Just Say No..?
I have a compulsion I admit .. Sometimes I just wont say no .. perhaps I should. Yesterday evening a gardener friend of mine rolled up in his van .. I got something in the back thats right up your...
View ArticleThe tree is gone!
Well, one of them.... At my parents' place, the Fibo 120 was getting obscured by a large tree, blocking most of signal between 20e and 40e. Yesterday, I was happy to see that it was chopped down by the...
View ArticleThose winds were scary..
Only just got out of bed where I spent from around 4AM till now huddled under the duvet listing to banshees.. At about 2AM I was outside in the rain and wind trying to improvise a method of stopping...
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Suitable satellites for a Zone 2 Sky dish
Advice please on which satellites I could use a Zone 2 Sky dish. Would 16E be OK?
View ArticleHelp with multiswitching
Gents, I've spent quite some time now on trying to solve this and the result is little luck and an overwhelming amount of confusion. I have a dual lnb pointing at nss6 @ 95e(dishtv). My goal is to be...
View ArticleBlack ultra Vs cm feedhorn, inverto lnb
I have heard people saying that the black ultra performs better than a matched feedhorn on a 1.2 channel master, Can anyone say its true.
View ArticleDish motor has a problem!
HELLO EVERYONE Today I used my motorised sat for the first time in a couple of months. But all is not well. My 23.5E vanished without trace so I rescanned....only to pick up 26E. In fact, all of them...
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Cheap inclinometer
Hi, I have always used a set top box to peak signals and set my dishes up, and thought it was time to see how far i am out doing it this way, I ended up ordering three but only one has turned up, I...
View ArticlePossible Faulty Technomate 5402HD box?
HELLO ALL Well this is just unreal!!! I decided to try a different non-HD Technomate box on the motor this afternoon and it appears to drive the dish to the location I want. I have put in a few...
View ArticleChannel master 1.8 final installation and plan
Hi, things will be moving quite quick in the next 1/2 weeks, here is my new and final plan for the install. This is where the dish will live. I am hoping to pick up a 11ft piece of Jarrah tomorrow, the...
View ArticleFixed dish & multibracket or semi-motorised?
HI ALL OK. I have given this problem with my knackered dish motor some serious thought and I have decided this may be the better solution for me. If all is well with my Gibby 1m dish, I'll get the...
View ArticleTook dish and motor down today.
HI ALL This afternoon I have taken the dish/motor assembly down due to all the bother I have been having. When I inspected the motor stub I got a nasty surprise. With all the high winds and the dish...
View ArticleReconfigureing my setup.
Well, I have finally made a start on sorting things out dish-wise. I have installed the L bracket to one of my ham radio antenna masts. The part where the motor will be seated is 6-7 inches away from...
View ArticleWhich feed horn to use for offset dish(Norsat LNB)
Planning to try Norsat 3220 C-Band PLL LNB but I am not very sure how to mount it on an offset 180cm dish. Do I need an offset horn?
View ArticleAllignment issue
Hi, I am having problems setting up my system. Im fairly clued up on what to do, but think I need some more advise. I have an 80cm motorised dish setup, using USALS and have set it up correctly as far...
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Another CM120 restoration project just started
Got my hands on another CM120 today View attachment 76208 . Man, it's mount is so rusty! View attachment 76206 Impossible to unscrew any single screw, just angle-grinder helps View attachment 76201 ....
View ArticleSMW-OA-1400 "Jumbo"
Decided to make separate thread about this antenna, to collect as much as possible information, share experience of using this elderly product of Sweden, and to have some discussions. Antenna's...
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Quick Question
HI EVERYONE The L bracket I am using is about 8 inches from the fence. The motor will be clamped to that and then I will have the gibby dish. Would 8 inches away from the fence be enough? I just wonder...
View ArticleSo here's an oddity ..
The 2 A/B switches ordered from Amazon have arrived .. One was destined to form part of the chain supplying the 2 TBS cards TBS6925 and TBS 6983 ...thus make it auto select the input to whichever card...
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Dish size for Astra 28.2E, Astra 19.2E and Hotbird 13.0E
Hi All, I'm new here Could someone please help me out? I'm about to install a new satellite system in my house and I've been thinking of getting 3 separate LNBs on a single dish for Astra 28.2E, Astra...
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