[cafe80s]

I still have an old dish on the side of my house from the days of analogue Sky and I'm trying to determine what size it is without resorting to a ladder!

It's not the really old white one. It's the standard one that came after that (black, mesh-like, not quite transparent). Bigger than the current Sky mini dish.

Is it an 80cm or 60cm?

Thanks in advance.

[CLIVEEDWARDS]

From memory the dish you mention will more than likely be 60 cms but some 80 cm dishes were used the further north you were depending on the footprint.

[Mr Cheese]

I had an old pre digital dish that was 56cm!

[cafe80s]

Hmmm, so not as simple as I thought! I'm in Manchester if that helps. It's the same dish that everyone seemed to have round here.

Maybe I will have to get up that ladder after all!!

Assuming the worst (60cm) would this is big enough to receive Hotbird and Astra 1 (with a block thingy).

Thanks,

[rcaudwell]

Originally Posted by cafe80s

Assuming the worst (60cm) would this is big enough to receive Hotbird and Astra 1 (with a block thingy).

Thanks,

Should be fine, although your rain margin might suffer slightly on some Hotbird transponders.

a 60 cm not quite the best , I reckon it depends on location

[SamRadford]

In Manchester, a 60cm dish will lose the signal in heavy rain. (As I recall, that means most days in Manchester!)