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SilverCrest madness - Sirius, Astra1 and Astra2 off a mindish!
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<blockquote data-quote="testpie" data-source="post: 127270" data-attributes="member: 187593"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to be sleeping tonight <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="testpie, post: 127270, member: 187593"] 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 :P. [/QUOTE]
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