4 best sats to aim for

[arden]

ok current setup one sl65 (working very well for a £40 box )

one old sky dish for 28E and 2x 80cm dishes one for 19E the other planned for 30W

thus leaving one more port on the switch this was for 13E but the likes of art and tps are not as yet avail to an s65. and cant see much in the way of free to air that Id watch

seems a shame not to use the lnb/port so wondered if there were any more "hot" sats worth looking at ?

[BGonaSTICK]

I'd definitely stick another LNB on the 19.2E dish for Hotbird. There's not much that comes close unless you have a subscription. It would be a cheap and easy job, no extra dish involved and although there's not much open for your receiver now, there may well be in the future.

It's such a huge orbital location with loads of providers, the probability of something becoming open there is far higher than anything else you're missing.

It really would be worth considering a Techno or Skystar either as an upgrade or an addition if you want to see some of this stuff. Some of it may never be open again.

[arden]

yep to tell the truth really thinking of a dreambox 7020 (linux geek you see ) just waiting to see if they drop any when the HD box comes out

[BGonaSTICK]

Personally I doubt it that the 7020 will drop at all. I think there are lots of yet-to-be Dreamboxers without an HDTV and with no immediate plans to buy one, and they won't want to pay the inflated price of the 8000.

The 7000 didn't drop when the 7020 came out (that I noticed). Retailers will just hang onto the stock until it's gone IMO.

[arden]

was worried that may be the case

in the short term need to find a suitable 2 lnb bracket for my lidl dish any idea where ill find one ?

[BGonaSTICK]

Don't think you'll get one specifically for that dish, but generic ones can be had off eBay for a reasonable price. Have a look at some of Nano's pictures in the photo section to get an idea.

You can make your own too if you've half a mind to. A bit of hard packing/spacing material and some DUCT tape will get the job done if you have the patience.

Have a look at this thread.

[arden]

had a play today made a bracket quite easily from some old metal strips had laying around (only took an hour inc running cable )

was strange getting 13e to the left of 19 not the right

took me back to the days playing with Meccano have to say using a sl65 at the mo there is nothin there for me unless someone figures the secret to tps

had a play moving the lnb with sat meter attached got an few strong hits one to the going more to the east 28E at a guess and one a few more deg west from 13 guessing it to be sirius may have another play tomorrow need to make a longer bracket first