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The most common transponder here is 11045H. This and all the other TP's are very borderline though and I can go for hours receiving nothing. Whereabouts in southern England are you located TJExcalibur? Mike

Thank you for the information Costactc and I'm interested to learn that yours is complete with a polar mount. There are, or were a few suppliers of these cheap dishes over here but to the best of my knowledge none of them offered a polar mount with either the 1.8 or 2.4m. I know this comparison...

This could be one for our regulars over the pond as I have the opportunity to obtain a 2.4M Fortec Star dish AKA Jonsa or other badged brands, the petalised reflector on the cheap looking turret base. This came about by chance at a recent garden party when I spied it standing redundant in the...

Must be a good day! Have also locked 10985h, 11105h, 11491v, 11531v, 11559v and 11733v. All with video.

Had another look at ABS2 this morning. Two TPs coming in, 12153H (all encrypted) and 11045H. See grabs.

Scanned this sat again this morning after several months. 11356 vertical coming in nicely.

Received this ACM this evening. It's in the region of 75E but I can't find any likely transponders in any of the sat lists. Does anyone further east of me recognise the sat this is on?

Thanks to Paul (ace-b) I had a look at 63W and there's several strong ACM's active there

I think the MUX on 12522H @ 61W has gone, hasn't it? I used to get this OK

Hi Martin, I get the Russian stuff on 66E, 12595H & 12602H - but only in the Winter as there's a tree in the way. 68.5E is loaded with mostly religious channels, very strong here. Get the Bangladeshi/Sri Lankan MUX on 70.5E and 72.1 is good here but it's all ACM's. To the west, there's nothing...

Here's some grabs of the above. Still coming in at 1050 local time. In DVB Dream it's peaking L79% Q60%

Managed to get another MUX here this morning, 12153H for the first time :)

Getting a data channel on 12139 H, 44100, 4/5 named Detsky Mir/Geo Telecom. Googling Detsky shows it's Russian children’s goods retailer Detsky Mir, owned by oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Sistema and Geo Telecom.

76.5 would be nice but even to be able to get spot on with 75E would be good. Here the motor will go to 74.5°E which is 79.9 on the motor

Does anyone know if it's at all possible to extend the range of a Dark Motor beyond the specified 80° limits? I just need a few more degrees.