[mythtvnz] Satellite dish suppliers?

[Noel & Diane]

I have a 3.5m Andrews solid-spun Al dish that's begging for a new
home....
An abandoned project, it has the actuator ram, controller, c-band LNB,
Ku band LNB (both good quality) and all the paraphernalia for the post
mount.  We had it on our roof for a while - amazing out-of footprint
reception), but it's all taken down now.  It's kinda getting in the way
now as it blocks the entrance to the boat-shed (giggle).
Feel free to email me if you know someone who would be interested in
pursuing "satellite DX" .

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz>
Reply-to: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Satellite dish suppliers?
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:02:46 +1200 (NZST)

On Thu, April 21, 2011 1:17 pm, criggie at criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
> Andrew Ruthven wrote, On 04/21/2011 12:46 PM:
>> I'm now at the stage in my house build where I need to get about a
>> satellite dish.  I have a tame ex-aerial installer lined up to give me a
>> hand to mount a dish, but I need one first.
>>
>> Any recommendations for a decent dish and supplier?
>>
>> Doesn't have to be too big, but bigger than a typical Sky dish would be
>> good.  Ideally I'd be able to throw a couple of LNBs on it.
>>
>> I'm also in the market for a LNB...
>>
>> The other thing I need to consider is throwing up a UHF aerial.  I have
>> no direct line of sight to any transmitters, there are hills between me
>> and any nearby ones.
>
> Best deals I found for sat dishes was on trademe.
> Get a satellite meter too - they're cheap and you can't do it without.
> Also be aware some DVB-S cards only power the LNB when recording or
> active.  That had me puzzled for a while.

Commercially I'd recommend freeviewshop.co.nz as Lars always provides
excellent advice and customer service.

If you can go large (approx 1m) you can get BBC World off Intelsat 5 even
though it is C-Band. I need to try and get my Toroidal adjusted so I can
pick it up.

Also consider DVB-S2 cards as you might get some more OZ services.

Steve
--------------------------------------------
Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz

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