My Quest for F1

eoinm1 · 05-03-2005 5:53pm #1

Hi Lads

This morning I took to my back garden on a mission to get RTL. I took with me a garden fork, a dish and and a cheap lidl sat meter.

I now have RTL and UTV so my F1 viewing is going to be safe.
Why oh why did Bernie sell it to Setanta.

See results in the attached pictures (Pictures taken with a Siemens SX1).

Eóin

Tony · 05-03-2005 6:01pm

Nice one well done

eoinm1 wrote:

Hi Lads

This morning I took to my back garden on a mission to get RTL. I took with me a garden fork, a dish and and a cheap lidl sat meter.

I now have RTL and UTV so my F1 viewing is going to be safe.
Why oh why did Bernie sell it to Setanta.

See results in the attached pictures (Pictures taken with a Siemens SX1).

Eóin

intersplat · 05-03-2005 6:03pm

Nice pole u got there !

eoinm1 · 05-03-2005 6:19pm

intersplat wrote:

Nice pole u got there !

It's the garden fork.
It will do for tonight. RTL have better live coverage than UTV this weekend.
11pm CET (10 PM irish) you can watch the warm up.

I thin by next weekend my Astra 1 Sat dish will have a perment home on the side of the house. For now the garden fork will do.

Eóin

Ronan|Raven · 05-03-2005 7:30pm

Well done, good use of the fork as well. RTL are a very good station.

bigpaddy2004 · 05-03-2005 11:07pm

Well i have seen it all now and all after yesterday when i come accross a sky dish up on a chimney, with a lorry wheel brace welded to it, box iron welded to it...and finally a great big high gain bbc aerial on top of that, but to be sure this one takes first prize for DIY!! Well Done

arkles · 06-03-2005 2:44am

hope that hurricane dont arrive

Charles Slane · 06-03-2005 3:18am

One word - impressed !!!

irishboy99_ · 06-03-2005 3:28am

Yes very impressed well done i'm in the sh1t for the F1

chern0byl · 06-03-2005 12:45pm

You have it so easy these days. If you only knew the lengths i went to, to get F1+ back in the day!

byte · 06-03-2005 3:10pm

Good work eoinm1!

OT: Ah chern0byl, glad you could join us!

Did you ever get any of your gear back in action? Our new resident sat-geek is Ronan|Raven there. He picked up where you left off!

JoyPad · 06-03-2005 7:48pm

eoinm1 wrote:

I now have RTL and UTV[...]

You didn't get UTV with that dish, right? You got UTV from elsewhere, like cable/MMDS, correct?

Thanks for clarification,
JP

byte · 06-03-2005 8:05pm

UTV ain't being beamed from Astra 1, so no. :?

eoinm1 · 06-03-2005 11:32pm

JoyPad wrote:

You didn't get UTV with that dish, right? You got UTV from elsewhere, like cable/MMDS, correct?

Thanks for clarification,
JP

I have a Digibox with a FTV card aswell.
RTL have a much better live show. With lots more live action.

wb - chern0byl

See ya,
Eóin

Aquos76 · 07-03-2005 12:44am

why not just tune in setanta through other channels on sky digibox

11222 H 27500, 2/3.

Coming in on Irish sub and also ftv card. Although its not FTA

Mossy Monk · 07-03-2005 11:46am

aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i had the pleasure of F1 in mono this weekend (thanks NTL

) and i could have had stereo through Other Channels. how long has this been there?

Aquos76 · 07-03-2005 11:51am

Its been there a while now but it was only brought to my attention on Saturday. I did not read this thread until yesterday so my apoligies for not posting sooner.

Leonard

djpaul · 07-03-2005 12:38pm

eoinm1 wrote:

Hi Lads

This morning I took to my back garden on a mission to get RTL. I took with me a garden fork, a dish and and a cheap lidl sat meter.

I now have RTL and UTV so my F1 viewing is going to be safe.
Why oh why did Bernie sell it to Setanta.

See results in the attached pictures (Pictures taken with a Siemens SX1).

Eóin

X L Ent. well done!!

Mossy Monk · 07-03-2005 1:26pm

Leonard wrote:

Its been there a while now but it was only brought to my attention on Saturday. I did not read this thread until yesterday so my apoligies for not posting sooner.

wouldn't have made an ounce of difference as i didnt have internet access since Friday so it's all good

Aquos76 · 07-03-2005 2:06pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

wouldn't have made an ounce of difference as i didnt have internet access since Friday so it's all good

Ah yes, another who spends all day at work online. I just remembered where you work...

Mossy Monk · 07-03-2005 2:54pm

its about the only perk of the place but thats for a different thread/board

eoinm1 · 19-03-2005 2:28pm

Ok Update

I stuck the Dish on the house last weekend.
Getting 71% signal.

/me is happy.

Now I just have to wake up a 7am

Someone may have sleept through the last race :rolleyes:

Must look into a Disc switch.
Does any one konw do they have to be installed near the LNB or can i have it beside the Sat box.

See ya,
Eóin

Ronan|Raven · 19-03-2005 6:40pm

ya can put it wherever you like, as long as it sits between reciever and lnb's. Personally id leave it near enough to the dish to save on the amount of cabling.

eoinm1 · 19-03-2005 7:19pm

Thanks for that Ronan.

I have the cable running to the Box already so that won't be a problem.

One more thing.
I have two feeds one is from a Quad LNB on a Sky Minidish the other is a single run of cable from a single out put LNB. This setup should not cause problems with a DisEqC correct.

See ya,
Eóin

Greenman · 19-03-2005 7:25pm

eoinm1 wrote:

One more thing.
I have two feeds one is from a Quad LNB on a Sky Minidish the other is a single run of cable from a single out put LNB. This setup should not cause problems with a DisEqC correct.

Everything will be fine thats what the Diseqc is for!!!!

eoinm1 · 19-03-2005 7:44pm

Thanks Greenman.

Good to see you again how's life in Belgium not seen much of you here lately.

See ya,
Eóin

sportsman · 19-03-2005 8:29pm

Is that frequency right??? surely not. SIGNAL NOT FOUND message coming up

My Quest for F1

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