Recent content by scuttya

so , if I imagine my eyes are in the middle of the dish I should see nothing but clear (Blue!!) Sky ? I do live down a slight hill and south is up the hill, this may be the problem,I think I ma need to get a longer ladder and put the dish up on top of the house ! The elevation of the dish is...

Regarding the actual position in the sky of the satellite, I guess this would be at about 31 degrees above the horizon, is this correct? if so I may have to put the dish higher as I have some obsticles (in the distance) in the line of sight. Is digital satellite like digital terrestrial tv ? I...

I seem to be able to pick up Pink and quite a few others,I did get ARTE ,but this was a little pixely.When it says you have to have clear sky,where do you draw the line as far as the horizon goes.i have 3 dish sizes I could try,45cm,60cm & 80cm, i am currently using the 80cm.

I am currently trying to set up my tm7750 to receive Atlantic bird 3, I am only interested in receiving France 2/3/5 on 11591 v 20000. I do not seem to be able to pick this frequency up,I can pick up the non FTA France 2/3/5,but cant get the FTA. Any ideas as to why I seem not to be able to get...

I seem to be lined up on Atlantic bird now, I did a transponder search and 11591V did not come up(Is this a digital frq or Analogue frq), I tried putting it in manually,with correct symbol rate,but still no joy. Could it be that I am just not getting a good enough signal,I do live down a little...

Aah, I understand, when you mention about the mounting pole being plumb ,do you mean the pole to the wall or the pole that protudes from the motor? Regards Scuttya

Yep ,the U Bolts were tricky,but I overcame that one, when you mention zero skew on the LNB, what does this mean ? Also, the motor is set at about 33 degrees, where should the dish be set on the scale which is on the zone2 dish or is this not relevent? Just like to say that the forum is great...

I have just purchased a Metronic motor for my dish,(Saves me going up and down a ladder,or so I thought !!) I am attaching it to a Zone2 dish, is there any problem doing this ,given the shape of the dish ? I had set it up as shown, but can only get Astra 19E, no others seem to be picked up...

Thanks for that, I have just purchased a Metronic motor for my dish,(Saves me going up and down a ladder,or so I thought !!) I am attaching it to a Zone2 dish, is there any problem doing this ,given the shape of the dish ? I had set it up as shown, but can only get Astra 19E, no others seem to...

I have a metronic motor system now, just having problems setting the dish up, any hints or tips? I seem to only be able to get Astra 19 !!! Also ,where can I get patches for my reciever 7750 2VA 2CI ? ? scuttya

Thanks for that, I am in Cambridgeshire,live down a little bit of a "hill", but get Astra,hotbird ok, so 60 cm zone2 should be ok. I only have 1 dish (Non motorised- yet!!),so direction adjustment are time consuming as we still rely on Sky. Any ideas on a cheap motorised unit to save me getting...

Sorry to be a bit "dense" ,The 11591V bit I understand, where does the 20000 (Is this the symbol rate ?) and 2/3 (not a clue what this means ) come in? Regards Scuttya

Is there anything I can do with my receiver Technomate 7750 2VA 2CI to only get France 2/3/4/5 without having cards or having to subscribe to anything? Scuttya

I have a old pace apollo reciever, would this do the job and overcome the SECAM issue or would I have to go with the model you have suggested? Cheers Scuttya

Is there a way around the need for cards? If not where could I get a card from? My receiver is patchable and has CI & Via slots, could I add something here? I only want to recieve what are supposed to be FTA channels according to Lyngsat. Could I get the channels with an anolouge Reciever...