Satellite dish motors, actuators, polar mounts & H to H Motors.
All heavy duty units for dishes from 80cm to 1.6m from the Satellite Superstore. UK. Low prices.
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We do a wide range of 36 volt motors - scroll down. If your receiver is Diseqc only, check out the V Box
Scroll down for H to H motors, straight actuators, Andrews polar mounts. Fortec star adapters.
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1. H to H motors

The Technomate TM-2200
Diseqc motor



The new Technomate 2200 motor is 35% faster than the previous 2100A motor.
The Technomate TM-2200 is the best diseqc motor we have tested
It is a good choice for people who want a replacement motor for their system
It is ideal for applications where only a coaxial cable is possible
recommended with steel dishes up to 90cm or aluminum dishes up to 1.0m
(UK mainland) Choose the FREE DELIVERY option on this item.
Shipping to offshore islands, N Ireland or S Ireland choose the £12.95 shipping option.
(Shipping to offshore islands, N Ireland or S Ireland is normally £19.95 and so £12.95 is the discounted price.)
International shipping - choose the international option.
Order code, DISEQCM
ONLY £54.95

The heavy duty 1224 Supermount H to H motor



Probably the best motor currently available. Twice the resolution as any other motor.
(i.e. twice as many counts between satellites). Can be used in the most exposed locations.
Ideal for the Channel Master 90cm, 1.0m & 1.2m dishes. Fitted to the Unicorn (formally SCT Reference) 90cm
dishes. Easy access for replaceable plug-in reed switch. Extremely reliable. We have had one on dem. in
an exposed location on a 3m pole above the roof, bolted to a 1.2m dish for over 4 years. Fits a 3 inch pole
wall mount. Twice the resolution of any other motor. Very accurate (twice as many counts per degree.)
(dish adapter brackets extra. See below.)
The 1224 motor comes with our own assembly instructions (in addition to the manufacturers).
These instructions include 20 photos (taken by us) detailing each stage in the assembly of the motor
with tips and shortcuts on setting it up. (Notes and photos produced by the Satellite Superstore)
This is a motor that we have sold for about 10 years, it is a demonstration item of superb reliability.
Our experience with this motor is vast and this is reflected in our customer support.
4 core motor control cable for this motor can be found on the install page.
(Fits a 3 inch pole / wall mount.) See Wall mounts & ground stands.
(UK Mainland) Choose the FREE DELIVERY option on this item.
(Free delivery includes off-shore islands and N Ireland
FREE delivery to S IRELAND as well)
Order code, 1224SUP
£179.95

1224 Supermount for Offset or prime focus dishes.



Fits straight on the Channel Master 90, 1.0, and 1.2m dishes. Kit includes Channel Master adapter
plate and offset flanges, See below, (inclinometers not included). Fits a 3 inch pole wall mount.
For prime focus dishes, don't use the offset flanges.
The 1224 motor comes with our own assembly instructions (in addition to the manufacturers).
These instructions include 20 photos (taken by us) detailing each stage in the assembly of the motor
with tips and shortcuts on setting it up. (Notes and photos produced by the Satellite Superstore)
This is a motor that we have sold for about 10 years, it is a demonstration item of superb reliability.
Our experience with this motor is vast and this is reflected in our customer support.
4 core motor control cable for this motor can be found on the install page.
(Fits a 3 inch pole / wall mount.) See Wall mounts & ground stands.
(UK Mainland) Choose the FREE DELIVERY option on this item.
(Free delivery includes off-shore islands and N Ireland
FREE delivery to S IRELAND as well)
Order code, 1224SPL
£199.95

1224EL Supermount with inclined orbit tracking.



(Dish kit and LNB not included)
You will then be supplied with,
The special version of the 1224 with the vertical jack for up & down adjustment.
(Fits a 3 inch pole / wall mount.) See Wall mounts & ground stands.
The 1224 motor comes with our own assembly instructions (in addition to the manufacturers).
These instructions include a large number of photos detailing each stage in the assembly of the motor
and tips on setting it up. (Notes and photos produced by the Satellite Superstore)
Please note that the EL motor will not move as far to the west as the standard
1224 motor due to the position of the jack.
4 core motor control cable for the H to H and 5 core motor control cable for the
vertical jack can be found on the install page.
(UK Mainland) Choose the FREE DELIVERY option on this item.
(Free delivery includes off-shore islands and N Ireland
FREE delivery to S IRELAND as well)
Order code, 1224ELM
£225.00

EZ-2000 Positioner with remote control.



