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Ruaridh · 09-05-08, 12:49 PM

I moved into a house in Dundee, Scotland with an existing zone 2 Sky dish on the wall. I have an FTA receiver so I was wondeing if I can just realign the minidish to Astra 19e and receive the FTA channels?

The sky dish is the oval type and is around 70cm wide, but narrower in height, with the standard Grundig LNB. I only want to use Astra 19e and don't have any plans for multisatellite. Do I need to upgrade the dish and/or LNB or can I get away with just realigning it?

Thanks for your help!

robbo71 · 09-05-08, 12:53 PM

I would have thought you would be able to get Astra 19E OK with a zone 2 dish.

I have used a zone 1 near London and got the sat OK, but lost it when it rained hard. I imagine the same situation would arise with a zone 2 in your location.

Give it a try

You just need to swivel the dish approx 10 degrees to the right from behind and up a touch, you can use the receiver's signal quality meter for doing the alignment.

Robbo

kerrywez · 09-05-08, 01:09 PM

Hi mate, welcome to techwatch, hope you have a good time here and learn loads.

I had a zone 2 dish here and used it to get Hotbird on a FTA box, I am well West from you so I would imagine that you should have no trouble getting Astra 1 with your dish.

Good luck with it and if you have bother then just ask.

Very best regards Wez

nanochickin · 09-05-08, 02:31 PM

I have used a zone 1 dish for Astra 1 in the Midlands and had no problems with 19.2e even in heavy rain. A zone 2 dish should be more than adequete for 19.2e in your location

Nano

raindancerob · 16-05-08, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruaridh

I moved into a house in Dundee, Scotland with an existing zone 2 Sky dish on the wall. I have an FTA receiver so I was wondeing if I can just realign the minidish to Astra 19e and receive the FTA channels?

The sky dish is the oval type and is around 70cm wide, but narrower in height, with the standard Grundig LNB. I only want to use Astra 19e and don't have any plans for multisatellite. Do I need to upgrade the dish and/or LNB or can I get away with just realigning it?

Thanks for your help!

btw i have a Zone 2 minidish & their 60 cm not 70 cm

anyways 19.2 East comes in really good on my dish so you should get it.

09-05-08, 12:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ruaridh Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Astra 19e on Zone 2 minidish I moved into a house in Dundee, Scotland with an existing zone 2 Sky dish on the wall. I have an FTA receiver so I was wondeing if I can just realign the minidish to Astra 19e and receive the FTA channels? The sky dish is the oval type and is around 70cm wide, but narrower in height, with the standard Grundig LNB. I only want to use Astra 19e and don't have any plans for multisatellite. Do I need to upgrade the dish and/or LNB or can I get away with just realigning it? Thanks for your help!

09-05-08, 12:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
robbo71 Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 3,729 Thanks: 11 Thanked 265 Times in 257 Posts	Re: Astra 19e on Zone 2 minidish I would have thought you would be able to get Astra 19E OK with a zone 2 dish. I have used a zone 1 near London and got the sat OK, but lost it when it rained hard. I imagine the same situation would arise with a zone 2 in your location. Give it a try You just need to swivel the dish approx 10 degrees to the right from behind and up a touch, you can use the receiver's signal quality meter for doing the alignment. Robbo __________________ كيبل اعضاء البلهاء TM1000D.110cm Triax.STABHH-90 motor. DigitAlb movie package. Virgin Media Cable TV, Phone & Broadband subs.

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kerrywez Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,077 Thanks: 196 Thanked 93 Times in 90 Posts	Re: Astra 19e on Zone 2 minidish Hi mate, welcome to techwatch, hope you have a good time here and learn loads. I had a zone 2 dish here and used it to get Hotbird on a FTA box, I am well West from you so I would imagine that you should have no trouble getting Astra 1 with your dish. Good luck with it and if you have bother then just ask. Very best regards Wez __________________ Dreambox 7025, 250HDD, Dreambox 500s, 110 X 90Cm Hirschmann on Clarketech rotor, 1.2 Mtr. Channel Master on ground mount and 18 Ins. Super Jack and Super Jack V-Box. Sly with minimum subscription, just canceled it today 25th Feb, free at last.

09-05-08, 02:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
nanochickin Dreambox 7020 Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wolverhampton, England Posts: 3,070 Thanks: 9 Thanked 61 Times in 57 Posts	Re: Astra 19e on Zone 2 minidish I have used a zone 1 dish for Astra 1 in the Midlands and had no problems with 19.2e even in heavy rain. A zone 2 dish should be more than adequete for 19.2e in your location Nano __________________

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