Posts by downside

  • is a motorized dish worth the hasslel now there is no football on it now

    There's a thread on the site which gives the strongest and weakest transponders for satellites from 46East to 34.5 West. I've looked, but I can't find it.


    For Thor at 0.8W try BBC World News on 11861 H 28000. Is Thor in a clear line of sight from your dish?. Despite earlier comments I believe it is essential to get Thor at maximum and then to try satellites at the extreme of what you can receive - ie 30 West and 42East. This is to ensure that your dish is following the arc. There are instructions on positioning dishes on the site. You may need to get to your dish or at least the pole to tweak it to get maximum reception, but try from satfinder first. For 23East try TVOost on 11914 H 27500. Don't bother trying for Nilesat if you are in the UK - you need a massive dish -ie not less than 1.8 metres or a lot of good luck!!!!

  • Satfinder

    If you are getting a 'locked' on a satellite, it may mean that you are not picking up a transponder. On the Satfinder page you should have an entry 'single transponder' - click on it and right arrow , you should get 'entire satellite' and the list of entries will reduce. Go down to the listed transponder, if no signal click on it and right arrow. Go through all the transponders until you get one that shows a signal. If you are using Usals that should be it. Go back to scan and scan the whole satellite. If you are using a V-box you can use this to fine tune. If you get nothing, either you are on the wrong satellite!!!!! or you list of transponders is out of date - download a new list


    Hope this helps.

  • Advice please chaps

    I'm in Carnforth and get 0.8 West, no problem - just make sure that you have clear line of sight to the South - hope the tower doesn't block your view !!!! LoL