My tiny Hispa dish (through window!)

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That's it 2CV, you are officially a prospect of the Order! Such pleasant disregard to anything without a screen/dish needs to be commended! All you need to do now is to show me a picture of your 2CV with its roof mounted dish and you will be knighted!
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T_G said:
All you need to do now is to show me a picture of your 2CV with its roof mounted dish and you will be knighted!

That might be a while off yet, I have very little money, not even enough to get a Driving licence!!!!! :(

Anyway, it'll be a 2CV-Van that I'll have a roof mounted dish on... :D
 

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2cvbloke said:
Anyway, it'll be a 2CV-Van that I'll have a roof mounted dish on... :D

No worries, we are patient. It will be worth the wait! :-thumb1
 

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I remember a while back seeing a dish upside down with the LNB on top on a roof.
 

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Milkybarkid said:
I remember a while back seeing a dish upside down with the LNB on top on a roof.

Like this??? (minus the silly looking bloke):

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yes please show us pics of mobile dishes :D
 

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Hei skip any luck getting 7w??
 

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Love your Xmas dish pic CV!
 

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rato2 said:
Love your Xmas dish pic CV!

Thanks!!! :D

I'm sorting out new pictures of my current setup with a few differences to them pictures I posted....
 

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bidOn, I haven't tried it recently but I did get it before - but only the BFBS transponder. I'm guessing that's because of it's 1/2 FEC! I don't know whether I got that on the Porty dish or my Sky dish.

I will try it again at some stage as the receiver I used back then had a less sensitive tuner and I didn't know how good the minidish worked upside down looking out of the middle window!
 

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I have to admit, 12149V 27500 3/4 is my favourite TP on Hispasat, especially after 11pm (UK Time)..... :D
 

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say skip, which transponder is that? i'd be really keen on al jazeera sport here :D
 

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The BFBS stuff is on: 11324 V (tp C6)

...and I tried it again the other night and got the M6/Eurosport transponder: 11283 V (tp C4). My first time getting actual pictures on 7 east.

D'oh! Just realised you were talking about 7 west! I don't think I stand any chance of getting that on either of my indoor dishes!
 

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ah shame. i'm probably a nutter then thinkin someone could get something form that sat with a mini dish in western europe.
(i do get pretty much all of 7e in france, only senegal tv i still haven't got hold of... quite a shame! as according to lj's live football, there's quite a lot of fta footie there!)
 

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I've now managed to get 3 transponders on Telstar 12 @ 15 west!

11494 V (tp 5), 12608 H (tp 10) and 1 of the Channel 5 ones. Picture comes and goes on channels carried on the first 2 and Channel 5 is encrypted.

This is on the minidish, not the Porty dish. As the minidish is a bit bent up and has a fairly limited skew setting (designed for satellites 43 degrees the other way!) it's not bad going. I've ordered a new dish that should be more suitable and hopefully I'll be able to try that out in the next couple of days.

I'm hoping I'll just be able to get the NBC feeds but I know it's a long shot!
 

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On 15W DAD 5 is strong but DAD 2 a lot weaker.


Don't forget 16E for CBS although again not that strong.
 

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I tried this through the window larky.. cant see through.. tripple glazed :( open the window ligned the dish up and closed the window and it went :(

Does the signal have a pyramid effect when going through a window??
 

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Sometimes certain types of glass like glass that reflects the sun won't work. I found ordinary D/G worked for me.
 

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Milkybarkid said:
On 15W DAD 5 is strong but DAD 2 a lot weaker.

Cheers for that info. The satellite operators, satellite magaazines and websites list what power the footprints are or mention the size of dish but none of them take into account the differences of transponders with the same footprint on the same satellite.

So at least I know which one to go for now! BTW do you know which transponder is the strongest (for southern England)?


Milkybarkid said:
Don't forget 16E for CBS although again not that strong.

I've tried 16 east with no success. I think it's because there's strong signals on either side (Astra 1 and Hotbird!) and because my dish has to look out the window at more of an angle - My window seems to be facing directly 5/8w
 
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