Recent content by 2old4this

Ah, I see. So it was my profile then. Nothing to do with you not having read or understood the post. Just my profile. Shame on me. By the way, if you want any more cuckoos, let me know. :P

Sats reside in geosynchronous orbit directly above the equator. If you live on the equator, they appear to lie in an arc which stretches from the eastern horizon, up directly above, and down to the western horizon. When viewed from north or south of the equator, that arc will be lower in the...

I'll ignore your rudeness. The point I was making, which is precisely relevant to the question asked (read it) is that even a fairly large dish will see enough of the sky to pull in these essentially co-located satellites from a correctly aligned dish. And that has nothing to do with one's...

Yes, Racing UK is transmitted by the Eurobird-1 sat, which sits at 28.5E. See here The Astra-2 cluster transmitting most of Sky's stuff (including Beeb) is at 28.2E. These are so close that you really ought not to have any problem picking them up from a single fixed dish. If you do, try a...

A stand-alone device that sits between the receivers and the Unicable LNB, performing the necessary translation of control signal protocols would be great, assuming that's what you mean by a "breakout" unit. Any hard info on that? Ideally Sky would offer Unicable support via an OTA software...

Yes, the Unicable solution is attractive, but there are two problems: (a) anyone with older receivers no longer actively supported via software upgrades will have to replace not only the LNB but the receiver too, and (B) since the technology is not controlled by Murdoch, he's highly unlikely...

Wotcha CH. Yes, doing just fine out here in cloud-cuckoo land. If there's one thing people will always need, it's clouds. And cuckoos. Two things. Nice info at those links, thanks. All of it refers to CATV & similar, not (as far as I could see) to sat. The principles are undoubtedly the same...

The MAPLIN one I linked to has a 2GHz range. I assumed the 1GHz versions were for UHF signals. Here's another thought: If one were to connect, say, a single universal LNB and 4 receivers to a 4-way splitter with DC passthrough on all lines, what would happen if more than one receiver were on...

That makes sense. And yet splitters are being sold as a cheap (albeit stupid) way of connecting multiple receivers to a single LNB. See for example Maplin UK: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?detail=full&ModuleNo=9273&doy=24m2#more_info Another question I had as I was thinking about al this...

yeah, haven't been involved in the scene for a goodly while now, but I'm keeping an occasional eye on you guys ;) Spiney's FAQ (your link) is very nice. I'm still hoping for a complete technical and practical guide on the whole range of connection possiblities. Even a book suggestion do. As...

nice post, Spiney. Just learned some stuff! I wonder if you could add/expand to include perhaps a glossary of terms, especially German/English equivalents. Much of the equipment available (at least, in Western Europe) is German sourced. EG : Verteiler = splitter Abzweiger=tap 2-fach, 4-fach...

thanks Llew, some nice kit and docs. Not exactly what I'm looking for though. I was interested in the how more than the what. My ideal resource would explain, for example, what the purpose of DC power pass-through is, what the consequences would be of connecting multiple receivers through...

Anyone have a link to a site with a GOOD description of the usage and workings of taps, splitters, combiners, distributors and multiswitches? By "good", I mean: complete, technical and with diagrams. It should cover nuances such as the nature & purpose of power pass-through, the differences in...

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