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herbie_g
17-07-2009, 02:41 PM
Not as elaborate as many, but I'm happy with it - at least until AS3 gets the better of me!

D1 - Sky 65cm dish/9.75-10.6GHz LNB - Freeview, 11.2dB cnr - Very overcast conditions.
D2 - Hills 85cm dish/Sharp 11.3GHz LNB - Globecast FTA, 12.4dB cnr - Very Overcast conditions.
IS5 - Huatai 1.8m petal/15K Pacific LNB - California Bouquet, 9.5dB cnr - Very Overcast conditions.

Should all hold in bad weather - might get a chance to test that this weekend!

How about you guys? Keen to show pic's of your set-up?

Herb.

kiwisteve
19-07-2009, 09:57 AM
Heck what small dishes !!! lol :D:D put up some real ones !! :D:D

herbie_g
19-07-2009, 03:09 PM
Heck what small dishes !!! lol :D:D put up some real ones !! :D:D

Yeah, your dish farm does make me feel a little, er, inadequate! lol.

me thinks the next one will be a 2.4m... Have to be mindful of the neighbours, eh..

kiwisteve
20-07-2009, 06:54 PM
I think the Palmerston North neighbours need to get used to a 4m dish at a minimum !!! lol :D:D just paint some Panseys on it :D:D

herbie_g
20-07-2009, 09:07 PM
I think the Palmerston North neighbours need to get used to a 4m dish at a minimum !!! lol :D:D just paint some Panseys on it :D:D

lol.

Actually, I think I could get away with a 3-3.7m. There are some large bushes on their side of the fence which could obscure the dish from their view.
However, aside of Al Jazzera English I'm not sure if there's anything else worth looking at??

Seems to me that theres becoming less and less FTA on C-band these days. :(

MrElectricity
21-07-2009, 04:03 PM
Here is mine but there is always room for more but that will have to wait, just too cold out in the winter.