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- My Satellite Setup
- Some SAT-related hardware.
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- N-E from Riga
What is that?making up 10 fly leads for the lnbs...
What is that?making up 10 fly leads for the lnbs...
So Timo, if you have any remaining from the CM, don't throw it away!
No, I mean for if you ever decide to get the T90Sorry, it's all in use, half is set in concrete...
Oh yes, in that case I might be coming back to you for advice on where to find some! ;)No, I mean for if you ever decide to get the T90
lol+++ Am member of that club. After divorce, every plan in life became easy to fulfill :O)T90's are only for real (preferable single) men who don't give a f**k!
Am not divorced - my wife *hates* the T90 and my spaghetti-like cablinglol+++ Am member of that club. After divorce, every plan in life became easy to fulfill :O)
I was offered a radome on the Finnish forum the other week. Not sure how easy it would be to ship to the UK though...Didn't you check pictures before, of T90 installations CJ?
T90's are only for real (preferable single) men who don't give a f**k!
But of course, you can build a radome around it.
The trick is picking two strongish sats and lining up on those. So you have 19.2E at centre - dial in 28.2 as well and the others should just drop into place. Note that I (rightly or wrongly) have skew on all the LNBs (16 or so). I can get 45E to 5W with extension bars, although not particularly strongly. Calculating the dish skew is one thing - fine tuning it by hand is anotherUhmm, OK need help.
Installed the dish today but having some issues... So, I followed this site to calculate the skew angle, which is around 105 degrees and set about aligning to my central satellite, which is 19.2e (want to get between 42e and 1w). The LNB is on the centre of the bar (ish) and is the 'skew' on the LNB holder is set to 0.
I am getting pretty good signal on Astra 1 at around 16dB (though, not as strong as I expect) but this drops off nicely to around the edges. I can just about lock 42E at around 8db but I cannot lock 5E Nordic, which is hanging at 6dB and 1W Nordic beam is also under lock (Focus Sat one should be OK though).
Am I expecting too much from around the edges or is there some trick to this?
Wet tea-towel trick? I get the spotbeam at 12dB or so in clear weather (BU twin, dish centred on 19.2E) so I guess in Somerset it should be coming in so strong it bites your arm off.28.2e was strong-ish as well but that comes in on a saucepan lid here... I'll try and play with it a bit later.