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My pictorial introduction!!Upload your photos here (Don't link to them with img code, upload them), doesn't matter how basic your setup, it's nice to see what everyone is working with. If you've seen an interesting setup, then post it here. All photos here are copyright and cannot be used without permission of the poster. | |
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23-06-2007
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| Regular Member  Join Date: 21-06-2007 Location: Herts , UK
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My System: Channel Master 1.2 driven by Supermount SMR 1224 mount. V-Box 11 Triple Dragon Linux Receiver. Vantage VT-X221TSCI Blindscan Receiver. Diablo Wireless cam and base. 42" Panasonic Plasma. 50" Pioneer Kuro Plasma Lots of boys toys! |
Been in the 'sat scene' for over 10 years now and finally joined this forum after time on several rivals! My current set up consists of a Triple Dragon stb , 1.2 mtr Channel Master dish driven by 1224 H-H. (And a big flat roof!!) Also in the set up is a diablo and soon to HD multisat receiver to go with my Panny Viera and subsciption HD box. Previous sat systems have been the 90cm Gregorian by Fibo and a range of Humax/Echostar receivers! I can see 72 East over to 45 West , I should be able to see further west but for some reason can't lock Intelsat 9(58 W). Am always up for a chat , so feel free , anyway heres some pics of my stuff and received channels! Heres to a friendly forum! Regards Pete | ||
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23-06-2007
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| cerca trova...  Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: East Anglia
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Triple Dragon with HDD/USB stick, Dreambox 8000, Humax HDCI2000, Echostar AD3000ip & SR8700, Aston Simba, RSD ODM300. Swedish Microwave 1.2 Motorised dish / Invacom C120 twin LNB driven by the AD3000. 3 other fixed dishes.  Fighting the evil 3 Dragons under the Don Quixote banner,Sir Llew persevered where others failed | Nice setup staffspeted  And the piece de resistance a Triple Dragon STB  Llew | ||
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23-06-2007
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| Regular Member Join Date: 21-06-2007 Location: Herts , UK
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My System: Channel Master 1.2 driven by Supermount SMR 1224 mount. V-Box 11 Triple Dragon Linux Receiver. Vantage VT-X221TSCI Blindscan Receiver. Diablo Wireless cam and base. 42" Panasonic Plasma. 50" Pioneer Kuro Plasma Lots of boys toys! | Its probleatic but a learning curve!!! Have I found another TD oracle??!! | ||
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23-06-2007
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| Specialist Contributor  Join Date: 29-02-2004 Location: Tyne and Wear
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My System: 85cm transparent dish 0.2db lnb titanium wf100 cable dreambox500s technomate 9100 linux Eaglebox UK nds card | wow ...tell ya what....when i see some of the photos of you lads setup..makes me feel inadequate! | ||
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23-06-2007
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| cerca trova... Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: East Anglia
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Triple Dragon with HDD/USB stick, Dreambox 8000, Humax HDCI2000, Echostar AD3000ip & SR8700, Aston Simba, RSD ODM300. Swedish Microwave 1.2 Motorised dish / Invacom C120 twin LNB driven by the AD3000. 3 other fixed dishes. Fighting the evil 3 Dragons under the Don Quixote banner,Sir Llew persevered where others failed |
72E in Watford eh? I can only dream of that far east  Must have a fine clear view there.Llew | |||
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23-06-2007
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| Specialist Contributor  Join Date: 23-07-2005 Location: S.Wales
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My System: 1.2M, & 55cm Gregorian Dish`s, 1.8m Precision dish Jaeger 1224 H-H motor.Dreambox 800, Vbox-II. SS2 Card. | Nice set up and dish, complemented by the 1224  Love your flat roof too, you could have a nice 1.8m up there. | ||
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23-06-2007
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| Regular Member Join Date: 21-06-2007 Location: Herts , UK
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My System: Channel Master 1.2 driven by Supermount SMR 1224 mount. V-Box 11 Triple Dragon Linux Receiver. Vantage VT-X221TSCI Blindscan Receiver. Diablo Wireless cam and base. 42" Panasonic Plasma. 50" Pioneer Kuro Plasma Lots of boys toys! |
A 1.8!!! You should have seen me struggling at 6 in the morning to get the 1.2 up there!! 6 concrete blocks , a non penetretive roof stand and a 1.2 dish thru a fire escape hatch is a story in itself!!!! Might crane the 1.8 up next year! Thanks for the kind comments | ||
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23-06-2007
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| Specialist Contributor  Join Date: 07-08-2005 Location: west yorks, uk
