1.8 dish help needed please

redrum

i have had a 80 cm dish for over a year and have just brought a 1.8 merte dish so i can pick up nilesat i live in portsmouth have done some reading and some post say i might struggle to pick up nilesat can some please help.

CROSSBONES

What make dish is it? What lnb and feed are you using?

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johnwilliam1

red rum,


when i had a 1.6mtr dish i got the verticals and thats from hartlepool in the north east, so realy you should pick it up, possibly the horizontals as well

Analoguesat

At a guess its one of the 99 quid Maplin dishes. (Horribly low quality and have a nasty tendency to buckle in winter storms!)

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rolfw

Well if it is, then spend a few hours assembling the reflector, ideall on a very flat floor surface, one of our members RD100 has managed to get one to perform reasonably, but said that setup is crucial. The dish is i believed supplied with a standard LNBF, a C120 and feedhorn would probably produce better results.

If it isn't, would be interesting to know which brand it is.

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redrum

it is a IRTE s.p.a made in italy i have order a c120 and a feedhorn and a v box 2 as the dish and moter is very old have been told this is what i need hopeing to get tomorrow to start geting it setup just hopeing it is big enough for nilesat so i can get the football cheers redrum

satelliteman

Look forward to reading the results Redrum, although I had the impression it was going to be a fixed system.... don't know where that came from

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redrum

yes mate will let you know hope quite soon have you heard of the dish.
cheers redrum

wod

on the feedhorn did you buy an adjustable one so you can get the best setting for the dish, the invacom feedhorn is a good one.

if the motor is an actuator then you might need to change it for a new one.

redrum

not to sure want i have ordered.the motor is a superjack ll +

wod

the motor should look like this if the dish uses a polar mount

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CROSSBONES

The IRTE is a very good dish. There is a matched feed horn for the IRTE, see if you can get hold of one. It will perform much better with the matched feed.


-http://www.irte.it/I/a_csat.htm

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hoppo1

Looks the same as the ones from Maplin to me

redrum

yes wod it does look like that won when rain stops will try and set up let you know how i get on

redrum

set my 1.8 dish up and have pick up nilesat got all the showtime channels and sports channels signal strength is between 45 and 65 so i thing when it rains might not get a picture.

CROSSBONES

What feed horn did you use?

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redrum

not to sure but dont thing i change the feed horn just but the c120 on.
i im bretty new had this so my sound a bit thick.my next thing is to get a viewing card or keys what is my best option look for key and could only find old one so i am guessing they dont come up very often can someone help.

CROSSBONES

So What feed horn did you use with the C120 lnb?

Regarding the keys, just use the latest patch for your Technomate

Dont you use a spell checker?

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redrum

I'm using the original feed horn that came with the dish.

That's why I don't leave many posts as spelling and grammar not my strong points. (I get the wife to do it when she's about!)

renibacterium

You will have no problem in Portsmouth getting the horizontal channels on 7 W with a 1.8m IRTE dish. I am in S W England and have a 2.0m IRTE and get all the horizontal channels.

redrum

put in latest patch 27/6/08 but did nothing is there a new one or im i not doing some thing right.

redrum

up and running now but in new keys.
thanks all

CROSSBONES

Result then mate!

Was not taking the piss about your spelling, its just that your post was a little hard to understand

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