hispasat in staffordshire

pempeke

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hi guys.

guess what? just moved house and can't get my dish to lock onto hispasat anymore. The technician came around and spent 3 hours trying to point it out to hispasat but no luck.
now is is telling me I need to get on the roof or at least much higher up.

the only problem with this, is that I am convinced the guy is pointing up not to 30w but well away from it. Is there a way i can check it myself?

he says hispasat is well down in the horizon so we need to go higher up. at my other place, the lnb was in a much more vertical line, although the dish was like 10 metres higher up.

any thoughts? please help

thank you.

P.s dish is 90cm and lnb is 0.3
 

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Blimey, it's not that low. I've just put a 60cm dish on a pole 3 ft. from the ground pointing at Hisp, with a 6 foot fence 10 foot away, and the signal's belting in here in Cambs.

How far is your dish off the ground?

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hi Llew.
thank you for reply.

we have tried to have fixed at about 3 metres (around 10ft.).there's an house about 30 yards away that is definitely higher but am still convinced the guy is getting it wrong.

I know sky is 28°E, so what i did was to draw a straight line across to w. that should, in theory because I hardly know a thing about satellites, give me the right position - 2°

what do you think?


Llew said:
Blimey, it's not that low. I've just put a 60cm dish on a pole 3 ft. from the ground pointing at Hisp, with a 6 foot fence 10 foot away, and the signal's belting in here in Cambs.

How far is your dish off the ground?

Llew
 

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Why not buy a sat meter for €10 from Lidl and set it up yourself? I get hispasat but the dish is on the chimney. It is there and strong!
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didn't know you could buy these things from lidl but will go there today at this point. Thanks, Maurice.


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Why not buy a sat meter for €10 from Lidl and set it up yourself? I get hispasat but the dish is on the chimney. It is there and strong!
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Yes, if you're having a go yourself, a sat finder is needed. If you have a signal on the meter at what you think is Hispasat, connect your receiver to the LNB and tune to one of the FTA channels on a strong transponder (11632H or 12.012V are a good choice). It's all a matter of trial and error, but patience should pay off (if of course you really are clear of the house opposite).

I assume you have just a straight dish / LNB setup, not motorised.

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i live in staffordshire and have a metre. if you live close i could pop round if you want
 

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Hi there.

I leave in Stoke and would appreaciate your help, if possible. Please let know/have a contact so we can discuss it

thanks

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i live in staffordshire and have a metre. if you live close i could pop round if you want
 

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bit too far really.

i bought it cheap on ebay. their are loads on there
 

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Thank you, anyway.


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bit too far really.

i bought it cheap on ebay. their are loads on there
 
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