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<blockquote data-quote="hedge" data-source="post: 404301" data-attributes="member: 202487"><p>That's torn it!</p><p>Spent half of yesterday with a friend's 1.3m offset & my receiver. </p><p></p><p>Checked the alignment, fiddled with the skew, we could not improve things. Could get film4, & ITV 2&4...but he said they are marginal in the evenings........which rather defeats my object as these were the channels I wanted to get reliably.</p><p></p><p>OK, it could be his 'silver Inverto miracle 0.2 (weighted against thin air) dB' lnb.....I have one myself & my two LIDL lnbs outperform it...............but overall, despite what the dealers say here (a couple say 1.4m is required) I am thinking I need a much larger dish.</p><p></p><p>Then, I see that the tin-ware maplins Fortec Star (I.8 & 2.4) can be delivered to Portugal for about £15!!! (no joke)..........So i'm tempted to take the risk........but what do I use for a feedhorn please (having just got my head around what one is!)</p><p></p><p>Decisions decisions</p><p></p><p>& to think, i was once at the 'leading edge'..............35 yrs ago..........seems like only yesterday..............& who changed the name from PCM to Digital?? - I missed that one<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":-doh" title="DOH! :-doh" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-doh" />2</p><p></p><p>Sorry for going on, but I'm slowly getting hooked.......</p><p>+ I hate throwing good money at something blind...............OK OK, I'm a cheap skate</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hedge, post: 404301, member: 202487"] That's torn it! Spent half of yesterday with a friend's 1.3m offset & my receiver. Checked the alignment, fiddled with the skew, we could not improve things. Could get film4, & ITV 2&4...but he said they are marginal in the evenings........which rather defeats my object as these were the channels I wanted to get reliably. OK, it could be his 'silver Inverto miracle 0.2 (weighted against thin air) dB' lnb.....I have one myself & my two LIDL lnbs outperform it...............but overall, despite what the dealers say here (a couple say 1.4m is required) I am thinking I need a much larger dish. Then, I see that the tin-ware maplins Fortec Star (I.8 & 2.4) can be delivered to Portugal for about £15!!! (no joke)..........So i'm tempted to take the risk........but what do I use for a feedhorn please (having just got my head around what one is!) Decisions decisions & to think, i was once at the 'leading edge'..............35 yrs ago..........seems like only yesterday..............& who changed the name from PCM to Digital?? - I missed that one:-DOH2 Sorry for going on, but I'm slowly getting hooked....... + I hate throwing good money at something blind...............OK OK, I'm a cheap skate [/QUOTE]
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