testpie
Cheapskate
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2004
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- Age
- 36
- My Satellite Setup
- Manhattan Skyline 1000 @ Astra 28.2E(ish)
- My Location
- North West
Just to let you all know that i'm shaking here. I went out today to my local Lidl and bought myself a lovely SilverCrest box for £39.99. I brought it home, unplugged my existing Nokia box and plugged in the SilverCrest. What you have to remember here is that i have not moved my dish - it is still a standard 45cm Sky minidish, and is still pointing at Astra1 19.2E.
So, i set about tuning it and all was well. Then i thought i'd have a little tinker with the signal meters, and just for a laugh, went through the list of satellites. I almost had a heart attack when it said that i was getting not only Astra1 on this minidish, but also Sirius 5.0E and Astra2 28.2E. Now, i was as sceptical as you would be - but sure enough on tuning it in, it is listing all the channels from these three satellites.
Can someone please tell me how this can be? I mean, don't get me wrong, it's bloody brilliant - but how can a little 45cm minidish receive three clusters of satellites that are over 20 degrees apart?
I'm not going to be sleeping tonight .
So, i set about tuning it and all was well. Then i thought i'd have a little tinker with the signal meters, and just for a laugh, went through the list of satellites. I almost had a heart attack when it said that i was getting not only Astra1 on this minidish, but also Sirius 5.0E and Astra2 28.2E. Now, i was as sceptical as you would be - but sure enough on tuning it in, it is listing all the channels from these three satellites.
Can someone please tell me how this can be? I mean, don't get me wrong, it's bloody brilliant - but how can a little 45cm minidish receive three clusters of satellites that are over 20 degrees apart?
I'm not going to be sleeping tonight .