Recent content by flexi-lexi

Success, to a point, you were right :-worship it was the wrong satellite, not sure which one though as I found Sirius because I worked from sirius back to the signal, whatever it was. then this evening I decided to work slowly back from 5 degrees west with success :), just struggle on getting...

Well I've had another go this morning, took the dish to th east by a few degrees & picked up What I guess was Sirius after using the strongest transponder from the list to locate it, I then started to move the dish round till I picked up a new signal using 11342 / 24501 H, & the receiver said I...

hi, I used a compass to get my direction after changing the bearing to magnetic, so I did think I had the right direction but I'll see in the morning. Cheers

Ok, thats a good start, I'm pretty sure I'm looking the right way but it won't hurt moving around a bit, I'll try that in the morning, cheers.

Hi folks, I've been trying to get Canal Digital through Thor 2 with my 1.8m Fortec Star with no luck. I keep getting No signal showing up on the box even though the meter shows a reading. Could some body please give me a few ideas on where I could be going wrong as in could it be the dish...

Hi satmonkey, My girl-friend is from Finland so we signed up for the package when we were up there, I think you probably need a personnel number for the country as well. Currently in the process of getting a Canel Digital Subscription for the Thor 2/3 satellites.

Hi Kexas, Unfortunately I had no luck:mad:, no problems getting the Europe Beam, but for me there wasn't even a sniff off the Nordic Beam. I wish i had carried out my research before hand as it has cost me 300 euro's :eek: to cancel Viasat. But for some good news I have found that I can...

Cheers for the help guys, but still no luck, I'll just have to switch to thor and use CanalDigital where I can get some of the channels.

Thats sound good, I'll definetly have to give it another try when I can set everything up correctly. Cheers

Cheers for that, i'll have another go when i can set the dish up properly with the lnb securely held in place & in the correct position, just waiting for a delivery. When you say channels are fine, you do mean the ones on the nordic beam, not the few which are on the europe beam? Flexi

It was the invacom 0.3db lnb with their adjustable feedhorn. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=97081&doy=28m3

Cheers for that rolfw, They are expensive with their shipping. But it's easier then sending things back & forwards with Maplin. Cheers Flexi

Hi Guys, I set the dish up no problem except the bracket doesn't seem to support the lnb & feedhorn properly. No chance in picking up the Nordic beam, not even a whisper of a signal, but Thor 3 no problem so will have to try & send back all the stuff from Viasat, luckly haven't activated the...

Hi Guys & Girls, I have just purchased the 180cm Fortecstar & C120 LNB & Feedhorn from maplin, but for some reason I can't get the lnb secure in the bracket they sent, is it a case that I'm not doing it right or is it the wrong bracket? As you might be able to work out from the picture the neck...

Hi Ian, Cheers for that, I have however already purchased a dish from Maplin. A 180 FortecStar, however not sure if it was the right choice, apparently not recommended for novices! I'll see how it goes, it was only £90, I'm just waiting to fit the Lnb & feedhorn on as the bracket didn't come...