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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Hotbird + Astra2/Sky
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<blockquote data-quote="paradoxni" data-source="post: 769668" data-attributes="member: 193707"><p>folks many thanks for the info!</p><p></p><p>I ordered the cheap lnb holder linked above, an extra LNB and diseqc switch. Held off buying an 80cm dish for another week, but since I had all the other kit I thought Id test it out on our zone2 sky dish (Belfast).</p><p></p><p>Not exactly sure how I fluked it all, but basically centred the dish on astra1@19.2 picked up around 50% strength (have no interest in this sat so left it at that).</p><p></p><p>I then bolted on the lnb holder with the hotbird lnb right next to the astra1 and the astra2 lnb on the opposite side, with slightly more distance between. (I bent the lnb holder into a curve before fitting). Angled the holder slightly so hotbird was low and astra2 high.</p><p></p><p>Got a signal straight away on astra2, tweaked the spacing and holder angle a bit to acheive 75% signal.</p><p></p><p>Moved on to hotbird..needed a steeper angle than above which dropped astra2 signal slightly, but achieved 60% on hotbird!!</p><p></p><p>I am now getting perfect picture on all sky + hotbird channels (all in overcast clouds and raining).</p><p></p><p>I will post a pic of my delapodated rusty minidish in a while....I am slighly amazed that I pulled this off, pretty sure not everyone gets it this easy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paradoxni, post: 769668, member: 193707"] folks many thanks for the info! I ordered the cheap lnb holder linked above, an extra LNB and diseqc switch. Held off buying an 80cm dish for another week, but since I had all the other kit I thought Id test it out on our zone2 sky dish (Belfast). Not exactly sure how I fluked it all, but basically centred the dish on astra1@19.2 picked up around 50% strength (have no interest in this sat so left it at that). I then bolted on the lnb holder with the hotbird lnb right next to the astra1 and the astra2 lnb on the opposite side, with slightly more distance between. (I bent the lnb holder into a curve before fitting). Angled the holder slightly so hotbird was low and astra2 high. Got a signal straight away on astra2, tweaked the spacing and holder angle a bit to acheive 75% signal. Moved on to hotbird..needed a steeper angle than above which dropped astra2 signal slightly, but achieved 60% on hotbird!! I am now getting perfect picture on all sky + hotbird channels (all in overcast clouds and raining). I will post a pic of my delapodated rusty minidish in a while....I am slighly amazed that I pulled this off, pretty sure not everyone gets it this easy! [/QUOTE]
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