Posts by drhans

OK so for the first time ever I tried C-band on an offset dish (prodelin 2.4m) but I'm disappointed with the result. I can't get a better SNR that I'm getting with a 1.8m PF dish.

I wanted to get the new Startimes muxes but no matter what I did in terms of adjusting the LNB position, I can't get over 7.1 dB on 3725R. In Ku band, this dish performs well, I get at least 2.5 dB more compared to the 1.8m PF, so why can't I get the same 2.5dB more in C-band?

So I wanted to ask if someone has an experience with C-band on offset dishes, if it's normal for it to perform not as good as a PF. Or could it be the fact I installed the dish upside down? Or is the scalar ring from ebay crap?

Here's my scan of 8W from today. Note - the polarization is swapped! Also attached a picture of how the LNB is installed.

Nice, but not really clear on whether it's HDR or not, the screenshots don't show the gamut. If you don't have a way to check, I can do it with a couple of seconds recording of the video. So if you're at 43W again sometime, and if you remember, please record and upload here just a very short recording. But no hurry and if it's too much work, just ignore me :)

Thanks for checking...
Amazing signal for a 2.4m dish, though! 43W has been pretty bad for me lately, although a bit better today... but still I would expect more :(
scans attached, 2.4m dish, according to the footprint same coverage area, yet so bad reception

Do you know if Love Nature UHD is HDR? I can't get it, just 7 dB with my 2.4m dish :( Thanks

Here are 2 scans of 36E to compare. One taken at 8 AM, another at 10 PM. The signal on AMU1 is much weaker over here and most transponders receivable in the morning only.

Scan done in Prague with Prodelin 2.4m offset dish, Invacom C120 quad.

12360R will never work, the FEC is probably 5/6.

To get both 28E UK beam and 36E Russia beam, I would normally need a 1.8m dish, which gets me 80% of transponders. Now I have a 2.4m dish and I was hoping to be able to get both 28/36 but so far it seems unrealistic, so I'm looking for experience of other users with offset dishes. Prime focus might be better for this since I have no issue getting 40W and 47W in C-band with a multifocus LNBs, losing only about 1.5dB on the off-focus LNB.

So I have a new Prodelin 2.4m and I would like to do a multifocus setup for 36E and 28E. When I tune in 28E in focus, I get approximately 10dB on the UK beam, so I can afford to lose some 2-3dB and still get most of the UK beam with 36E in focus and 28E on the side.

In C-band with PF dish, it would work but now I have some doubts about achieving this in Ku band with an offset dish. I can see that the 28E LNB would need to be quite far away (20-30cm) from the in-focus one and so far I wasn't able to get any useful signal out of this. I don't have a proper holder yet but I don't know if I even should try building one.

So I'd like to ask someone with more experience with Ku band and offset dishes - is multifocus doable on a 2.4m offset dish for satellites 8 degrees apart?

Thanks!

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Maybe not new for all of our forum audience:

AFN upgrade to HD

on the 5th of december:

64°E : 4095 L 11000

34.5°W : 4126 L 11000

on the 12th of december:

9°E: 11804 V 27500 (same parameters)
1°W 4175 R SR 27500

Full details: HERE

You can preorder your receiver

PS: next upgrade will be Powervu 2...

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There's no PowerVu 2, just some minor firmware upgrade Cisco released after very long time of not caring at all, but it didn't stop the hackers of course. If AFN want to secure their signal, they'll need to issue Verimatrix CI modules for the D9865. I don't expect Cisco to fix the problem anytime soon. Maybe in 2-5 years and maybe AFN will be willing to wait that long if the copyright owners don't give them too much trouble. I'm sure they don't want to keep spending more money on CI modules now but what other option there is, really?

yes, definitely stronger, since last week up from 7 to 12dB

4079L is Telecafe, moved from 4097, so this should go to t2mi section

Done by qwer. Thanks drhans!

40W scan, not sure what this one is:

4079 L... parameters look like it could be some t2mi rtvc channel

This is using the 2.4m dish and Astrotel LNB. Not really a representative scan as the dish is not aligned optimally for 55W, the pole needs some straightening and there still are some trees in the way, cutting me off from 58W completely, but I'm still surprised by so much better signal than 43W. 4175H now unlockable here too (6-7dB)

My first scan of 55W after clearing the view a little.

post edited after 4175H locked finally

channel identified as "Showtime" now on 40W, could be a feed, who knows... currently showing Smithsonian channel

3964L, SR 3276, FEC 5/6, DVB-S2 8PSK

It's FTA and in HD.

Your results don't seem to be adequate for a 4.2m dish! Yet they're quite sufficient for 43W - you must be able to get 3717H and 3799H too, unless you're facing some local interference.

On 2.4m dish, 3717H is never a problem, always 9.4dB+ but 3799H has been unlockable for the last few days, today it's down to 8.4 dB, but that still should not be a problem for your dish.

Syfy and Studio Universal on 4047R:

mux from 4178L copy on 4095L, much better signal here

4000 L = Canal Trece x2
4100 L = Telecafe (moved from 4187 L)
4183 L = Telecaribe HD x2 (new SR)

Locked some TPs for first time this week (like 3803V) but I keep losing others, like Playboy HD going down to 8.5 dB only very often recently :(

Here's today's scan.

4139 R OK here 8.4dB, did you try locking with ebspro? I'm often getting not locked signals in crazyscan but ebspro finds those fine