Amstrads finest brings a smile to my face

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Old 02-03-2009   #1
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Amstrads finest brings a smile to my face

I pass this every Monday taking the children to Morning club .Rain or shine I always look up at this old amstard dish and smile .I am not sure who put it up? someone with a long ladder and no drill I hope the washer never goes in their cold water tank
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My System: 75e-75w C & KU, 36v h-h /36v & diseqc actuators / diseqc -USALS motors / Anlg to HD Channel Masters C120s dishes, stb's inc echo3000, lnbs, meters, custom polar mounts & elevation/incline actuator conversions...

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My System: 43cm @ 19.2 with mVision USB PVR, 1.1m Fortec Star @ 5e and 1w with Kworld DVB-S2 Card and a Viasat receiver

I wonder if the LNB still works
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Originally Posted by iandoh View Post
I wonder if the LNB still works
I,d say it still does...they made them to last in those days
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My System: Sky minidish, Thomson Digibox Hoping to bring an old analogue dish back to life on 28.2 in the near future!

Those old analogue dishes certainly looked better than these digital mini dishes!
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digital dishes, HD dishes , HDTV compatible LNB's all a very noisy song for who really in the sat game for years
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digital dishes, HD dishes , HDTV compatible LNB's all a very noisy song for who really in the sat game for years
Exactly!

Can't believe nobody is advertising Digital/HD Ready Cables .................

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Can't believe nobody is advertising Digital/HD Ready Cables .................
But they do.


_http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/a/HD-Ready-Cable.html

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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me.

Well one can't lose with a comment like my last - either one is right or someone sees it as a challenge and does the hard work for one!

But I really meant coax, and should have said so .............

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