Recent content by Channel Hopper

By the way our star's own compass is about to flip, predicted in mid September with a variation of up to a month either side. https://www.vox.com/science/2024/1/31/24047913/solar-maximum-cycle-explained-25-flares-coronal-mass-ejection

I wouldn't adjust the motor on a magnetic bearing, except as a starting point, the poles move around and have no bearing (sic) on where the satellites are.

I can get just beyond 71East on the roof but I would struggle with the neighbours accepting the larger dish up there.

Has anyone taken cables off outside for maintenance ?Is it your own dish and switch or part of a shared system ? If not, and you can receive some channels at the correct frequencies, disconnect one or two cables from the LNB until they go out (you will know they are correctly installed) and...

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Nothing wrong with the LNB, do you have a Ka compatible reflector, what size and what do you wish to receive ?

The only 'cable' in England (bar a smattering of community / estate networks has been Virgin Media for around 20 years. Their line up https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-tv-edit/tips-and-tricks/virgin-tv-channel-guide If you were with a modern terrestrial/smart television with access to the...

Do you mean BritBox content for the expats ?

Last night's storm was quite spectacular, the odd flash is still occurring. https://map.blitzortung.org/#8/51.401/-0.377

Compete with home made HtoH/DiSEqC adaptor mount.

It would be interesting to retune a modern vehicle radio in this area to find these stations.

In what way is it modified, and where was it supplied from ?

Thank you for clarifying. I wasn't faulting the firmware as it stands but if OpenEight is being promoted as official partner for the latest 8008 receiver then the update delay may possibly be down to refining the later front end without losing integrity of the older version(s). What...

The larger dish in the garden has a Co-Rotor which uses the same circuitry for both C and Ku band.

OK, but what about the recent lack of updates ?