Kiteflier-1
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- My Satellite Setup
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Lidl 0.8m dish and Sky dish with 4LNB's 28E 19E 13E and 7E, Skystar2 PC card
Also Sky digibox for FTA channels
- My Location
- West Lothian
Hi all,
Here's a few pictures of my current set-up. I started with the 80cm dish and analogue receiver from Lidl, and soon progressed to a Skystar2 PC card. The jump to multiple LNB's started when I acquired a Sky LNB which I found on my driveway. My neighbour had just been upgraded to Sky+ and I guess the installer couldn't be bothered to pick up the old LNB after dropping it. My 4-way diseqc switch came from a German supplier on eBay and lives under a plastic bottle to keep the weather off. The Sky dish (found in a skip) is currently picking up 28E, but I have been moving it around occasionally, to 12.5W (trying and failing to pick up ESA broadcasts), and other birds in my field of view.
Anyway, when I took the pictures the bigger dish was aimed at the Hotbirds, with the other LNB's picking up 19E and 28E. The Sky dish was on 5W if I remember rightly. At the moment, the Sky dish is back pointed at its designed location and the 4th LNB is now looking at 5E off the main dish (which is still aimed at 13E).
You may notice the slightly unconventional mounts for the LNBs which are narrow planks of wood with a V shape cut in the end and hammered into the ground to the right depth. (Fitting the LNB afterwards, of course). It is quite easy to hold the LNB by hand to find the best signal and then put it to one side whilst bashing in the stake to hold it in place permanently. For fine adjustments I use a signalmeter plugin for DVBDream which you can set to fill the screen, making it easy to see from the garden.
I had to include the picture of my solar furnace experiment. After covering the dish with foil (and removing the LNB!) it made a fairly hopeless furnace. It did set fire to wood if left at the focus for about five minutes, not exactly impressive!
Neil,
West Lothian
P.S. notice the Hobgoblin sitting on the patio table.
Here's a few pictures of my current set-up. I started with the 80cm dish and analogue receiver from Lidl, and soon progressed to a Skystar2 PC card. The jump to multiple LNB's started when I acquired a Sky LNB which I found on my driveway. My neighbour had just been upgraded to Sky+ and I guess the installer couldn't be bothered to pick up the old LNB after dropping it. My 4-way diseqc switch came from a German supplier on eBay and lives under a plastic bottle to keep the weather off. The Sky dish (found in a skip) is currently picking up 28E, but I have been moving it around occasionally, to 12.5W (trying and failing to pick up ESA broadcasts), and other birds in my field of view.
Anyway, when I took the pictures the bigger dish was aimed at the Hotbirds, with the other LNB's picking up 19E and 28E. The Sky dish was on 5W if I remember rightly. At the moment, the Sky dish is back pointed at its designed location and the 4th LNB is now looking at 5E off the main dish (which is still aimed at 13E).
You may notice the slightly unconventional mounts for the LNBs which are narrow planks of wood with a V shape cut in the end and hammered into the ground to the right depth. (Fitting the LNB afterwards, of course). It is quite easy to hold the LNB by hand to find the best signal and then put it to one side whilst bashing in the stake to hold it in place permanently. For fine adjustments I use a signalmeter plugin for DVBDream which you can set to fill the screen, making it easy to see from the garden.
I had to include the picture of my solar furnace experiment. After covering the dish with foil (and removing the LNB!) it made a fairly hopeless furnace. It did set fire to wood if left at the focus for about five minutes, not exactly impressive!
Neil,
West Lothian
P.S. notice the Hobgoblin sitting on the patio table.
