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Thanks - now wiser as to the description of issue , however , still none the wiser as to what the actual minimum spec ( numbers and units ) required to successfully do the tuning at level 3 , and ball park figure to buy such a piece of kit new or used .

Thanks for replies . I am keen to learn , so excuse my ignorance .......... Sleepy hollow -what is digital lock , and how much must I spend for something that checks digital lock ? Juan69 - tried to look up magic finder plus 3, got some images which looked the part for ease of use , but I...

The local wind is called tramontana and is known to on occasions to blow walls over , so even with correct mounting on the flat roof ( the only possible mounting point due to trees ) it is likely to get deflected . I did consider building a solid wind deflecting wall , but until I know if I will...

Hi .Hope this is the right place to pose this novice question . Holiday home is in north costa brava. I know that at some point a dish upgrade might be required when Astra2 signal changes . Last time there in april needed to adjust the dish mounted on the flat roof as the local strong wind had...

the location is near Figueres 60 k north of Girona . If I get no signal at all , is there anything a non expert could try to get something for a few days ?? to get an engineer out in spain is a long term event ( like most things that need urgent attention )

If this is the wrong place for this enquiry - I appologise - but not understanding this forum . I will be going to my holiday home in north east spain at the weekend first time since aug last year, and I have no idea if there will be any signal on my skybox which was aimed at Astra 2 which I...

Just to clarify so I understand the dish size thing.. As I have said previously ...... my dish is 800 x 700 mm ( as in 80cm high x 70cm wide ) not sure where you got 600 from ? Would my dish be regarded as a70cm here ? and if so by that reconing , I would then need one 90cm high x 80cm wide ?

What size dish then ? the current one is 800 x 700 mm oval as supplied in the basic kit bought from the local DIY shop . The other issue will be a larger dish will catch the wind even more ! Why would rain make the signal drop out almost completely - is this another indication of weak signal ?

many thanks for your thoughts . On my return in a couple of weeks a mate is bringing around a 9 metre scaffold so I can trim the trees back to eliminate them as a potential problem .This may not help as the technomate box and skybox are functioning adaquately in good weather . Being near to the...

Hi ,I have a holiday home in Northern Spain , which I use intermittantly . No phone /internet connection due to cost . The 800 x 700 oval satelite dish is aimed at ( I believe ) Astra 2 , with 4 port LMB . I have connected a technomate freesat box , and an old style skybox receiver with a blue...