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<blockquote data-quote="incold" data-source="post: 683159" data-attributes="member: 320080">FYIMost interesting read.Operating a 3.4 metre prime focus mesh dish(I think it is a Ku band dish from the USA but I got it cheap off the back of a truck)&nbsp;&nbsp; with a cheap LNB I normally get all Astra UK channels up to 10.30 pm(and most of them up to at least midnight) in Caprese Michelangelo Latitude = 43.6337, Longitude = 11.9986 or about 50 Km south east of Florence . The weakest transponder is 10.709 H which is ITV3 and 4. I noticed that some of the encrypted Sky signals are a bit stronger than the FTA ones I am using (on a GBP 120 Clarktech german box) so have got an old Sky Pace box with a Sky freesat card, but not got round to taking the disceq (Hotbird 13 on a different parabola) out of the circuit yet. I have 50 metres of low quality very thin coax between the parabola and the disceq and another 10 metres from the disceq so guess I am losing a bit of signal along the way, and the trees in front of the dish don't help. So reading all your messages I feel quite pleased to have go this far on my own!The reception is so sensitive that leaning briefly on the base of the parabola alters the reception perceptibly and recent high winds caused some problems. ( Just to show how old I am, I added a Belkin FM transmitter (GBP 6) to the earphone socket of the telly and now can listen to the radio all night like I used to 30 years ago- when I could also listen to the radio all night, but then in those days the BBC world service was worth listening to and on short wave, I don't think either is true. By the way Talksport is available on a decent medium wave radio from 8 pm to morning. Unfortunately most modern radios don't have aerial sockets any more so can't get anything else direct.Trouble with old age, I ramble.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="incold, post: 683159, member: 320080"] FYI Most interesting read. Operating a 3.4 metre prime focus mesh dish(I think it is a Ku band dish from the USA but I got it cheap off the back of a truck) with a cheap LNB I normally get all Astra UK channels up to 10.30 pm(and most of them up to at least midnight) in Caprese Michelangelo Latitude = 43.6337, Longitude = 11.9986 or about 50 Km south east of Florence . The weakest transponder is 10.709 H which is ITV3 and 4. I noticed that some of the encrypted Sky signals are a bit stronger than the FTA ones I am using (on a GBP 120 Clarktech german box) so have got an old Sky Pace box with a Sky freesat card, but not got round to taking the disceq (Hotbird 13 on a different parabola) out of the circuit yet. I have 50 metres of low quality very thin coax between the parabola and the disceq and another 10 metres from the disceq so guess I am losing a bit of signal along the way, and the trees in front of the dish don't help. So reading all your messages I feel quite pleased to have go this far on my own! The reception is so sensitive that leaning briefly on the base of the parabola alters the reception perceptibly and recent high winds caused some problems. ( Just to show how old I am, I added a Belkin FM transmitter (GBP 6) to the earphone socket of the telly and now can listen to the radio all night like I used to 30 years ago- when I could also listen to the radio all night, but then in those days the BBC world service was worth listening to and on short wave, I don't think either is true. By the way Talksport is available on a decent medium wave radio from 8 pm to morning. Unfortunately most modern radios don't have aerial sockets any more so can't get anything else direct. Trouble with old age, I ramble. [/QUOTE]

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