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    Ka lnb ?

    Nothing wrong with the LNB, do you have a Ka compatible reflector, what size and what do you wish to receive ?
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    Kabelio ,is it going to last?

    The only 'cable' in England (bar a smattering of community / estate networks has been Virgin Media for around 20 years. Their line up https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-tv-edit/tips-and-tricks/virgin-tv-channel-guide If you were with a modern terrestrial/smart television with access to the...
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    Kabelio ,is it going to last?

    Do you mean BritBox content for the expats ?
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    Break out the BBQ's - summer 2024 weather chat

    Last night's storm was quite spectacular, the odd flash is still occurring. https://map.blitzortung.org/#8/51.401/-0.377
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    Bargain Second-Hand Big Dishes For Sale

    Compete with home made HtoH/DiSEqC adaptor mount.
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    AM radio station list

    It would be interesting to retune a modern vehicle radio in this area to find these stations.
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    Advice Needed Receivers with the lowest Symbol Rate?

    In what way is it modified, and where was it supplied from ?
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    OCTAGON SF8008 E2 4K UHD

    Thank you for clarifying. I wasn't faulting the firmware as it stands but if OpenEight is being promoted as official partner for the latest 8008 receiver then the update delay may possibly be down to refining the later front end without losing integrity of the older version(s). What...
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    EGIS motor

    The larger dish in the garden has a Co-Rotor which uses the same circuitry for both C and Ku band.
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    OCTAGON SF8008 E2 4K UHD

    OK, but what about the recent lack of updates ?
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    OCTAGON SF8008 E2 4K UHD

    I noticed on Monday when swopping receivers over that Openeight firmware (6.8) has not been updated for a couple of weeks. There is a separate section for the 8008M, which I assume is for the mini. So, since the 8008 Supreme version has a different front end, do either of the OpenEight versions...
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    Break out the BBQ's - summer 2024 weather chat

    A frost is expected in this region (Greater Londonish) tonight
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    16 east and 7 west

    As is the forum.
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    AM radio station list

    Correct, never broadcast from Astra 19E, but the content could have been digital from the studio to the uplink station. Perhaps somebody from the commercial side of things (at the time) can provide the answer.
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    AM radio station list

    Radio Luxembourg was piggybacked on the Astra RTL channel after programme closedown, it might be the crossover from one transponder to another at the uplink station was in digital format.
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