Recent content by Jacobo40

Thanks again for your advice. I like the idea of being proactive and I will get the details from dishpointer and make sure the installer sees them. Thanks too to Huevos for his cautionary note. I'll report back on how the installation and results turn out.

Thanks, embalse, for your comments and pics. Both will be very useful. I live in Salamanca, with an 80cm Televés dish and a Mot-Sat 3 motor. A 180cm dish here would give me almost all of Astra 2D, 24/7 (a fellow Brit in town has that set-up and those results). As I explained, that size of dish...

Thanks for the replies. It's pretty well-known that Astra 2D is rather tricky to tune adequately outside the UK. I've pretty much tied down what size of antenna will work in my area, thanks to the very useful astra2d.com site and my own experience. A 180cm dish is required in most areas of...

Hi, all: Since this is my first post I hope I'm in the right section(!) and that my problem (sorry, my "challenge") will be clear to all. I'm updating my satellite equipment (mainly with a view to getting significant amounts of Astra2D, but hoping for an overall improvement in reception over...

Many thanks for the speedy replies. I would like to change my user ID to "Jacobo40" (without quotes) JM

I've been searching for a way to change my present User ID, from my full name to something more anonymous. The various sections on changing passwords, avatars,etc , don't include this aspect. How do I do this? Thanks