MATHSMAN
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- Nov 8, 2008
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- Age
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- My Satellite Setup
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SKY,FREEVIEW,
Silvercrest DVB- S SL 65
- My Location
- North East England
I have a Comag ("Silvercrest SL 65" ex Lidl) box with the small 65cm dish supplied in NE England. I've been playing around with it for over a year with what I think are reasonable results(nothing to compare with however).
I have a clear sky from 60E to 50W. Dish access is easy and quick from window and even without using an attached signal meter I can tune in to major sat signals in seconds. This typically gives a 70%/70% signal yielding 300+or more FTA channels. However:- I can't raise TURKSAT or HISPASAT!
Other major sats such as Astras, Hotbird, Abirds, Hellas and Sirius are no problem, I've even had 560+ fta channels per sat on a good day. Why no Turksat or Hispasat??
As a relative "newbie" do I lack some fundamental "secret" knowledge re. polarity setting/ frequency setting/ antenna setup etc ??Aiming dish is not the problem, do I need to change some setting on a menu?I'm sure there's a hole in my knowledge, not my sky!!!
I have a clear sky from 60E to 50W. Dish access is easy and quick from window and even without using an attached signal meter I can tune in to major sat signals in seconds. This typically gives a 70%/70% signal yielding 300+or more FTA channels. However:- I can't raise TURKSAT or HISPASAT!
Other major sats such as Astras, Hotbird, Abirds, Hellas and Sirius are no problem, I've even had 560+ fta channels per sat on a good day. Why no Turksat or Hispasat??
As a relative "newbie" do I lack some fundamental "secret" knowledge re. polarity setting/ frequency setting/ antenna setup etc ??Aiming dish is not the problem, do I need to change some setting on a menu?I'm sure there's a hole in my knowledge, not my sky!!!