiholders in the past,I am convinced
that they are geared more towards the central european market,just like monoblock lnbs.They work very well
when adapted to suit the location they are used in.I replaced an old zone 2 sky dish about 2 years ago after
the arm fell off due to rust,with a triax type 65cm dish and used a triax multiholder.I,m in Dublin by the way.
I tried and failed to get 16e in the centre,might have more luck if more southerly though.I have it set up sweet
with 19.2e in centre and 13e,9e and 28.2e.You will have to drill the bracket about 50mm off centre away
from the original hole and swing the bracket upwards to the left.This works well for me in
all weathers.Pictures explain it better.Thats a home made bracket in the middle,made from scrap alu sheet.
You can make out the original hole in pics.Cheers
 

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lammy said:
Hi cokeaddict,after being very frustrated setting up one of these triax multiholders in the past,I am convinced
that they are geared more towards the central european market,just like monoblock lnbs.They work very well
when adapted to suit the location they are used in.I replaced an old zone 2 sky dish about 2 years ago after
the arm fell off due to rust,with a triax type 65cm dish and used a triax multiholder.I,m in Dublin by the way.
I tried and failed to get 16e in the centre,might have more luck if more southerly though.I have it set up sweet
with 19.2e in centre and 13e,9e and 28.2e.You will have to drill the bracket about 50mm off centre in the
opposite direction to the original hole and swing the bracket upwards to the left.This works well for me in
all weathers.Pictures explain it better.Thats a home made bracket in the middle,made from scrap alu sheet.
You can make out the original hole in pics.Cheers
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It would be great if I had a flat roof or the dish was at ground level, then I could really play with it and probably do something similar to what you have there.

Sadly though, the dish is on a pole above the gutter level and i'm really not good with ladders (don't mind heights, just hate ladders), so have to rely on the father in law to make the adjustments for me.
 
16east is very low responsive transponder Had isues from my location in the past As for modifying the T.D bracket never had to do that
Was able to receive 19.2E 23.5 E 28.2 East 13East with good s.n.r Have you considered
using bullet l.n.bs might help you achieve better
s.n.r on the transponders
 
16east is strong now but I don't know if the OP has turned the holder upside down and it depends on, cables. size of dish, LNB's and receiver. I have the holder and 3 bullet lnb's never used in the shed. I would always use either a 1m or 1.10m dish. Its so fiddly I gave up and went motorised. I think I used furniture polish to make the lnbs glide, ahh those were the days:LOL:
 
Well yesterday I finally managed to get my father in law to come back and get up there and have another go at getting 13e, 19.2e and 28.2e working.

Using the Triax multiblock lnb holder did the trick on the zone2 dish, the curve in the bar really helped as did swapping the 13e and 19.2e lnb's over as the head on the GM lnb is slightly smaller than the Inverto, so it could get that little bit closer once set back in the bracket.

We did end up moving the dish very slightly from 19.2E towards 13E, this means over all I lost 20% on the strongest transponders (sky de dropped from 97% to 77%) on 19.2E, interestingly the lower signal transponders (csat) did not loose anything and remain around 65%) but I gained 75% signal on 13E and 7% on 28,2E.

In theory there is the possibility to add a 4th lnb for 9e, but I can't be bothered to run the extra cables.

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With bullet l.n.bs you could have fitted l.n.b for
23.5 east With my set up The prime focus l.n.b
19.2 east had high s.n.r with the v and h side of the transponder 96%The s.n.r with 28.2 was 90+% 13 east was 78% as it is a weaker transponder Are you 100% everything is level
 
linesman66 said:
With bullet l.n.bs you could have fitted l.n.b for
23.5 east With my set up The prime focus l.n.b
19.2 east had high s.n.r with the v and h side of the transponder 96%The s.n.r with 28.2 was 90+% 13 east was 78% as it is a weaker transponder Are you 100% everything is level
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I can't use a bullet lnb for 28.2E, as I need unicable II with 3 legacy.

The signals I have, are the best we could get with these lnb's, it's clear that the closer I can get the 19.2 and 13e lnb's then the better the signal will be, but i'm happy enough as it is, the lowest is 68% on 19.2 and 58% on 13e, and both are high 80's / low 90's on the strongest transponders.

28.2e, varies between 61% and 91% depending on which beam the transponders are on.
 
weimaraner95 said:
@cokeaddict
Thinking of setting up a 2nd dish and getting that triax holder , did you have to modify anything to put the centre lnb on the dish arm , looking at your pics?
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I am using it on a Zone 2, so I removed the standard clamp from the centre that would go into the arm, and just used a 3rd lnb holder in the centre (well slightly offset), that clamps to the lnb on the minidish to hold it all.
 
Thanks mate , so the zone 2 with the lnb on the arm is clamped to the centre of the triax bar ; dies it matters what type of triax baar I get , I see 2 types , 1 groove or 2 .
In the past when I had a go I used something like this but gave up 1000002425.png
 
weimaraner95 said:
Thanks mate , so the zone 2 with the lnb on the arm is clamped to the centre of the triax bar ; dies it matters what type of triax baar I get , I see 2 types , 1 groove or 2 .
In the past when I had a go I used something like this but gave up View attachment 105221
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Don't use that flat bar, did not work for me at all.

I bought the one from WOS, which I think is 1 groove, not sure if it's an original triax version or if it was just a revision, but it does the job.
 
linesman66 said:
Not matter the beam focal points are perfect
On the traix satellite dish
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We found it difficult to get good signal on 28.2E with the triax 80cm due to it being offset, it would only give good signal if peaked on 1 of the beams, but then there was no signal on other other.

If we got good signal on both beams then we couldn't get good signal on 13E or 19.2E.

The zone2 with the triax holder was easier (but then my dish is well above the gutter level, so minor fine tuning wasn't simple).
 
Had no isues at all with my multi satellite
Sytems using Tacomate 80cm satellite dish
And traix 80cm satellite dish
 
linesman66 said:
Had no isues at all with my multi satellite
Sytems using Tacomate 80cm satellite dish
And traix 80cm satellite dish
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Yeh i've no doubt it can be done with the 80cm triax, if it was lower down then I would have spent the time tweaking it all, but I don't do ladders, so had to rely on the father in law and it was just easier to get it all working on the zone2.

The zone2 is also much lighter which means the pole has less flex in it when it gets windy.
 
In the satellite world height isnt the problem
Just need a clear line of sight to the south
On of my satellite dishes is 12 foot from ground level The other is gutter level
 
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