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That's a big ask Fizbi. Even out of my league:D Did catch it on NASA Tv though, they did all the hard work for me:)

Said your interested in the U.S side of the hobby but haven't check out this site in a while (Hi guys:hatsoff:) so thought I might chip in:) Looking at the Lyngsat pages, even less channels down in this neck of the woods. Although if you do speak Mandarin or Cantonesse you'll do ok. Plenty of...

Yeah, I have done so. On C Band that is. and I mean not just setting it up for a single sat. The trick is to get the declination and elevation perfect for true north (south). Spend heaps of time on that but once you do all the sats will be there. Getting your head around the concept first is...

From what you have stated sounds like the north south Axis is out. This is the most difficult thing to get spot on. Yes, to the East would be the go, I think. I have to think backwards:) as I'm on the south side of the equator. I would be reluctant to adjust the declination. Unless your really...

G'day there smijter. Pick up quite a few down here to, about 1000 for me but very little in English wouldn't have any shortfall in progaming if I understood Mandarin or Cantonese:)

Doesn't all sound to bad. US$4.85 a gallon Down under. (A$1.28 a liter):( And if you think that's bad, have a thought for the Europeans, around US$8 a gallon.:eek:

My wife supports it. Happy I have a hobby that I'm passionate about. Although she did ask if I could paint my BUD's green to blend into the vegitation a little.

It's called a Phoenix 333. It's a Korean made box. It was also sold under different labels as well. I think it was Ecostar and Praxis. It will search thru the band in Analog but as Iceberg mentions there no S/R's with analog. And when it comes to digital there can be different S/R's and FEC's...

They are way over sensative try putting meters and meters of cable inline with the things. Well, this is what I have heard about them. Never used one myself. Prefer the taking the telle and box out to the dish. Nothing beats it except for a dedicated spectrum analizer but a litte over the top...

I think that analog signals will go in time. There is only one analog signal I can receive here in this part of the world now. DVB is just so much more efficient with the spectrum. Although I miss the analog days. Not all digital receivers are smart or blind scan some of the basic models you...

Ok there here is a pic of the guts of my CoRotor it had the plate fitted as standard. I thought they were all like that? There should be slots in the waveguide as well to locate it. There is several ways to go on circ polarisation road. You can use a plate with a voltage switchable H and V feed...

Looks a bit sad but if passes the string test (not warped) and you get it for nothing might be a nice project.

Locked a few inclinded orbit sats in my time, mostly Russian but never any low earth orbit or anything racing across the sky. BTW. truckracer, I like you car, good Aussie muscle car but only better:) :up

There are quite a few signals that can be found with a T.V sat receiver and a big dish. Quite often in a scan the receiver will find non DVB signals but they wont load of course. As Iceberg mentioned they are most likley encrypted. These signals are probably data and internet.

Although you might see a frequency/transpnder on Lyngsat for instance stating it is a feed frequency unless it is active or at least a carrier at the time your DVB blind scanner will miss it and sometimes, allthough rare, even miss it when it is active. Had that before, rescaned and up it poped...