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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Evading the Lanlord No Dish Policy with my arcons and multimo wonders
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<blockquote data-quote="peaceandlove" data-source="post: 588188" data-attributes="member: 179427"><p>Thanks for offer but i feel i need to go 80cm as i dont believe the 60cm will be much different to my 57cm, </p><p>I am however wandering what is the difference between prime focus and ofset, i thinking prime focus has to hit the satellite direct on and is possibly why i have some problems on receiving thor, for example there are some vertical transponders on thor of which i need to slightly move my dish a few steps to the right using my receiver in order to catch them, its a bit like having to continuely adjust your FM ariel to home into your favourite pirate station, also i know that thor is on 0.8W/1W and i have to hit the centre of these to to receive the best of both which also renders some of my transponders to come through weeker than others.</p><p>Im wandering if an ofset may get over this hurdle and may be why lee says he can now pick up astra 2D from where he is, i think the small sized prime focus may have issues where the satellite is made up of more than one satellite example Thor 1W/Intelsat 0.8w and for those not in the astra 2 Foot print there may be issues with astra 2 at 28.2/28.5E thinking the prime focus small size struggles here and posibly this may be where the ofset has an advantage, but i doubt if a normal 60cm from where i live could pick up 16E like i presently can as well as 39E and 42E this is why i need to go 80cm, so i can still maintain these and possibly improve my thor reception, and who knows, i may also be able to receive some Nilesat ~(Wishfull thinking), but at the very least i think i should be able to receive thor with out doing FM style adjustments.</p><p></p><p>Also noticed that there are some clear dishes with clear backplates and some with normal backplates, </p><p>Obviously i want the type with the clear backplate</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peaceandlove, post: 588188, member: 179427"] Thanks for offer but i feel i need to go 80cm as i dont believe the 60cm will be much different to my 57cm, I am however wandering what is the difference between prime focus and ofset, i thinking prime focus has to hit the satellite direct on and is possibly why i have some problems on receiving thor, for example there are some vertical transponders on thor of which i need to slightly move my dish a few steps to the right using my receiver in order to catch them, its a bit like having to continuely adjust your FM ariel to home into your favourite pirate station, also i know that thor is on 0.8W/1W and i have to hit the centre of these to to receive the best of both which also renders some of my transponders to come through weeker than others. Im wandering if an ofset may get over this hurdle and may be why lee says he can now pick up astra 2D from where he is, i think the small sized prime focus may have issues where the satellite is made up of more than one satellite example Thor 1W/Intelsat 0.8w and for those not in the astra 2 Foot print there may be issues with astra 2 at 28.2/28.5E thinking the prime focus small size struggles here and posibly this may be where the ofset has an advantage, but i doubt if a normal 60cm from where i live could pick up 16E like i presently can as well as 39E and 42E this is why i need to go 80cm, so i can still maintain these and possibly improve my thor reception, and who knows, i may also be able to receive some Nilesat ~(Wishfull thinking), but at the very least i think i should be able to receive thor with out doing FM style adjustments. Also noticed that there are some clear dishes with clear backplates and some with normal backplates, Obviously i want the type with the clear backplate [/QUOTE]
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