Recent content by Rabb

Hello, May I suggest a small investment in a FTA (Free To Air) system. You may find some sold as a package with a motor. I would also suggest obtaining a receiver which understands the USALS standard, which will take the 'migraine' out of the initial alignment and re-positioning of your dish...

I don't beleive there's any difference between 'arte' on Hotbird or Astra; except Hotbird provides two channels, one in French the other in German. It is also FTA on both these satellites.

You'd be most welcome, Rolf. Incidentally, I bought a replacement LNB and re-installed on a 'freezing' Friday evening. Had to re-make the connectors and strap them with masking tape, as they had a tendency to fall out. So, after much to-ing and fro-ing, set the receiver to 'cctv-9', which has...

Hello Nis, Thanks for the input. I suspect the LNB, as the cabling is just fine. However, these are sealed units and, presumably, a degree of resistance to weather is expected. But, is there a 'life-expectancy' associated with these devices ? It would seem that the more challenging the weather...

Hello, My system is comprised of a 80cm Optrex disk with motor (USALS), universal LNB and FTA receiver. I recently lost ALL signals from Astra, Hotbird, Eurobird...you name it. I've checked and re-checked the azimuth and elevation (initial system configurations and alignment were relatively...