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Sky & Freesat fringe reception
ASTRA2 and+Eurobird1 on one LNB?
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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 180921" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>1) Effectively, Eurobird and Astra2 ARE at the same position, and therefore "behave" like a single satellite! Both together make up the UK Sky "system", and are received through the same lnb (for which reason, the SKy channels are "shared out" between them, so there can't be any re-used frequencies). The very tiny angular separation is "almost nothing", ie, nothing!</p><p></p><p>2) Although only a smallish 60cm dish is needed in most of UK to get any one of the "big 3" (astra1, astra2/eurobird, hotbird), to get all 3 on a single non-moving dish needs a bigger size - maybe 90cm - because the 3 lnbs are then all placed "off focus", hence each one can only use a limited part of the dish's surface.</p><p></p><p>3) Freeview is a completely different system, and uses a tv aerial only, such receivers will get nothing from a satellite antenna!</p><p></p><p>for some pics of a triple lnb bracket system, see:</p><p><a href="http://www.satellitesuperstore.com/multisat.htm" target="_blank">www.satellitesuperstore.com/multisat.htm</a> .</p><p></p><p>(Note, using more than 1 lnbs requires diseqc switching, which Sky digibox receivers don't have, so your installer was really and truly mixed up!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 180921, member: 192438"] 1) Effectively, Eurobird and Astra2 ARE at the same position, and therefore "behave" like a single satellite! Both together make up the UK Sky "system", and are received through the same lnb (for which reason, the SKy channels are "shared out" between them, so there can't be any re-used frequencies). The very tiny angular separation is "almost nothing", ie, nothing! 2) Although only a smallish 60cm dish is needed in most of UK to get any one of the "big 3" (astra1, astra2/eurobird, hotbird), to get all 3 on a single non-moving dish needs a bigger size - maybe 90cm - because the 3 lnbs are then all placed "off focus", hence each one can only use a limited part of the dish's surface. 3) Freeview is a completely different system, and uses a tv aerial only, such receivers will get nothing from a satellite antenna! for some pics of a triple lnb bracket system, see: [URL="http://www.satellitesuperstore.com/multisat.htm"]www.satellitesuperstore.com/multisat.htm[/URL] . (Note, using more than 1 lnbs requires diseqc switching, which Sky digibox receivers don't have, so your installer was really and truly mixed up!). [/QUOTE]
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