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Robin Cornelius wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007 2:30 PM, Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:16:49 +0000 >> "Robin Cornelius" <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello Robin, >> >>> What sort of dish? old analogue or one of the digital "mini dishes". >> It doesn't matter, surely? Either type can deal with digital satellite >> transmissions. Mini-dishes are no good for analogue admittedly, >> because they're too small. > > yea, the mini dish is optimised for the satellites used for sky > digital. It only just wings enough signal from Astra 1D to get some > channels. 1D is not the same power as A B or C and contains some of > the UK only stuff. Its transmit footprint is optimized for UK only. > Also your trying to hit the center point of 4 satellites that don't > all transmit at the same power level, etc :-( > > I am not sure about the LMB's and any frequency ranges etc so i don't > know if *any old* LMB will work for digital and analogue, it may do > and may not. > > Robin > Thats interesting, I can get about 600 channels on my Sky Minidish on 19.2 degrees east (the old Astra satellite) but nowt on 28.2/28.5 degrees (Sky Digital Astra & Eurobird). I think you'd need a universal LNB to get digital. If it's old or you're not sure, get a new one, they're only about a tenner. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html