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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 1040559"><p><strong>Update: 5W + 5E has become 5E + 19.2E.</strong></p><p></p><p>My son requested to watch Real Madrid vs PSG.</p><p>Unfortunately, we were in the holiday cottage (thus no cable-tv channels).</p><p>10 minutes of research clarified that the match was shown on ZDF.</p><p></p><p>Even though I remembered that 19.2E was most likely obscured by trees, I figured that the strength of the 19.2E birds beaming through leaf-less branches might just do the job.</p><p>So out with the ladder, and on with the spanners and the meter.</p><p></p><p>Just for the sport, I started with 13E, which I seemed to remember was doable for the trees.</p><p>Took about 2 minutes, and I had a clean lock on 13E.</p><p>Scanned 13E with the Humax iCord and everything came through well.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]114713[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Back on the ladder, and try align dish to 19.2E.</p><p>No luck (or lock?) on the meter - but a distinct bump made it clear where the dish should be pointing.</p><p></p><p>Some fine-adjustment on Az and El to obtain max strength, and the occasional split-second lock from the SatLook.</p><p>Hoped that the Humax would make more sense of at least the strongest transponders, but concerned that the SatLook is the more sensitive of the two...</p><p></p><p>A quick down-the-pole camera shot shows where 19.2E is, and why it is a challenge.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]114714[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Tightened up everything without loosing too much signal (and those who know, know how not easy that is with the Triax dishes!)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]114715[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Back inside, scanned ... and YES, 65 channels acquired, among them ZDF. Rah!</p><p>Recorded the match, and the young man watched it this morning.</p><p></p><p>Mission completed. (For now.)</p><p>And thereby 5E + 5W has become 5E + 19.2E.</p><p></p><p>But for proper footie coverage in the years to come, it is clear that either I need to move the dishes, or I will have to do some more lumber-jacking this summer...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 1040559"] [B]Update: 5W + 5E has become 5E + 19.2E.[/B] My son requested to watch Real Madrid vs PSG. Unfortunately, we were in the holiday cottage (thus no cable-tv channels). 10 minutes of research clarified that the match was shown on ZDF. Even though I remembered that 19.2E was most likely obscured by trees, I figured that the strength of the 19.2E birds beaming through leaf-less branches might just do the job. So out with the ladder, and on with the spanners and the meter. Just for the sport, I started with 13E, which I seemed to remember was doable for the trees. Took about 2 minutes, and I had a clean lock on 13E. Scanned 13E with the Humax iCord and everything came through well. [ATTACH]114713[/ATTACH] Back on the ladder, and try align dish to 19.2E. No luck (or lock?) on the meter - but a distinct bump made it clear where the dish should be pointing. Some fine-adjustment on Az and El to obtain max strength, and the occasional split-second lock from the SatLook. Hoped that the Humax would make more sense of at least the strongest transponders, but concerned that the SatLook is the more sensitive of the two... A quick down-the-pole camera shot shows where 19.2E is, and why it is a challenge. [ATTACH]114714[/ATTACH] Tightened up everything without loosing too much signal (and those who know, know how not easy that is with the Triax dishes!) [ATTACH]114715[/ATTACH] Back inside, scanned ... and YES, 65 channels acquired, among them ZDF. Rah! Recorded the match, and the young man watched it this morning. Mission completed. (For now.) And thereby 5E + 5W has become 5E + 19.2E. But for proper footie coverage in the years to come, it is clear that either I need to move the dishes, or I will have to do some more lumber-jacking this summer... [/QUOTE]
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