Recent content by mikethebike

Thanks to rolfw (you actually helped me set the thing up a while back) and Dave Branson, it's clear you guys know the problems with getting hold of these dishes. I wouldn't have posted if there were reasonable alternatives, and the same posting has already been wiped off another similar, but...

In advance of our move from Italy to Germany in the next few weeks, I need to sell our faithful 2 metre prime focus dish, quad output Invacom LNB and associated kit, which has served us well for 2D. Anyone interested, please take a look at: http://www.barkydog.co.uk/dishforsale thanks Mike

Thanks again Barney, but problem solved! Taking another look inside the polariser I saw a metal collar (aluminium I think) with an elliptical slot, its end flush with the LNB interface (C120). Attacking with a drift from the feedhorn side (not easy!) brought the collar and polariser coil out...

Thanks for your response Barney, very helpful. I've done a quick search on the net for Pellini but it seems they don't have a website - perhaps they don't exist any more? Same with Fracarro unfortunately. Do you have any contact details, or perhaps a dealer who sells their equipment? Re. the...

Good idea Rolf. These pictures should be self-explanatory. If anyone can recognise the dish manufacturer, please let me know. I'm looking for a feedhorn without integral polariser. Fingers crossed! Mike

Thanks for the fast feedback guys! Actually it seems that Rolf is closer to the mark (sorry Old Fred!). As a simple test I tried rotating the polariser by 90 deg whilst maintaining the LNB orientation. Result: all horizontal channels coming in loud and clear, vertical channels non-existent...

Yet another problem to add to the endless list regarding 2D reception! Since the BBC's changeover to 2D we've been watching BBC and ITV on a 1.2M offset dish which works perfectly well from about 9am until about 9.30pm if the weather is good, all BBC and ITV channels performing more or less...

I've just joined this forum and am having similar experiences to everyone else. We live between Bologna and Firenze and have a 1.2 M dish, Panasonic 20, fat cable, 0.5dB LNB (I think). We've been getting ITV reasonably, i.e. it fades in the evening, better recently I must say. The BBC now is...