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:-ohcrap Oh what a shame, the old dishes had so much more character than the newer mini dishes. The one I am getting is the black perforated dish, I was going to get the white one but cannot find one in decent condition unfortunately. (unless I go knocking on strangers doors! Lol) O-no

It was new in 1992, looks sound from ground level, I shall be rubbing the dish down and respraying it once I get it down. ;)

Luckily the dish is one that has support arms coming down from either side of the dish and connects with the end of the LNB arm, so hopefully I should get away with that. Lol

I've just looked and it actually has 8 feeds and is indeed called an octo. Bonus! :cool:

The LNB I have seen has 6 feeds, not sure what its called so I just referred to it as a quad, Lol, Yes I will use WD40, I plan to replace all the bolts and screws etc anyway so I will probably be getting the hacksaw out.

Yeah and one I am very interested in, I am hoping that I can fit the quad onto the 80cm dish and run 6 feeds off it, 2 for sky+ in the lounge and a single feed each for the 4 bedrooms, with the larger dish I hope to gain a better signal strength and less viewing disruption in bad weather. All...

Fantastic!

Oh right, thanks, do you think I will get a decent signal in comparison to the minidish?

Hmm... I guess i'll just have to see if the universal quad I am getting from ebay will fit on the 80cm dish I am going to rescue from the back of my friends house. (before it goes in a skip!) Sorry for straying off topic...

Are the old analogue sky dish collor clamps good for modern LNB's? (As i've mentioned before I am planning to re-use one for 28.2E)

Can anything be picked up with the old BSB squarials? I'm guessing that the BSB mini dishes could be used for 28.2E with a universal LNB fitted?

Those old analogue dishes certainly looked better than these digital mini dishes!

End of an era! :-downt

Hello again analoguesat, thanks for advice on both forums, lol. I've fallen out with that other name as it is no longer relevant but cannot change it unfortunately! Thanks again.

Hi, i'm new on here, basically i'm after some advice. I have a white amstrad fidelity satellite dish, one of the first sky dishes from 1989, I am very keen on restoring it, I plan to take it apart, rub down and respray the tripod bracket, respray the actual dish and LNB arm, replace all the...