Michael Watterson wrote:

> On 19/05/2011 17:12, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>> I don't really know what satellite; it was chosen by the guys who
>> installed the antenna. The service is Sky Brazil
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> So indeed the two internal tuners can share one connector. Old
> European Sky Tuners needed two feeds for PVR.=20

What I have here needs two cables from the antenna to the receiver for
dual-channel reception.

> A different LNB and much larger dish is needed to get the C-Band
> channels (3.7GHz to 4.2GHz). Some can actually be received in Ireland
> on a 3.7m dish due to very wide beams on C band compared to Ku.=20
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> Your Sky system will only receive the 10.7GHz to 12.6GHz band (only a
> small portion occupied).=20
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> If you did have separate C band dish
> http://www.lyngsat.com/intel14.html or here  is a better place to
> point it for some free TV.=20
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> Likely a large mesh dish.

Yes, some people here have the large mesh dishes. I don't think I'll get
one any time soon...=20

Thanks,
Gerhard
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