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aj1soad · 25-12-08, 08:59 PM

hi. i tryed to set up my dish today but with no luck. i did manage to get nearly 2000 channels on hotbird but all of em were scrambled so i moved the dish about now i cant seem to get anything. do i need to point the dish 28.2degres east from south?? also how do you find out the angle of the dish? ive got it set at 30 degres at the moment. thanx

Analoguesat · 25-12-08, 09:14 PM

Try dishpointer.com

If you can find 13E again you can work round the arc one satellite at a time

13E - 16E - 19E - 23.5E - 28E

aj1soad · 25-12-08, 09:21 PM

thanx

i enterd my postcode( LL413AX) and it gave me these
Elevation: 22.7°
Azimuth (true): 141.8°
Azimuth (magn.): 145.4°
LNB Skew [?]: -14.4°

Do i need to skew the LNB then? if i do which way?

Analoguesat · 25-12-08, 09:48 PM

28E is so strong you dont really need to skew it. However to finish the job off properly you need to have the lnb skewed so the screw point on the lnb is at about "7oclock"

aj1soad · 26-12-08, 01:01 PM

had another try this morning but i cant pick up anything anymore:S ive got a technomate 9100 super and when i go through the sat list 28.2e is called eurobird not astra. does this make any difference?

milli260876 · 26-12-08, 09:47 PM

if you can't have someone looking at signal strength get a sat signal finder from maplins about 10 quid worth every penny ... also a compass can be handy for rough idea of angle(degrees)

ousme · 27-12-08, 05:45 PM

no difference but they have different transpondeurs frequencies. if you use one sat transpondeur on another they give the same channels.

25-12-08, 08:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
aj1soad Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: north wales, blaenau ffestiniog Posts: 42 Thanks: 13 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	best way to get 28.2 e? hi. i tryed to set up my dish today but with no luck. i did manage to get nearly 2000 channels on hotbird but all of em were scrambled so i moved the dish about now i cant seem to get anything. do i need to point the dish 28.2degres east from south?? also how do you find out the angle of the dish? ive got it set at 30 degres at the moment. thanx

25-12-08, 09:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: best way to get 28.2 e? Try dishpointer.com If you can find 13E again you can work round the arc one satellite at a time 13E - 16E - 19E - 23.5E - 28E __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

25-12-08, 09:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
aj1soad Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: north wales, blaenau ffestiniog Posts: 42 Thanks: 13 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: best way to get 28.2 e? thanx i enterd my postcode( LL413AX) and it gave me these Elevation: 22.7° Azimuth (true): 141.8° Azimuth (magn.): 145.4° LNB Skew [?]: -14.4° Do i need to skew the LNB then? if i do which way? Last edited by aj1soad; 25-12-08 at 09:33 PM.

25-12-08, 09:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: best way to get 28.2 e? 28E is so strong you dont really need to skew it. However to finish the job off properly you need to have the lnb skewed so the screw point on the lnb is at about "7oclock" __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

26-12-08, 01:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
aj1soad Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: north wales, blaenau ffestiniog Posts: 42 Thanks: 13 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: best way to get 28.2 e? had another try this morning but i cant pick up anything anymore:S ive got a technomate 9100 super and when i go through the sat list 28.2e is called eurobird not astra. does this make any difference?

26-12-08, 09:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
milli260876 30W-53E... Done Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Barnsley, Sth Yorks Posts: 295 Thanks: 23 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts	Re: best way to get 28.2 e? if you can't have someone looking at signal strength get a sat signal finder from maplins about 10 quid worth every penny ... also a compass can be handy for rough idea of angle(degrees)

27-12-08, 05:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
ousme Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: best way to get 28.2 e? no difference but they have different transpondeurs frequencies. if you use one sat transpondeur on another they give the same channels.

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