Jaeger 1224 restoration/modification
OK, have this motor laying on balcony already several days, but did not do much with it. First of all, motor is quiet old and has lots of oxidation and corrosion. Secondly, many screws, nuts and bolts...
View ArticleProblems scanning Intelsat 907 27.5w
Hi Guys, Since getting my 1.2m dish ive been able to get satellites more west, one of them is Intelsat 905. To cut a long story short iam having problems scanning 11495 V 44100 DVB-S2 on my Spiderbox...
View ArticleAstra 1, 2 and Hotbird on a zone 2 mini dish?
Is it doable? 19.2e in the centre with 28.2 and 13 either side on a zone 2 mini dish? Will it work? Am in Consett.
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Changed my persona from Rocker to Greaser
Got my first 100ml of Lithium Grease inside Christinas actuator...with no waste or spillage .. That 100ml syringe was a sound investment.. Injected through the drain hole after reducing the syringe...
View ArticleAdding a second LNB - will this bracket fit?
I'm looking to add a second LNB to my zone 2 skydish to watch the f1 on 19.2 (currently centred on 28.2) but am failing to see how to get what i've bought to fit, I have bought this bracket and fitted...
View ArticleLength of LNB arm
Am slightly bored and want to know the answer to this question: How long is the LNB arm on a 85cm dish roughly? Need to know to know how much 4 lnb cable to buy for going from lnb to diseqc switches.
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Good budget 1m dish
Anyone have views on these: Triax TD110 £64.95 http://www.triax.co.uk/upload/satellitereceptionjuly13.pdf Orbital Aluminium 1m £63.00 Gibertini 1m £90.00...
View ArticleMetropolitan Opera on Satellite
Hi folks, I wonder if there is anyone who can possibly help with a question about seeing broadcasts of opera performances relayed to Europe. I have a friend who will be moving soon to Europe (Spain to...
View Articleastra 2 ,120 cm dish in carcassonne south france,probs pointing the dish
Hello to all I have at last got down to setting up a 120cm dish from 2Galli with inverto black ultra pointing at astra 2 and...sad to say I get nothing ,only the same depressing 4%,no move in reception...
View ArticleRant: 23mm neck narrow feed LNBs
Why is it when they make a narrow feed 23mm neck LNB do they make the body fatter than the neck? Why don't they make the whole thing thin?
View ArticleDepolariser
Trying some time ago to build the best C-Ku lnb combo , I noticed that a DE plate disturb the linear C and Ku signals . So I decided to make a 3 lnb changer , C-Lin - C-Circ and Ku . For C-Circ the...
View ArticleDish Maintenance
We haven't had a Maintenance related Topic for a good while, so what I found today whilst prowling the farm trying to get inspiration for a major re-jig might form a worthy basis for a new discussion....
View ArticleReinforcing Jaeger 1224 EL for Inclined Orbit
Hi, Would anyone please be able to provide details of the modification to a Jaeger 1224 EL motor where it is reinforced for inclined orbit tracking? Its the strengthening of the case I am referring to,...
View ArticleA New Old Dish
As mentioned elsewhere, today is the day I was finally (after several years of waiting) allowed to remove an old dish/motor and ancillaries from a tenanted farm property up the road. Despite rusty...
View ArticleQuality of Gibertini dishes
Gilbertiny dishes are some of well regarded at the market I am curious to know from owners Is that reputation really true for example Channel master dishes are much stronger at first look I like to ask...
View ArticleBent dish arms - how best to unbend?
On a recently acquired CM120 I encountered some slightly bent LNB holding arms. What's the best way to "un-bend" them? Alternative is to buy new feed-bearing arms. Should not be necessary...
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Overkill or What ..lol
Ok here is my final head end configuration.. Overkill you might say ..but that's what this hobby does to you .. Left to right.. C band .. Ka A Horizontal Ka B and C overlapped Circular L/R or Linear...
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