Recent content by Prague68er

Hi Rob, The dish is a Force Frontier 90cm and it is touted as able to pick good signal from satellites upto 40° apart. I have found a retailer in Prague who offers a good argument that it is a viable alternative to a motorised system if you are only interested in four or five locations. The...

Thanks for the heads up Analoguesat. Joj and Očko are already FTA on 23.5E so I have something else worth catching there. Prague68er

Hi REBEL, I've been reading up as I'm a real newby. I have yet to put a system together. At the moment I want to learn what I can so that I don't get my fingers burned. Please tell me if these patches you spoke of are for pc-dummies or would I have to highly I.T.-literate to employ them...

Hi again rolfw, I have been reading about this DiseqC switch but I think I would need a 4X2 rather than a 4X1 as I want to supply signals to two satellite receivers. I have been searching for info on a 4X2 but I'm not sure such a thing exists. Is there another means by which I could get signal...

The dish I'm looking at (Force Frontier 90) can pick up satellites over 40° apart. See this link which will explain better than I could. That is one interesting looking dish, can you give anymore details as I'm sure there will be a lot of interested readers. :-DOH! Sorry Prague68er I have...

I'm likely to drop my interest in 39°E and point at 7°E instead. Is this likely to make an impact on my choice of components? Prague68er

Thank you rolfw for your very fast reply. My interest in 28.2/28.5 is mainly English language pop for my two daughters. I'm after as many English language children's station as I can muster as I think it will help them develop their language skills. Both girls speak Czech 100 times better than...

Complete newcomer:- Hello, I am a satellite-dummy. I have no experience but I'm keen to learn. I've been reading a lot of websites and forums and it seems that this is a good place to come for advice. I currently have an analogue system (let behind by the previous owners of my house). I now...