Eutelsat 8 West A at 8.0°W
Is there anyone in here has received the signal from this satellite?
View ArticleLength of Feed Support Arms For Precision 1.8m Dish
Hi, Would anyone please be able to provide the exact length of the Ku Band feed support arms for a Precision/Elite 1.8m dish? The outer diameter is 1/2", 10 SWG wall thickness, tapped with M8 thread I...
View ArticleProblems with new motorised set-up
Hi all, like many I try new tricks now and again, so decided to set up a 1.1 motorised unit. All ok on West sats, but keeps passing east sats, ie 23.5 and 28.2 set the box to 28.2, no signal, manually...
View ArticleC-band LNB
Guys I have three questions: what is the C band lnb exactly? and what is it for? what is the difference between the normal lnb (universal) and C-band lnb?
View ArticleHow are Symbol Rates Decided?
A question I've had a while, If you look at feeds on 7e for example, SR is fairly standard 4937, 7120, 7200, 9744, 14400, 19200 However, you can get some real random ones like 14362 What decides the SR...
View ArticleLNB Weather Protection
Hi there, Whilst browsing the internet, I came across an item called an "LNB rain/weather protection", which basically looks like a see-through cover that you clip onto the LNB arm. Apparently it's...
View ArticleDiagnosing Severe Rain Fade? Failing Lnb?
I have a 45cm Technisat dish and multytenne twin feeding an HTPC with two sat cards (one from Technisat, one WinTV Nova S2). This system has been running fine for about 5 years. I mainly watch UK TV...
View ArticleMy gibertini 1.25 install.
Well after years if mucking around with cheap and old salvaged dishes and equipment I thought I'd treat myself to a gibertini 1.25 and stab h120 motor. Got myself a sturdy scaffold pole from work and...
View ArticleDish set up
Can someone please tell me where the datum line for elevation is on the Viasat dish. There is no obvious mark. Do I assume that it is the centre of the securing bolt, or?
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My 2.3 m Dish Maintenance
Hiii Guys this is my 1st post here I Wonder if U could help me with my Dish It was Used and it was in a very bad shape i made some repairing in it but I still doubt if i regained it's full POWER How...
View ArticleAdding 7e to 13e & 19.2e on fixed dish
We have an old 80cm dish installed from around 10 years ago (currently unused) and also a sky minidish. The old dish used to have 13e and 19.2e installed so I know this is easily possible. My question...
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How important is Dish alignment? Watch out - Signal boost! ;)
Hi all Satters, Update .. Amazing Dish Emprovemant This Sunday afternoon i try to get my feedhorn exactly in the hard of my Jonsa 180 pf dish. I have an idea to get a tiolet koker thats fit exactly to...
View ArticleHow not to install a satellite dish
Here is a dish I visited a few days ago. View attachment 81378
View ArticlePrecision to Channelmaster dish swap
I've had the precision pf dish for quiet a while now its been a great dish but. the scaffold pole flexes in the wind,its moved a few times on the pole and the feedhorn cover has fallen apart so it...
View ArticleHelp setting up a Technomate motorised satellite system
Ok, Ive installed my system which comprises of a 97cm dish, Technomate TM-2600 motor and Technomate TM-5402 M3 receiver. My Latitude is 51.7 and Longitude is 0.5. Ive put in my Long and Lat in the...
View ArticleCassegrain expiriment Jonsa Primefocus Dish
Few time ago i had an idea to improve the signal from my Jonsa Prime focus dish. First i read several thinks and try to get a normal reflector but i agree that not give optimal signal into the antenna....
View ArticlePerplexed.
On my mates VU+ Solo on 0.8 west I can get over 2000 channels when I use blind scan filtering out adjacent sats set at 3 degrees. I get BBC World News 12596 v 27498 . If I do a manual scan I only get...
View ArticleSmall dishes for terrestrial use - Adriatic area
Ive just returned from a lovely warm holiday in coastal Montenegro. There were very many tiny dishes (20-25cm sort of size) tilted well forward with some sort of weird lengthy lnbs that were aimed at...
View ArticleNot A Glimmer.
Spent all day at a friends trying to get his setup going. Checked everything 3 times. Tried a new connection direct from the lnb to receiver, bypassing the TM 2600 motor, swopped the lnb, reset the...
View ArticleMajor Catastrophe ...
Had a power cut here ... only brief ..but when the power came back on ....I heard a loud clang outside ..and carl had swung to the extreme west an now will not move .. The dish has overshot both the...
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