A high quality stand alone dish positioner. 36 volts. 5 amps. Works with read sensor or optical sensor
Also ideal for the vertical jack on an inclines orbit 1224 EL motor. (Above)
32 satellite position memories.
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code 2000POS
£58.95

Supermount offset adapter plate with flanges and bolts.



Perfect fit for Channel Master 90cm, 1.0m and 1.2m dishes. (Could be made to adapt to many other dishes.)
(UK Mainland) Choose the £10 delivery option on this item.
Order code, 1224PLA
£29.95

1224 Supermount with adapters for Fortec Star 1.2m dish.
Bolts directly onto the back of the Fortec Star 1.2m dish
Includes, plate, offset flanges, bolts and Fortec Star brackets.
Fits a 3 inch pole wall mount.
The 1224 motor comes with our own assembly instructions (in addition to the manufacturers).
These instructions include a large number of photos detailing each stage in the assembly of the motor
and tips on setting it up. (Notes and photos produced by the Satellite Superstore)
(If you prefer a polar mount for the Fortec 1.2m dish see lower down the page.)
(UK Mainland) Choose the FREE DELIVERY option on this item.
(Free delivery includes off-shore islands and N Ireland
FREE delivery to S IRELAND as well
Order code, 1224FS
£209.95

The 99G H to H motor



The 99G is a well made H to H motor. It has a steel chassis. The rotating output is a pole
of about 1.5 inches diameter & so a dish does get a good grip on it. This motor also fits
many types of dishes. (Only fit to a 1.1m if dish is not in an exposed location.
i.e. on a south facing wall mount, not on a pole above the gutter.)
Reed switches (the spare part that does the counting) are available.
Fits a 50mm (2 inch) or 76mm (3 inch) pole
Ideal for our range if clear dishes.
36 volt motor so turns much faster than a Diseqc motor and is stronger.
If you have a Diseqc only receiver you can add a V Box (fully automatic) and use this motor.
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 99GHTOH
£84.95

The F99G H to H Funke dish motor



Exclusive to the Satellite Superstore. (Designed and manufactured by us)
The 36 volt F99G is the excellent Jaeger 99G motor adapted to bolt onto a Funke dish.
It has a steel chassis. Steel spacing plates provide the correct stand-off so that the dish tracks the
arc without the dish fouling the motor (this would happen with a standard 99G motor)
The motor is bolted to the dish so that slippage of the pole in high winds is not possible.
The complete kit weighs about 5 Kg and is well engineered. It fits a 50mm (2 inch) or 76mm (3 inch) pole



The 36 volt motor so turns much faster than a Diseqc motor and is stronger.
If you have a Diseqc only receiver you can add a V Box (fully automatic) and use this motor.
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, F99GHOH
£124.95

2. ACTUATORS

Information.
Straight (linear) actuators fit many types of polar mount but you
need to know the length of actuator you require.



Straight actuators push a polar mount east and west. They are available in various lengths.
Late Lenson polar mounts use 10 inch actuators. Triax TD 78 and 88 dish polar mounts use 10 inch actuators
Use a 12 inch actuator on the Triax polar mount with the TD 1.1m dish
Channel Master polar mounts for 90cm, 1.0m and 1.2m. Channel Master dishes use 12 inch actuators
The Channel Master polar mount for the 1.8m. Channel Master dish uses an 18 inch actuator
All of our actuators are made by Jaeger or Geotrack and reed switches.
(the spare part that does the counting) are available.

If you need 6 inch or 8 inch actuators
Use the 10 inch actuator below. Same small bolt fixing as 6 or 8 inch but customers
prefer the longer travel of the 10 inch. (6" or 8" - special order available if required. Phone.)

Some of our actuators,
The picture below shows, left to right, the 10 inch, 12 inch, 18 inch and 18 inch heavy duty.

10 inch actuator



This is also a drop in replacement for an 8 inch actuator but with a little more travel.
Weight 2.0 Kg
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 10ACTUA
£29.95

12 inch actuator,



Weight 3.5 Kg
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 12ACTUA
£34.95

18 inch actuator,



Weight 4.0 Kg
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 18ACTUA
£39.95

18 inch heavy duty (thicker) actuators,



The left hand side shows the heavy duty actuator and the right hand side shows the standard unit.
The heavy duty actuator weighs 6.5 Kg.



UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 18ACTUH
£99.95

24 inch actuators,
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 24ACTUA
£49.95

Heavy duty (thicker) 24 inch actuator,



UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 24HACTH
£125.95

Heavy duty 36 inch actuator,
UK. Choose the £10.00 delivery option or the £12.95 priority option.
Order code, 36HACTH
£149.95

Polar mount for Andrews 1.8m (Channel Master) dish
with heavy duty actuator. Complete kit.




This is exclusive to the Satellite Superstore. Only available as a complete kit.
Polar mount with aluminum (box) adapter to fit Andrews (Channel Master) 1.8m dish.
Designed and built by the Satellite Superstore. The frame or polar mount are not available sepately.
The picture shows a standard 12 inch actuator fitted to the polar mount but we now include the HEAVY DUTY 18 inch
(see lower picture where the 12 inch is on the left and the heavy duty 18 inch (included) is on the right.)
with this polar mount, - not the standard 12 inch. The 6.5Kg heavy duty actuator is, longer, thicker and much stronger.
The light-weigh (but very strong) aluminum adapter bracket is made of box and fits onto the back of the
Andrews 1.8m dish. The adapter bracket is made of unequal box and uses aluminum welding with
bracing gussets. This gives maximum strength combined with lightness. The lightness puts less strain
on the polar mount. Included in the kit are all the specialist bolts and a strengthened arm that supports the
end of the actuator. This is made of steel angle. It is shown below but it not shown in the original pictures above.



Complete kit weight 20Kg
The polar mount collar fits a 3 inch (76mm) pole or ground stand.
(UK Mainland) Choose the FREE DELIVERY option on this item.
(Free delivery includes off-shore islands and N Ireland
FREE delivery to S IRELAND as well)
Order code, CHPM18A
£499.95

The Technomate TM-2200
Diseqc motor



The new Technomate 2200 motor is 35% faster than the previous 2100A motor.
The Technomate TM-2200 is the best diseqc motor we have tested
It is a good choice for people who want a replacement motor for their system
It is ideal for applications where only a coaxial cable is possible
recommended with steel dishes up to 90cm or aluminum dishes up to 1.0m
(UK mainland) Choose the FREE DELIVERY option on this item.
Shipping to offshore islands, N Ireland or S Ireland choose the £12.95 shipping option.
(Shipping to offshore islands, N Ireland or S Ireland is normally £19.95 and so £12.95 is the discounted price.)
International shipping - choose the international option.
Order code, DISEQCM
ONLY £54.95

4. Advice on Diseqc Motors.



This is a new development where digital receivers now contain software to control a
Diseqc motor (right hand side in photo) rather
than a hardware positioner board to control a standard 36V motor (left hand side in photo) motor.

The problems with Diseqc motors and why the "V box" (link to V Box below) is so necessary.

Diseqc is a new development where digital receivers now contain software to control a Diseqc motor rather
than a five amp hardware positioner board to control a standard motor. The motor control works digitally
down the coax signal lead and a 4-wire control system is not required. Also the concept has become an
industry standard. Sounds good so far but what are the drawbacks?
1. Diseqc motors have all been lightweight universal fit motors with a
secondary rotating pole that the dish clamps to. They are not designed for a particular dish and they do
not properly bolt onto the back of a dish. Slippage can occur in high winds at the secondary rotating fixing.
2. The coaxial cable is designed to carry the signal from the LNB to the
satellite receiver. It is also designed to provide power to the LNB. The satellite receiver provides about
500 to 600 mA (0.6A) to power the LNB. Typically an LNB might draw about 300 mA. This leaves 200 to 300mA
(0.3A) to power up a Diseqc motor. Clearly a proper hardware (4 wire control system) positioner which
can provide up to (typically) 3 to 5 amps is a far better system as it can drive better bigger, stronger,
quicker motors. With 300mA a Diseqc motor must be very small. The only way a very small motor can move
a dish is by putting a large gearbox on the end of the motor to provide "leverage". This means that
a Diseqc motor moves very slowly from one satellite to another due to the large amount of gearing.
Small motors & secondary thinner rotating poles which the dish can slip on are far from ideal for use
with even average sized dishes (e.g. 90cm). Storm force winds in the UK can provide serious wind loads
on a motorised dish. You really do not want to be worrying about whether the dish is going to come
down every time it is windy.

