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Reuse an old dish?

  • 15-08-2011 7:11pm
    #1
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭


    Hi
    I moved into a house that has a dish on the wall and cables coming out of it.
    Im thinking of ditching UPC and getting a free to air box or something like that. Can I reuse the old dish and save a few quid?

    Cheers!


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  • #2
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    Yes, yes you can!


  • #3
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Hopefully it's pointing at the right satellites.


  • #4
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    So long as the dish is pointing to 28degrees east then it can be used for freesat. However if it is pointed to a foreign dish such as hotbird 13degrees or astra 1 at 19degrees then there is very little of interest in english so you will need to adjust the dish which is easily done.


  • #5
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Is it possible to do the reverse? Point an old Sky dish at the foreign satellites to get Polish or Russian stations?


  • #6
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    spurious wrote: »
    Is it possible to do the reverse? Point an old Sky dish at the foreign satellites to get Polish or Russian stations?

    Yes provided you have a clear line of site from the dish to the satellites carrying those services.


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  • #7
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    Polish channels are on 13degrees, quite a few free ones.

    Russian channels are a little tricker as they are a few on a few other satellites, there is a few on hotbird, astra1 and sirius at 4degrees. There is also a few just come onto 9degrees east.

    I have put up a 1.2metre triax dish for the other half to receive the four satellites I have listed above. You can use one large dish to receive a number of different satellites.


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