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Old 02-12-08, 09:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi there,
I have a comag FTA receiver and my dish is a S*y minidish pointed at Astra 28e. My receiver has other pre programmed satellites and I have used the search on them and it tunes stations in. For example I tuned on Hipasat 30w. Are these channels picked up actually from that satellite or just astra channels with similar frequencies etc.
sorry if this is a dumb question. I dont really yet understand how it all hangs together

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Old 02-12-08, 09:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi,

Yes it is a dumb question, but don't worry, this has come up literally hundreds of times,so you are not alone.


You can only pick up channels from the satellite the dish is pointed to.

However, when you do a scan of a different sat, evn though you are not pointing the dish at it, channels typically will still appear. This is because the same frequencies are used again and again accross all the satellites.

When you do get channels when selecting another satellite, but without moving the dish, they will be the same channels as you had before.
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