[vdr] Re: OT: Flat Antenna useable?

[Christian Berger <einStein@donau.de>]

"Dr. Werner Fink" schrieb:
> 
> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 03:28:53PM +0200, _cooper_ wrote:
> > Hi Ulrich,
> >
> > On Wed, 29 May 2002, Ulrich Petri wrote:
> > > i'm going to move to a new house, and don't know yet if its allowed to
> > > use "traditional" sat antennas ("schüsseln"), so my question is has
> > > anyone of you used a flat antenna with a DVB-S and vdr? does it work?
> > Yes, we have and it worked without problems, only a bit tricky to adjust
> > it and it is not available as dual LNB version. So if you want two DVB-s
> > cards you need two of the antennas. The whole article (sorry, in german only)
> > was published in LinuxUsee 12/2001 and is online readable in the Documentation
> > section of www.linvdr.org.
> 
> I'm also using this type of sat antenna.  Its mounted on a (re)movable
> but very heavy rack behind the balustrade of a balcony.  Therefore it
> is not visible from the outer side of view.  For adjusting it's better
> to use a signal level tester which has to mounted temporary between the
> sat card and the LNB (in correct direction because the power for the
> tester is provided by the sat card).
>
>          Werner

Maybe you should get a cheap used analog reciever to check if you are on
the right satellite.

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  Casandro