very small dish

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i was going through Cahir the other day and i saw a very small dish on somebodies window

it was very small

way smaller than the orignal sky disk [the black one]
i was suprized

could that dish be used to get ftv ?
or if not what could it be used for

Capt'n Midnight

Was it a solid dish or a wire mesh ?

At a total guess it was horizontal and used for wireless internet.

bauderline

30cm would appear to be the absolute minimum, see the following...

http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/page17.htm

The Astra 2 birds have the strongest signal in the UK but I would not like to chance anything less than 40cm. I would be interested in his reception reports though if it is a 30cm...

b.

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Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Was it a solid dish or a wire mesh ?

At a total guess it was horizontal and used for wireless internet.

from the link bauderline gave me it looked like a The Kerstan Mini,but not really


but it looks exaclty like the normal sky dish but smaller

a mini version?

bauderline

I wonder if one of these portable yokes 40/50cm versions would be any good for a property near Marbella in Spain for picking up Nilesat at 7W. I think it has the MBC channel which shows some good films.... must check out that footprint again.....

byte

It was possibly the Zone 1 Sky Minidish, that's primarily used in England. A Zone 1 will work in Ireland too, though not as reliable a signal as a Zone 2, as it's smaller. In fact, even in England, the Zone1 is known to have issues in inclement weather.

watty

I've seen a few very small Lidl camping syetm dishes clamped to balconies in Limerick. Must be not much bigger than 35cm. Can't imagine it works well when there is heavy rain.

satworld

the lidl dishes don't come with a wall mount they come with a little (whats it called) sucky thingy that holds onto your window.

iv'e seen a good few zone1 sky dishes though

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when i going through cahir again ill take a pic

why im really interested in this dish because iv sky multiroom and i want 2 sky plus boxes
but where will my ftv card go then ?

Gargantuan

the lidl dishes don't come with a wall mount they come with a little (whats it called) sucky thingy that holds onto your window.


Lidl dishes do come with wall mountings , I have one myself.
It is not too bad at picking up Astra 1 and 2 even in the rain, but its a bit bad in the wind.

watty

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

when i going through cahir again ill take a pic

why im really interested in this dish because iv sky multiroom and i want 2 sky plus boxes
but where will my ftv card go then ?

Either a 2nd dish (minimum 60cm if you want to watch when it is raining) or 8Way (Octo) LNB on the existing dish instead of the the Quad LNB.

AFAIK the FTV card will work in a sky+ for viewing but not record.

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8Way (Octo) LNB

im quite interested in the above

ill be installing it my self
so do i need to know anything about the octo lnb

watty

Only where to buy one that plug onto a Sky minidish arm.

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watty wrote:

Only where to buy one that plug onto a Sky minidish arm.

thanks ill have a look into one

also can any one tell me will this effect my dish bracket

also where can i buy one

satworld

Gargantuan wrote:

the lidl dishes don't come with a wall mount they come with a little (whats it called) sucky thingy that holds onto your window.


Lidl dishes do come with wall mountings , I have one myself.
It is not too bad at picking up Astra 1 and 2 even in the rain, but its a bit bad in the wind.

I MEAN THE CAMPING 30CM DISHES AND YOU CANT GET 2 SATELLITES ON A 30CM DISH!

satworld

octo lnbs are quite expensive

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satworld wrote:

octo lnbs are quite expensive

what price am i looking at

satworld

in an around 129euro

watty

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

thanks ill have a look into one

also can any one tell me will this effect my dish bracket

also where can i buy one

It should be fine on the bracket.

Check out the suppliers sticky

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lads what do you think of this lnb

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5868688150&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.ie%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Fcgiurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.ie%252Fws%252F%26fkr%3D1%26from%3DR8%26satitle%3D%2B5868688150%2B%2B%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1

129 euro is too much so im thinking of getting this one off ebay

satworld

looks like a left over from 2 years ago!

if you trust you'll get it from eBay then get it

never know eBay is a scam sometimes

good luck with it

satworld

by the way thats like 87€ inc postage

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satworld wrote:

by the way thats like 87€ inc postage

if u get it from satworld
will 129 euro incl postage

satworld

who said anything about gettin it from satworld