A TV Satellite Dish Restoration Project

A simple restoration project shows how I tried to improve the efficiency of two, large, decades-old, satellite dishes. Hoping to receive weak UK channels which had been lost to my smaller dish with the retirement of the Astra 2D TV satellite. I hope there is enough information here to inspire others to try. UK fringe reception is still very limited to a randomly variable number of hours. Nextflix.dk has helped to fill the empty evenings and has improved its service and subtitling over time.

Saturday, 5 March 2022

5.03.2022 Finally taking the 2.2m dish down.

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 *  Saturday 5th March 2022. The end of another era and eight years since my last post here. I finally took the unused 2.2m dish down. Once ...
Wednesday, 10 December 2014

I'm streaming of a white Xmas?

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(> The complete absence of evening TV entertainment has forced a trial period of Netflix.dk. We have been rather enjoying a number of ...
Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Gilding the faded lilly

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(> It is now half way through September. Months have passed since my last update. I wish I could report improved reception but it re...
Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Adapting Invacom ADF-120 feedhorn to Kathrein feed boss.

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<) Just as a turning exercise in the lathe I made another adaptor to match the Invacom feedhorn to the Kathrein feed boss. Since I had...
Monday, 23 June 2014

Results:

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<) The erection of the dish on the new pole finally allowed the dish to stay still after adjustment. Rather amusingly,  Sky News pop...
Sunday, 22 June 2014

The Big Lift 2

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* Sunday 22-6-2014. On day four, I lost patience with waiting for the concrete to gain full hardness. Justifying the risk of damage as ver...
Thursday, 12 June 2014

That sinking feeling:

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 (> Thursday:  The Invacom ADF-120 has finally turned up in the post! There were no instructions enclosed for tuning to the dish'...
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