Putting up dish in new house.. Which transponder?

[razbot]

Hello, I've just moved house and took my sky+ hd system with me.
I'm planning to put the dish up tomorrow and wanted to check something?

I assume I need to get a lock on Astra 2A at 28.2? (I have a signal meter so I can figure out the strength, as long as I'm looking at the right satellite).

Cheers
Ross


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[Analoguesat]

If you are in the UK almost any of the frequencies will do - they are all pretty strong

 

[razbot]

Yes I should have mentioned I'm in the UK. So any of the Astra's will be ok.

Thanks
Ross


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[Archived-1]

If you have a smart phone download this app it will help you on your way. (satfinder light)

 

[razbot]

I'm trying out the AR on transponders app, will give that one a go too. Cheers


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[Archived-1]

Good luck m8 just shout up if you get stuck and welcome to the forum.

 

[razbot]

Thanks for welcome! Got sky working today, strong signal.

Tomorrow I'm setting up my wife's polish channels, got separate larger dish and cyfrowy receiver for polsat channels.
I think I need to align the transponder to Hotbird.





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[Lazarus]

You don't need a larger dish for Polsat.

The Hotbird signal is massive here in UK and a 40cm dish would do nicely.

But there's no harm in giving your wife a huge rain-margin!

 

[Archived-1]

Thanks for welcome! Got sky working today, strong signal.

Tomorrow I'm setting up my wife's polish channels, got separate larger dish and cyfrowy receiver for polsat channels.
I think I need to align the transponder to Hotbird.





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Great well done, you could have used the bigger dish for both with a little bracket but I guess you had the stuff already, yes 13E m8.

 

[razbot]

Yeah I had the polish channels installed in the last place by a company that offered the polish setup after I had sky. So I have a spare 60cm dish. (I think the other sky mini dish is a Z1 45cm dish) However I'm keen to save some cash and setup myself this time.

I would have tried to get it setup today, but been a noob to this I over twisted the signal meter and broke the connection inside the pcb, so after some soldering I got it working again

Cheers will try hotbird tomorrow.


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[timo_w2s]

I would have tried to get it setup today, but been a noob to this I over twisted the signal meter and broke the connection inside the pcb, so after some soldering I got it working again

It's not just noobs that do that... ho hum...

 

[razbot]

Quick update. Got polsat working, in seconds. Much easier to get a good signal lock on the larger dish.

Cheers


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[Lazarus]

Nice work.

 

[Analoguesat]

Nice going - great you are sorted.

Now your mind will start thinking - with an offset bracket I could have 19E, or maybe 9E

 

[Archived-1]

Great well done m8, as A/S as said don't let it stop now