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My System: andrews dish - jaeger 1224 motor, vantage x221tsci, skystar 2, diablo v2.3, cyfra+ | nice setup i would love a flat roof , the other dish for 28east then ? | ||
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24-06-2007
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| Regular Member Join Date: 21-06-2007 Location: Herts , UK
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My System: Channel Master 1.2 driven by Supermount SMR 1224 mount. V-Box 11 Triple Dragon Linux Receiver. Vantage VT-X221TSCI Blindscan Receiver. Diablo Wireless cam and base. 42" Panasonic Plasma. 50" Pioneer Kuro Plasma Lots of boys toys! | Yes the other one is 28E. The brains of our relationship couldnt figure out why she couldnt receive Living TV from Pas3r so the fixed one makes it easier!! | ||
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My System: 1.2M, & 55cm Gregorian Dish`s, 1.8m Precision dish Jaeger 1224 H-H motor.Dreambox 800, Vbox-II. SS2 Card. |
Would never have thought that dish would have fitted through there Maybe your next dish will have to be in segments lol | |||
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24-06-2007
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| Regular Member Join Date: 21-06-2007 Location: Herts , UK
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My System: Channel Master 1.2 driven by Supermount SMR 1224 mount. V-Box 11 Triple Dragon Linux Receiver. Vantage VT-X221TSCI Blindscan Receiver. Diablo Wireless cam and base. 42" Panasonic Plasma. 50" Pioneer Kuro Plasma Lots of boys toys! |
If a 1.2 Fibo Gregorian turns up for sale I may go back to that , but unfortuneately 1.2 is the roofs max unless I crane it up or like you said segment it!! Scientifically though , has anyone ever compared reception between a Greogorian 1.2 and a Channel Master with Andrews feedhorn? | |||
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My System: 1.2M, & 55cm Gregorian Dish`s, 1.8m Precision dish Jaeger 1224 H-H motor.Dreambox 800, Vbox-II. SS2 Card. |
The Gregorian 1.2m is said to be the equivalent of a 1.4m dish. | |||
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24-06-2007
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| I have a friend in Denmark that have a SMW 140cm Offset and Fibo 120cm. The Fibo is comparable to the SMW, and the SMW is one of the best standard Offset dishes ever made in ABS plastic, its called OA-1400 or more exact the "Jumbo" dish. | ||
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24-06-2007
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| Regular Member Join Date: 21-06-2007 Location: Herts , UK
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My System: Channel Master 1.2 driven by Supermount SMR 1224 mount. V-Box 11 Triple Dragon Linux Receiver. Vantage VT-X221TSCI Blindscan Receiver. Diablo Wireless cam and base. 42" Panasonic Plasma. 50" Pioneer Kuro Plasma Lots of boys toys! | My old 90cm Fibo was performing like a 1.2 mtr but this was in the days of analogue and D2 Mac. Nowadays I doubt the benefit above 1.2 (around the UK at least) is as great due to digital broadcasts being stronger and mor accurately footprinted. With the 1.2 Channel Master coupled with Andrews feedhorn and inverto white tech I pull in all bar one or two from 58 west over to 72 east but more is always a good thing and the Fibo's are an awesome dish. Pic is of my old 90! | ||
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01-07-2007
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| Regular Member Join Date: 21-06-2007 Location: Herts , UK
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My System: Channel Master 1.2 driven by Supermount SMR 1224 mount. V-Box 11 Triple Dragon Linux Receiver. Vantage VT-X221TSCI Blindscan Receiver. Diablo Wireless cam and base. 42" Panasonic Plasma. 50" Pioneer Kuro Plasma Lots of boys toys! | Likvid.....Happy birthday to a top poster and contributor! | ||
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 Do you still have the Fibo left? if so, could you make a signal comparison to your CM 120cm? A dealer i knew back in the 80's got his first Fibos and he wanted me to come and check the performance as he told me it peforms almost like a 120cm dish, i laughed at him and said it would be impossible. This was back in the old D2-MAC days in 1989. I got to the shop and they had a demo corner with different channels showing from both Eutelsat 13 East and Intelsat 27.5W with Childrens Channel, CNN, ScreenSport etc etc.... Then he showed two TVs showing Childrens Channel on Intelsat 27.5W. The right one was a Prodelin 120cm Offset, the left one was the Fibo 90cm. He told me, can you see any difference? not much i told him, there are some fewer sparklies on the right screen i said. After this he told me what dishes he used and when he told me the left screen was the Fibo i laughed once at him and said it can't be true. Yes it's true he said, the Fibo is almost performing like the Prodelin due to the second subreflector. I was schocked after seeing it. I have not made any shoot-out but i would guess the Fibo 90 performs like a good 110cm Offset, SWE-DISH says the Fibo is performing like a 15% larger dish so that would be the approximate and close to 110cm | |||
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