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bigedd9990 · 20-08-08, 10:17 PM

Hi Finally Ive took the plunge and bought myself a TM6800hd a 85cm dish with Flavel lnb 0.2db and a TM2200 motor, spent 243 quid for all new equipment, came down to some thrifty buying on ebay .

Ive got the tm6800 and the dish but still waiting for the motor should be with me tomorrow. Plugged the tm6800 into my old sky dish on astra 28 for the moment working no problem. I have one more question to ask its all about lnb skew,
When i goto dishpointer.com ,when i pick a satellite the lnb skew at the bottom of the page changes, when installing for a motorised dish do you only set the skew once say for thor 0.8w and the movement of the motor take care of the others
Thanks
Bigedd

Robbo · 20-08-08, 10:52 PM

Yes, that is correct, the whole dish gets skewed as it moves round.

bigedd9990 · 21-08-08, 08:15 AM

I've learnt at lot here just need to put it into practice
Thanks

20-08-08, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigedd9990 Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Took the plunge Hi Finally Ive took the plunge and bought myself a TM6800hd a 85cm dish with Flavel lnb 0.2db and a TM2200 motor, spent 243 quid for all new equipment, came down to some thrifty buying on ebay . Ive got the tm6800 and the dish but still waiting for the motor should be with me tomorrow. Plugged the tm6800 into my old sky dish on astra 28 for the moment working no problem. I have one more question to ask its all about lnb skew, When i goto dishpointer.com ,when i pick a satellite the lnb skew at the bottom of the page changes, when installing for a motorised dish do you only set the skew once say for thor 0.8w and the movement of the motor take care of the others Thanks Bigedd

20-08-08, 10:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,230 Thanks: 93 Thanked 1,967 Times in 1,590 Posts	Re: Took the plunge Yes, that is correct, the whole dish gets skewed as it moves round. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites

21-08-08, 08:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
bigedd9990 Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Took the plunge I've learnt at lot here just need to put it into practice Thanks

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