Gyn_Paul Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Now that there are so many Astras and Eutels all sitting up there in their individual 1cu km boxes - all allegedly at 28.2E, but now spread out in a line long enough to tax even my credulity - which transponder would you professionals (and experienced amateurs) use to fine tune a dish 'by ear' (I'm up on the roof, I can't see the tv but I can certainly hear it).CBS Drama ?Classic FM ?Something else ?80cm dish, non-Sky receiver (so I can easily, manually set it to any transponder), middle of France.[yes, I know a professional would have some snazzy frequency meter costing 100's of Euros, but you get my meaning, I'm sure]p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I would optimise on classic FM or Movies For Men as 28.5 on a weak signal works for 28.2 on a strong signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks Anton, classic fm it is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 For optimising you either need the sat receiver and a portable TV on the roof or a friend down stairs watching the signal quality and shouting 'bad' 'good' or 'same' like a demented Golden Shot contestant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 [quote user="Gyn_Paul"][yes, I know a professional would have some snazzy frequency meter costing 100's of Euros, but you get my meaning, I'm sure]p[/quote]Why not buy one for about a fiver then? LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 [quote user="Jay"][quote user="Gyn_Paul"][yes, I know a professional would have some snazzy frequency meter costing 100's of Euros, but you get my meaning, I'm sure]p[/quote]Why not buy one for about a fiver then? LINK[/quote]....because I had one and found it about as accurate and useful as you would expect something for a fiver to be! I have no trouble finding the orientation and elevation of the satellite by eye, and all those cheap ones will tell you is 'yes there's satellite-frequency signals of some sort being received here' - 'here' being through about 3 or 4 degrees of arc, with no differentiation of actual transponder frequency. That's no more help, really, than the time-honoured method of creeping the dish from the left-hand edge of the detectable signal to the right, then optimizing to the centre, and the same vertically, and with skew.p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 OK - just trying to be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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