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Subject: Re: sat. set up problems...

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Cormack

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Date Posted: 16:40:31 12/08/03 Mon
In reply to: Peter 's message, "sat. set up problems..." on 08:47:26 12/08/03 Mon

Hi, where are you in northern spain? In bilbao Astra 2d is possible with a 90cm dish. (My set up)
It can take very small movements to get the dish right...slight LNB skew adjustments are crucial. Let me know your location and try using this site to get your exact dish elevation:

http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm

Good luck,
Cormack

>I've tried setting up Sat dish 1,35m, Grundig 310/2
>Sky digibox, Manhattan LNB in the north of Spain,
>but...no picture of any kind. I am facing the dish
>28,2 E (of due south), elevation approx 34�, and I get
>a strong signal on my sat finder meter, but on the sky
>digibox, there is no BBC, and no picture of any kind,
>no bar visible in signal strength screen, just a
>message: no signal being received. In my receiver,
>bought second-hand in England, there is a Sky viewing
>card. But is there a chance that I need to get a new
>viewing card for FTA channels? Thank you.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: sat. set up problems...	Peter	02:03:22 12/09/03 Tue
Re: sat. set up problems... -- Outsider, 02:39:07 12/09/03 Tue Re: sat. set up problems... -- Cormack, 03:55:14 12/09/03 Tue