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Willis 01

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Hi Guys just signed up to your Sat Universe Club Hey
been out of it seenfor a long time we lost C1 still have the old Silver and Gold cards
most like have no use in todays world looking forward to see if any of my old gear up and running or
is any good anymore have Avast caravan set up and the card as for the old Sat boxes will get to that later
if I can find.
looking for help to set up a Sat Dish just in case if we lose our Digital TV network
cheers Mick
 
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Willis 01 said:
thanks guys

thank you can anyone tell me if any of this stuff i have is useful
over 10 years old...
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The old cards are probably no good but I am not familiar with what services they were used for.
Any satellite dishes will still be OK provided they are not damaged, same applies to any Universal LNBF's or restricted range LNB's that are often used on Optus D1, D2 and D3 for Ku-Band

As for the satellite receivers, it depends on the make/model and what use you hope to get from them.
The more modern receivers will have functionality for 4K, DVB-S2X and IPTV. However, for satellite reception up to and including normal HD a 10 year old receiver should still be OK.
 
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The old cards are probably no good
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Thanks for your reply moonbase

The Satellite Receiver is a
Strong SRT 4910 HD Conax Cas7 which requires the Iredo modules to place the sat cards in
looking everywhere to find them
and the Vast one model DSD4121 for Australian channels was C1 - D2?
the Sat Disk is a Portable one which is 65 cms Dia

What would i need to be seeing free stuff
in US China and UK etc
i don`t know where to start just yet
in Victoria Gippsland
 
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Willis 01 said:
Thanks for your reply moonbase

The Satellite Receiver is a
Strong SRT 4910 HD Conax Cas7 which requires the Iredo modules to place the sat cards in
looking everywhere to find them
and the Vast one model DSD4121 for Australian channels was C1 - D2?
the Sat Disk is a Portable one which is 65 cms Dia

What would i need to be seeing free stuff
in US China and UK etc
i don`t know where to start just yet
in Victoria Gippsland
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You will have probably have no direct line of sight to most European or USA satellites from Victoria, Australia.
You should be OK for Asian satellites.

There is an online website and mobile app called Dishpointer. You can use it to see what satellites are visible at your precise location.
 
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Willis 01

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A Satking Dish

  • Operating frequency: 1.0-12.75 GHz
  • Gain 36dB C-Band
  • Gain 45dB Ku-Band
  • F/D Ratio 0.35
  • Mesh thickness 0.6mm
  • 40cm base
  • 4 panel
  • Can be motorized
  • 75mm pole diameter
 
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Willis 01 said:
looking at a 1.8 Metre Dish Mesh type will the help me in my plans to see other Satellites
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Personally, I would not use a mesh dish for Ku-Band unless for single satellite use that has powerful downlink frequencies such as Optus D3 at 156E for the Foxtel frequencies.
A mesh dish is fine for C-Band multi satellite use but for Ku-Band multi-satellite use I would used a solid dish.

The members on the Austech forum will have specialised local knowledge of what is required for multi satellite use from an Australian location.
You might get a better response to questions about the more technical aspects on that forum?
 
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Willis 01

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Thank`s moonbase
did find that out i still have my old Austech login and will do just that
are the Viark 4K receivers any good as I want to be able the crack back into making cards
to see the channels available if any
 
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