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hallii · 20-12-06, 11:29 AM

I believe Stick posted a list of transponders that might reasonably be expected to be received. I have done a search but cant find it.

Any chance of a pointer?

I am now a dab hand at finding most sats now, it goes something like:- 13E, point at the shed door, 28.2E point at third fence post, etc., I am going to make an arc out of marine ply about 1.5 mtres radius and mark everything on it. Then all I will have to do is drop it over, say, a couple of fixed pegs and swing the dish. Its on a pole by the way about .5 mtr from the ground.

Has anyone made an inclination indicator? I thought about a plumb line and needle pointer?

Geoff

BGonaSTICK · 20-12-06, 12:14 PM

BlackHawk posted a very recent list on one of your other threads. That'll probably be better than some of the slightly older ones knocking about on the forum.

Some guys who are always fiddling, attach a cheap inclinometer to their mount. You can get them for around a tenner.

If you want to make one yourself, try a large plastic protractor and a plumb line.

The scales printed on many dish/motor mounts are not very accurate. Maybe an inclinometer would be a good investment for you. Brymar have one.

The digital ones are fantastic, but start at around £60

Analoguesat · 20-12-06, 12:54 PM

Halli have a look at my digital web site:

www.digitalsat.co.uk (remove the spaces - one of the forum filters breaks the url) The site lists the satellites that can be easily received using hobby equipment (mainly with my collection of battered 80 cm dishes) Virtually anything on there should be fair game to the UK and much of Europe

BGonaSTICK · 20-12-06, 01:20 PM

I'm trialling a change to the filtering/censoring setup on the forum ATM, so hopefully digitalsat works, but alsat doesn't

hallii · 20-12-06, 02:04 PM

Thanks again guys, hadnt looked at my other post for a while so missed the lists, cut and pasted now to a Word doc and printed out.

Thanks for the ideas re: inclinometer, I am off to buy the biggest protractor I can find :-)

Geoff

BGonaSTICK · 20-12-06, 02:35 PM

Don't forget to buy a huge pencil case for it to go in

20-12-06, 11:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
hallii Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Transponders to receive I believe Stick posted a list of transponders that might reasonably be expected to be received. I have done a search but cant find it. Any chance of a pointer? I am now a dab hand at finding most sats now, it goes something like:- 13E, point at the shed door, 28.2E point at third fence post, etc., I am going to make an arc out of marine ply about 1.5 mtres radius and mark everything on it. Then all I will have to do is drop it over, say, a couple of fixed pegs and swing the dish. Its on a pole by the way about .5 mtr from the ground. Has anyone made an inclination indicator? I thought about a plumb line and needle pointer? Geoff

20-12-06, 12:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,624 Thanks: 3 Thanked 51 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Transponders to receive BlackHawk posted a very recent list on one of your other threads. That'll probably be better than some of the slightly older ones knocking about on the forum. Some guys who are always fiddling, attach a cheap inclinometer to their mount. You can get them for around a tenner. If you want to make one yourself, try a large plastic protractor and a plumb line. The scales printed on many dish/motor mounts are not very accurate. Maybe an inclinometer would be a good investment for you. Brymar have one. The digital ones are fantastic, but start at around £60 __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

20-12-06, 12:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,518 Thanks: 7 Thanked 189 Times in 177 Posts	Re: Transponders to receive Halli have a look at my digital web site: www.digitalsat.co.uk (remove the spaces - one of the forum filters breaks the url) The site lists the satellites that can be easily received using hobby equipment (mainly with my collection of battered 80 cm dishes) Virtually anything on there should be fair game to the UK and much of Europe __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

20-12-06, 01:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,624 Thanks: 3 Thanked 51 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Transponders to receive I'm trialling a change to the filtering/censoring setup on the forum ATM, so hopefully digitalsat works, but alsat doesn't __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

20-12-06, 02:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
hallii Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Transponders to receive Thanks again guys, hadnt looked at my other post for a while so missed the lists, cut and pasted now to a Word doc and printed out. Thanks for the ideas re: inclinometer, I am off to buy the biggest protractor I can find :-) Geoff


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20-12-06, 02:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,624 Thanks: 3 Thanked 51 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Transponders to receive Don't forget to buy a huge pencil case for it to go in __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W