Recent content by johnodupont

well its in the shed now, ive straightened it out but it has a big bulge in the middle and a line across it where it bent. I didnt bother putting it back up as i thought there would be no chance of getting any signal from it .But i may give it a try until i get a new one. (would a triax dish fit...

Well im afraid my 1.1m dish didnt last the 1st westerly storm of the Shetland winter. It popped the top screws that was connected to the bracket and bent over in two ruining the dish. What i was wondering was what would be the smallest dish i could get to work on my motorised system to get...

Thanks, yes it seemed to be the cabel connections, working now!!

Sorry .meant to say "the other lnb INPUT"

Hi guys,im after some more advice im afraid!! Now that the dish is working fine, id like to be able to use the recording more than one channel at one time feature. I assumed all I would need to do is connect another lead from my twin lnb to the other lnb output but that didnt work and i got a...

Didnt need to do any filing, once I turned the elevation bracket around went to Thor and moved the arm down until i got the best possible quality reading. Went to 30W and the signal was there.

Thanks Rolfw tried that, Got Hispasat & the missing satellites, Everything working fine at moment.Thanks everyone!

Well ive changed the elevation bracket ,reset my latitude bracket to 60,and still I can only seem to get the same 5 satellites as before albeit at good signal qualily of about 80. I dont really mind as ive got the ones i wanted although it would be nice to get the other available ones especially...

No ive not tried it yet, time and weather have been against me. Maybe try this weekend.

Hi ,just to let you guys know the latest on my dish installation. I have moved the dish from the pole to the wall bracket and can now get 5 satellites( thor,atlantic bird 5, sirous, hotbird and astra 19e ) I Guess i cant get the rest yet as I had to change my latitude from 60 to 63 and havnt yet...

Thanks for all the advice everyone, I am going to move the dish to the wall mount, put it a bit higher,check the mechanical limits possibly reverse the bracket and give it another try.Will let you know how I get on!

I do have an old wall bracket with my old battered fixed dish directly behind the new dish (see photo) It is steady as a rock but not sure about the plumbness. it is certainly more sheltered there!

Had a guy up with a meter yesterday and he couldnt find Thor with it ,but we found eutelsat w1 at 10 degrees east ,and i found Hotbird on my reciever but nothing else.The pole was plumb when i cemented it in. I guess I could try the dish a bit higher. it does seem to be pointing a bit low when...

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Hello , Ive finally got a motorised system (1.1 dish, Technomate TM-2600 motor, Technomate 7100 reciever) and managed to get it set up on a pole. The problems im having is finding channels. I can find none at all Westwards ( Thor,Atlantic bird etc) and eastwards all i can seem to get is Hotbird...