30w lock on
Hi. need the best transponder to lock on to with my fs1 meter Also the local oscillator frquency... ie 9700 or 10600 ? Also polarity..13 or 18 volts also 22khs on or off Thanks Coghurst
View Article3.7m Prime Focus Prodelin project: any ideas?
Fellow sat enthusiastics, I'd like to ask for your expertise here. There is a Prodelin dish that I can acquire.. Its about 7-8 years old but relatively good condition. -It has no polar amount and no...
View ArticleGoing from a 78cm dish to 88cm - major difference?
Hi guys, My 10 year old dish has started to rust at the back and sides which has left me very very tempted to bin it and replace it with an 88cm. I've planned to replace the fixings with something more...
View ArticleDiSEqC switch not working through motor
hi all, so I'm new to these diseqc switches, i have a tm 5302 and a stab hh90 motor. i wanted to use the sky dish too but when i connect the switch, the motor doesn't move, it has a a DiSEqC 2 sticker...
View ArticleIs this the right way round!?
Hi All, I want to get Astra 1, Astra 2 and Hotbird on my Penta 68. I've got an inverto multi-lnb bracket from Amazon and have populated it with 2 Black Ultras so far. The dish is focussed on 19.2 and...
View ArticleHotbird 13 and Astra 28.2 with the same dish?
I've never set up a satellite dish or anything as such and this will be my first time. I have an Icecrypt receiver connected to a dish, 80cm i think, pointed towards Hotbird 13e and it works fine....
View Articlequad or quattro
Hi guys any information you can give would be greatly appreciated. This is my first post so please apologies if I have got it in the wrong place on the forum. I live in Scotland North of Aberdeen in a...
View ArticleSmall Group Buy Of Servo Polarity Controller From USA
Hi, Would any forum members be interested in a small group buy of some servo polarity controllers from the USA (Ricks Satellite) Myself and "Captain Jack" are planning to buy some and can include...
View Articleonly 1 coaxial cable inside wall, multiple different satellite dishes
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum. I have 2 different satellite providers, each has it's own satellite dish and LNBs, the problem is my house has only 1 pre installed coaxial cable running from...
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Antique Prodelin (10 ft) project
O.K - Folks - In a moment of madness i bought this dis - assembled dish just over a year ago , but its only over the past couple of months that i,v had enough time to see just exactly what i had here...
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2.4 Channel Master Offset
Hi - Folks - About time i got round to documenting this project -- i purchased this dish for £399.00 on ebay over a year ago .. bidding in the last few seconds as no one else had bothered .... probably...
View Article1.2 Precision/Ka band A/XMW feed
I visited the AV Comm site the other night and they stock what looks like the XMW single feed, and state it is designed for a prime focus reflector...so, not wanting to pay over a grand for the Elite...
View ArticlePrecision Polar Mount Project
I never seem to finish my projects, so here's another one. A sort of a continuation of the Laminas/CM one but more focused on the motorised aspects of it. I have this pretty nice heavy duty Precision...
View ArticleJust missed out
This week on Gum Tree I saw a brand new SMR1224 for sale in its box for £20.00. Contacted the seller who told me he had some body coming to view it this week end, the bloke bought it tonight.
View ArticleNew box - Have I entered these settings correctly?
Hi all, I've finally switched from an Openbox V8S receiver to an Edision OS Mini which is running the latest OpenVix image. I'm motorised so have spent most of the evening manually scanning every...
View ArticleChannel Master 1.8 Restoration
Part 1 of n? Thanks, Captain Jack, for this: Bargain Second-Hand Big Dishes For Sale Pictures of it in its younger days: Channel master 1.8M Dish I collected it yesterday. Even with 3 people it wasn’t...
View ArticleFitting a vertical actuator to the correct point
Reference the SSS mounts using two actuators. As the vertical actuator is moving the same frame as the East West Actuator, will not the dish turn to the right as the dish angle is moved up and to the...
View ArticleMagicsat not locking on to Astra 28,2E
I have a Magicsat 2002 control unit with a 65cm motorised dish and quad LMB linked to a Freesat receiver and Sky receiver. The Magicsat has stopped locking on to Astra 28,2E. It will lock on to other...
View ArticleSupporting Mast
Hi all, I'm in the process of installing a motorised 90cm dish I need a bit of advice The mast is 2mt 2" steel scaffolding pole and I two 18" Blake K brackets mounted to the wall the brackets are...
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No more Jaeger SMR 1224 motors !!!!
i had a conversation with a m8 ,and he told me that jeager in taiwan went bust !!!i dont know how real is this, but it seams that there will be no more SMR1224 made from now on,,catch it while you can...
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