Recent content by Heinz

The LNB is an SMB55 (6º) quad monoblock so I'm assuming that the Hotbird and Astra 1 positions would be covered (with a pair of ports unused) and, if I add a cable from a spare port on my Sky LNB (an adjacent dish), switching between the 3 satellite positions would be possible. Excuse my...

Thanks Ross (LTNS). I'll never match your set-up but a dabble will be fun.

Just a quicky from a sadly out-of-date (not done this since analogue days) satelliter. I've just acquired a 1 metre dish pre-fitted with a pair (13 and 19.2) of dual LNBs. I have the necessary T&K brackets and 2" pole to put it on the back of my bungalow looking over the roof and that task...

Good grief! I've now been told that the single cable to her Sky+HD box (set on single feed mode) "may have got a little burnt" when the chimney around which it was routed caught fire! BTW what does 'spot beam' mean?

Long time no visit - isn't that always the way until you need help? Judging by what I've read in this thread, I appreciate my lack of technical knowledge may hold me back here so I'm going to ask the abvious layman's question. OK, sister-in-law in Menorca has reported loss of 'all' Sky...

I wonder how many VHS tapes they'll be able to buy for £12?