Recent content by dave branson

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    Astra 2D Reception in Italy

    Anywhere in Italy south of Florence,has no chance of getting 2D reception,there are reports of people with 3 mt dishes who do not receive it. I have a 2mt dish here in Florence with an Invercom LNB and feedhorn,reception at the moment is 24/7 which always happens at this time of the year. In the...
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    Latest news from 28E / Channels coming to Sky 2007

    What happend to True Movies 1 and 2 ?
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    freesat from bbc/itv - receiver compatibility

    I would have thought that there would have been some leak of info on the subject. Seems they have a better security clamp down,than some of the UK goverment agencies,MI5 and CIA ect.not to mention the net.
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    Set up LNB,S for 13e/16e/19e

    Finally got it all working,I bought a Triax 88 dish with a four 4 lnb multifeeder. I modified the multifeed bracket slightly to bring the holder of the 16e designated lnb(Alps) on dead centre,current reading for 16e is 50% level,54% quality 13e and 19e are reading 80/70. I have a 4 disqu(Spaun)...
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    Moving to Italy

    Where will you be located in Italy?
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    New independent CAM for Videoguard coming soon?

    Looks like its for FREESAT,maybe the BBC will use a similar system to that used in Holland.
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    Prime Focus LNB

    It should be at the throat,good info is available at www.mlsat.com/tutorial.html.
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    Astra 2 D Reception Southern Europe

    if it works 60 miles north of naples and 120 miles south of naples and 1000 miles south east in corfu and cypress its almost impossible that this will someway work. thank you for any help or information or leads ralph:) I think someone is dreaming,6meter Dish?over the last 3 to 4 years ,since...
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    digitalb card initilizing

    I have been having a similar problem,using a SAB explorer box,in the card slot, I put the card in upside down, and hi presto it then read CONEX card. I then had another problem as all the channels where scambled,I contacted the supplier today who says they are going to re-initialise the card...
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    Astra 2 D Reception Southern Europe

    Very true,2d can be received easily in Italy in some places and not at all 100 km,s further south,ie Pisa is a Hot spot,Florence is sporadic,best in the winter,Rome has been addressed many times on the forums,as a no go,Naples I would expect poor results even with a 4m dish. The cut off line for...
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    SKY Italia Subscription on HotBird 13E

    Here is an address for you in Italy,they supplied me with Digialb card recently and are very helpful,and speak excellent English. Cecilia Bartolini Foreign Department DEA srl-Due Emme Antenne tel +39 (0) 571 931575 Fax +39(0) 571 931800 _www,dea-group.it estero @ dueemme.com
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    Receiving BBC/ITV/Ch4 + 5 south of Rome

    Very interesting, thanks,my theory is that they reposition the satellite at this time of the year,so that the solar panels face the sun at a lower angle for the winter months. This slight change is enough to increase the sidelobe,it happens here that the reception has changed on a constant basis...
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    SKY Italia Subscription on HotBird 13E

    A full Sky Italia package (football,(CALICO) films.documentries ect) costs in Italy 55 Euros/month.(660 E/YEAR) Digiboxes are cheap to buy,but as in the UK you have to have an Italian address,also you have to give them your tax number. 550 quid is therefore not bad,considering the hassle if you...
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    Receiving BBC/ITV/Ch4 + 5 south of Rome

    Today the reception of BBC/ITV was coming through at 07-00 am, for the last 3 months good reception was only possible from 12-00 noon till 19-00pm exactly. Having monitored the reception over the last 3 years,it seems that the satellite 2D gets repositioned as the nights draw in.
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    F/D Focal point on prime focus dish

    I have a 1.8 irte prime focus dish,when i calculate the focal point using using the programme of satellites-comunications.com,it gives a focal length of 67.5 cms. On checking the my dish the focal length is some 75 cms. At the moment I get BBC/ITV during the day,goes off about 19-00 hrs, in the...
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