Vision's opinion of a recent conversation,

I was talking to another dealer the other day. He said he fits a Diseqc motor to the Channel
Master 1.2m dish face. The Channel Master is a heavy dish and the wind loads on a 1.2 can be massive.
In addition, this Channel Master dish is available with a wonderful heavy duty Channel Master
polar mount and actuator (or the big 15 Kg 1224 Supermount H to H motor. See our motorised dishes page.
link below) and yet this dealer fits a "Mickey Mouse" (i.e small - usually 3 Kg) universal fit secondary rotating
pole Diseqc motor to this excellent 1.2m dish face!!! It is like ordering a 6.5 litre Rolls Royce
from a dealer and saying "will you please fit a 1 litre Scoda engine before supplying it."
Absolutely crazy! Unfortunately 99% of dealers (and the magazines) are prepared to go down
this route. What we need is a bit of common sense. Why is wind load never considered? Every year we go to
numerous insurance claims. We have never seen a Diseqc motor yet that we would put on a dish of over 90cm
(or 1.0m in a ground mount very sheltered location.) And there are always better alternatives

Vision's recommendations.

For motorised use, either buy a Technomate 5500 CIP or ADPACI or Echostar 3600 etc.
with a built in 5 amp positioner, or buy a Humax, or Xtreme etc. and a 3 amp hardware V Box.
This will enable heavy duty (non Diseqc) motors to be used that move the dish quickly and efficiently
without the dangers of breakage or slippage in high winds. (motors that properly bolt onto the back of a dish)

We never make recommendations without explaining the facts and the facts are based on the laws of Physics.
Hopefully you will realise that we are making sense.

THE V BOX PAGE.

The good news is that Manhattan and Topfield still make "proper" motorised
receivers with 36 volt positioners and quality 36 volt motors are availble.
See our Manhattan, Topfield, and motors pages.

Latest Diseqc motor information 17/01/04

We have tested a new "Cryptic" Diseqc motor last weekend.
The reason for testing it was that for the first time a motor became available
that bolted onto the back of a 1.0m aluminum dish. Being a Diseqc motor
it was expected that it would still be slow (and it is) but this looked
very promising as the big problem of “universal fit – fits nothing properly
and slips in the wind had been overcome. We really wanted this solution
to work for us. It was set up with a Digiquest 8000 and using the USALS
facility all satellites were programmed in. Looked great.
However !
Taking hold of the edge of the dish, (at a distance of about 0.5m from the centre
Of rotation) there was play (movement) of about 7 mm. This was found to be in
The actual motor shaft between the rotating output shaft and the motor body
(i.e. in the gearbox) Looking at the shaft the movement was about 0.5 of a degree.
Now - last Saturday there were moderately winds (not gale force) and the dish
Moved on and off the satellite (no signal) every few seconds. Not a “peaky”
Low power satellite! We were on the Hotbird.
We contacted the supplier and were told that there is a certain amount of play
In all Diseqc motors as they use a worm drive to gear them down.
(small low current motor – large gearbox)
The only time you might get play in a 36 volt motor is when it has been used every
day for many years. So – the result of our test – we will continue to
sell 36 volt motors and avoid diseqc motors. If a customer has a Diseqc only
receiver, we will continue to recommend the V Box to convert Diseqc to 36 volts
so that decent well engineered motors can be used.

A typical e-mail. We get a few of these. (Dated May 03)

Dear David,
Did not believe in UFOs until recently, when looking through my window I saw a UFO descend
vertically and crash. I soon found it was my 1 metre Channel Master dish, still firmly attached to top of
Jaeger mount, having left behind rest of mount, still on top of pole. If you will examine the
top plate of a 128, you will find it is held on by 4 small countersunk screws. In my case,
wind on dish had managed to tear the heads off inadequate sized screws. If you check 128
you will my point, that screws are too small.

Reply,
The 128 is too small a motor for the Channel Master 1.0m as it only weighs 4 KG
The correct motor (2 types) - both weigh 12 KG each
As shown at www.satellitesuperstore.com/dishes-motors2.htm and our motors page
So nothing you say here is a surprise to us as we tell people that every day of the
week and follow other dealers insurance claims round. You should use the Channel
Master polar mount and 12 inch actuator or the 1224 motor with plate.
Dave

Update Nov 04.

More recently we have had reports of people putting Diseqc motors on 1.2m dishes!
No wonder our insurance premiums are so high these days!

Update 20th July 06
The Technomate TM-2200

We have tested the latest Technomate Diseqc motor and it is better than any previously tested
It still suffers from being universal fit, only 2.5 Kg and so not recommended with steel
dishes larger than 90cm or aluminum dishes over 1.0m but it does move faster than
other Diseqc motors and there is no noticeable play in the gearing.
We are therefore pleased to include it in our product range. Only dishes
on our site that fall within the size recommendations just noted are
available from us with this motor. For larger dishes or exposed
locations use a 36V motor.