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nanochickin · 06-09-06, 04:29 PM

Well i've got a few days off work so i decided to get the old BSB Squarial out and have a play.

The closest that i have got to getting a signal was when the dish was pointing off to the right of Astra 2. No idea what bird it was looking at, but looking at the angle it could have been 5W although i'm not sure if that was the case. :|

I was getting about 65-70% signal but it was bouncing between 25-35% signal quality. Sometimes the receiver signal meter was showing blue (acceptable signal) but most of the time it was red (Bad signal). I never manged to get it to stay blue long enough to scan the transponder to find out what was there. :'(

Well its fixed to the shed now so i can play a bit more tommorow.

Enjoy the piccies.

Jimdefruit · 06-09-06, 04:37 PM

Difficult to tell from the piccies but it looks more like a 60 deg angle which would make it Hispasat at 30 W

nanochickin · 06-09-06, 06:21 PM

I should have said that squarial just ended up pointing that way when i had finished playing for the day.

ops:

When i nearly got a signal it was pointing midway between where you see it now and the rough direction of Astra 2. I worked that out to roughly 5w. Like i said though i could be wrong.

Anyway i'm going to have another play tommorow, this time i'm going to set my portable and the receiver up in the shed so i can see the receivers signal meter. I hoping to find that if i get the squarial pointing at a strong signal with the sat finder i can fine tune it using the receivers meter.

I'm going to have to e-mail analoguesat to see if hes had any joy with his BSB dish, hopefully he may have some pointers that may lead me to getting a picture from the squarial.

Analoguesat · 06-09-06, 09:51 PM

Start a thread in the general section, and we can discuss it with the info benefitting everyone

The others can chip in too if / when I make a booboo

06-09-06, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
nanochickin Retired Mod & Sat Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 3,825 Thanks: 46 Thanked 338 Times in 270 Posts	Playing with my BSB Squarial Well i've got a few days off work so i decided to get the old BSB Squarial out and have a play. The closest that i have got to getting a signal was when the dish was pointing off to the right of Astra 2. No idea what bird it was looking at, but looking at the angle it could have been 5W although i'm not sure if that was the case. :\| I was getting about 65-70% signal but it was bouncing between 25-35% signal quality. Sometimes the receiver signal meter was showing blue (acceptable signal) but most of the time it was red (Bad signal). I never manged to get it to stay blue long enough to scan the transponder to find out what was there. :'( Well its fixed to the shed now so i can play a bit more tommorow. Enjoy the piccies. __________________ Sanity is nothing more than an excuse to be boring

06-09-06, 04:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jimdefruit Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,858 Thanks: 20 Thanked 221 Times in 187 Posts	Re: Playing with my BSB Squarial Difficult to tell from the piccies but it looks more like a 60 deg angle which would make it Hispasat at 30 W __________________ Dreambox 800 HD; Dreambox 7000s + VBox + Channel Master 1.2 with 36v actuator CM120 feedhorn and Invacom .3 LNB Skystar 2 PCI card with links to my Dreamboxes If you like what you see here, tell your friends.

06-09-06, 06:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
nanochickin Retired Mod & Sat Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 3,825 Thanks: 46 Thanked 338 Times in 270 Posts	Re: Playing with my BSB Squarial I should have said that squarial just ended up pointing that way when i had finished playing for the day. ops: When i nearly got a signal it was pointing midway between where you see it now and the rough direction of Astra 2. I worked that out to roughly 5w. Like i said though i could be wrong. Anyway i'm going to have another play tommorow, this time i'm going to set my portable and the receiver up in the shed so i can see the receivers signal meter. I hoping to find that if i get the squarial pointing at a strong signal with the sat finder i can fine tune it using the receivers meter. I'm going to have to e-mail analoguesat to see if hes had any joy with his BSB dish, hopefully he may have some pointers that may lead me to getting a picture from the squarial. __________________ Sanity is nothing more than an excuse to be boring

06-09-06, 09:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Re: Playing with my BSB Squarial Start a thread in the general section, and we can discuss it with the info benefitting everyone The others can chip in too if / when I make a booboo __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!