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Old 09-05-2008   #3
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My System: Technomate TM6800D & TM1000D+ receivers, Stab H-H90 motorised Triax 1m dish 42E to 30W. Fixed Orbital 1m on 26E, 2 x minidishes.DigitAlB movies. A Bigsat BS-S77CX and a Sky Dodgibox.

Hi Finbar, Welcome to satellites,

There are a few online calculators that give you the correct angles to use.

Here is one:-

_www.dishpointer.com.

Heres the footprint for Astra 2D

http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/astra2d.html

You should easily get it with an 80cm you are inside the footprint.

Yes, any Universal LNB will work, no special LNB is needed.

Robbo

P.S. Merged your two posts into the same thread.

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