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Will this dish work for FTA on 28.2

  • 16-12-2012 9:20pm
    #1
    doney84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Is there any reason why the dish in the pictures wouldn't work for the FTA channels on 28.2 if it is aligned properly and has a lnb ?


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  • #2
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Can't see any reason in the photo why it wouldn't work. Pretty hefty looking feed support. Is it a 2-way internet dish or something?

    Are you having problems with it, or just asking before buying?


  • #3
    doney84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭doney84


    Cool thanks for your reply. The dish is on top of the building my mate works in and he wants to see if he can get the FTA channels via an old sky box. I thought at first the dish looked a bit old fashioned and I thought the bars holding the lnb in place looked a bit odd but if you say it should work we'll give it a try ... Thanks again for your reply


  • #4
    iba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭iba


    doney84 wrote: »
    Cool thanks for your reply. The dish is on top of the building my mate works in and he wants to see if he can get the FTA channels via an old sky box. I thought at first the dish looked a bit old fashioned and I thought the bars holding the lnb in place looked a bit odd but if you say it should work we'll give it a try ... Thanks again for your reply


    No obvious reason why this wouldnt work - the dish is big enough to pick up much more than just Astra 28.2 BTW but with a Sky Box I think you can only pick up Astra/Eurobird

    So let us know how you get on (and post a pic :))


  • #5
    doney84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭doney84


    Still no joy at getting 28.2 on this dish. My mate replaced the lnb and used a sat finder to try and pick up 28.2 He is using a FTA sat box which comes pre loaded with different satellites and he tells me he is only able to pick up the channels on the Hotbird satellite. After donig a bit of googling I see he must have the dish at 13 degrees east.

    Can anyone tell me is he far off 28.2 ? Would he need to move the dish much to the left or right or even lower or higher the elevation? I read somewhere about "skew", which is turning the lnb. Would it be possible thats all he needs to do ???

    Thanks in advance,
    doney84


  • #6
    iba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭iba


    doney84 wrote: »
    Still no joy at getting 28.2 on this dish. My mate replaced the lnb and used a sat finder to try and pick up 28.2 He is using a FTA sat box which comes pre loaded with different satellites and he tells me he is only able to pick up the channels on the Hotbird satellite. After donig a bit of googling I see he must have the dish at 13 degrees east.

    Can anyone tell me is he far off 28.2 ? Would he need to move the dish much to the left or right or even lower or higher the elevation? I read somewhere about "skew", which is turning the lnb. Would it be possible thats all he needs to do ???

    Thanks in advance,
    doney84

    Yes u r correct - the dish is pointed at Hotbird 13

    Yes u need to move ur dish a bit - go here and type in ur address and u will see the elevation and direction ur dish shoould be:

    http://www.dishpointer.com/

    What I would do, is just scan on Astra 28.2 on ur box and then leave a station like BBC1 on and then connect the box to the dish and then just keep moving the dish till u have a pic

    Also, there r probably lots of sky dishes around you - try and copy their position coz they r pointing at astra 29

    what box u got?


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