I am doing the same as you. I have to wait until the warmer weather as I am retired and my bones can't do the winter. I have enjoyed KU band satellite for 35 years. I have a 1 metre Gibertini dish as my main dish and wish to remain within the law so my second dish is going to be a Triax 60cm...
I am North of you in Grimsby.
I use Octagon 88+
Signal is normally 79%
Quality is often 95 - 100%
Actual picture - excellent at all times.
Rain has never degraded the picture on the French channels on this bird.
Dish - 1 metre Gibertini stacked on a STAB motor.
I think your dish will do well as...
I would like to buy a 4K receiver that has DVB-S2X. I am not bothered about 4:2:2.
I think at least one of the VU range should do it.
I need to look around to see if an Octagon 4K can do DVB-S2X.
Snap. :) I had 7 days on horizontal, then I had to go outside with a spanner and turn the lnb from horizontal to vertical and have 7 days on that. Then I used a terrestrial aerial rotator and used that to turn the dish so that I could get from 27 west to 13 east without going outside and...
I also prefer the satellite dish route. I have a stab / Gilbertini 1 metre at 53 east to 34 west. Backed up by a 60 cm 19 east dish with a bolted on Technomate LNB to give me 28 east. I am over 60 years of age and can only maintain my dishes in spring, summer and autumn as my bones don't...
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