Recent content by MarkieS

Thanks very much! Got it now. Cheers, Mark

Hi, What website is this, please? I tried Alsat.co.uk but it wants a username and password. Is there anywhere else I can look for these Darkman patches? (I have a Technomate receiver, and I was just about to buy a Dragon CAM when I came across this...) Thanks, Mark

Thanks, will do. I'm using the one which was pre-programmed into the receiver (software dated ~February 2005). I'll check it. I set the motor to "0" and twisted it on the pole until I found "something". Scanned it (fast scan, using presets for THOR) and was lucky enough that there were a...

Hi all, Wonder if anyone has any advice here: I can't see THOR (at ~1W). No signal whatsoever. I can see everything else (that I've tried, anyway) from 30W to 28E, and the two nearest satellites (5E and 7W) give good signals, so I'm pretty confident the system is well aligned. But nothing at...

Thanks very much for your advice Rolf and Claasi. Got the system working nicely last weekend with not too much messing around. (For reference the receiver does let you set your home coordinates.) -Mark

Hi folks, First post here so please be gentle with me. I've read everything I could find on this but I expect this won't be the first time it's been asked - sorry! OK. Basic setup question. (I'm sure there'll be many more later.) Am I correct in saying that the motor needs to be mounted so...