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Simlple question: is the TM 5502HD receiver able to open this channels? I know the TM5403 M3 works, but saw no reference to the Technomate 5502 HD CI+ with intelsat 907...

Hi all, Thanks for all input given. The concrete solution seems pretty good but I think for me it's one of those things that's easier said than done. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do yet but maybe try to drill some holes on the bent reflector face of the dish and try to unbent it with...

Just had another try with the dish. It's is useless for 2E/F right now. Yesterday before the "crash" at around 10:20 I did some records for signal level with my humax 5700: BBC1, 2 etc. : 33 - 35% BBC3: 27 - 28% ITV1,2, etc: 27 - 28% ITV3: 29 - 30% E4, more4, E4+1: 30 - 33% Channel 4, film4...

Well, I don't know how and where to start. It's been a very calm night with almost no wind at all. I've been in and out of the house comparing signal levels between my 1.8 and the 2.3m. I was looking at my living room tv when I heard a strong noise... went running outdors and the 2.3 was lying...

Thanks guys for all input. I'm trying right now again with this dish. I've tweaked the lnb a little bit more and got good improvement on most channels except channel 5. The other day I had 20% signal quality in my humax 5700, the absolute minimum to get stable image with no breakup, but today...

Hi joddle, It is not an illusion, you are absolutely right. I noticed that too and tried to correct that as good as I could with a small piece of wood between the feedhorn and the lnb holder. Also the "bent" arm needed to be pushed up a bit so I untightened the screw that hold it to the dish...

I couldn't wait any longer so today I managed to get the dish temporarily on a wood tripod that I had lying around to see if I could get something out of 2E/F. I spent the most part of the day trying and trying and trying but all I could get was 2A and eurobird. I didn't notice what I was doing...

I took some pictures today. What you see is what came with the dish, except the bucket off course!! How can I mount this polar mount? By looking at the pictures do you think that some parts of the polar mount are missing? The previous owner told me it is complete but I'm not really sure about...

Yes there are some holes on the rim but there are only 4 sets of 2 holes. Each set of 2 holes is evenly spaced, but from the pictures I've seen, famaval dishes have more holes on the rim, I think 8 sets of 2 holes. Can you confirm this? This dish was bought originally around 20 years ago. Maybe...

Hi all. Finally it's here. I was able to get the dish delivered today. Sorry for picture quality but it was taken with my cell phone with little light. The previous owner told me the lnb arm was naturally "bent". He bought it like that and always worked well. Does anybody knows this dishes with...

@dxn: did you try to fine tune your lnb? Is it "bugs" free? If you read my other thread in this forum you can see that I had a huge spider nest inside the lnb and removing it improved the signal a lot. Also on the Iberian Peninsula report thread, on this same forum on the 16th february I posted...

Hi Pedro, you say everything is watchable except the HD's. Do you get BBC3 and ITV3 in good conditions? Here with my 1.8 around 23:30 things started to deteriorate. I'm getting some pixellation at 10773H and also ITV's transponder. Usually all channels including the strongest channel4...

I don't know if you already seen this thread http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/astra-2e.162862/ Things have been improving here since I first noticed I had some signal in some transponders. I don't know if it is related to the hot weather (30ºC!!!) or the time of year but I've been...

Hi all. Yesterday I went to see the big satellite dish my friend wants to get rid of. That thing is huge, I've never been close to a dish that size. It is not exactly 2.4m, it's a few centimeters more than 2.3m and it has an addicional rim that gives it 2.4m dimension, but the reflector area is...

Last sunday I was able to get a tv set and receiver next to my satellite dish in order to fine tun it more easily. Things improved just a bit and now I have the same channels with more pixellation free time even with some minor rain and cloudy sky. BBC one, two and four are now much better...