rasd said:
No, I don´t have. I´m expecting like all of us what will be going with Astra 2E. But I think like Huevos, a 180cm dish won´t be enough for Astra 2F.
Hi again rasd, did you install the dish yourself with the aid of your receiver or was it " professionally " installed ?
- If installed by a pro , what was the db reading on the sat meter ( this would be very helpful ) - 1, 2, 3 db etc ?
- Finally, what make / model is your reciever ? are you getting any indication of quality ? normally in percent but some can be changed to db which is the most accurate way of measuring a transponders strength.
Receivers can vary greatly in sensitivity and selectability, a good one is also fundamental in focusing on weak signals.
Your Lnb is the best in the situation we find ourselves in because it is good in the lower range of frequencies which is where the PSB channels are on. That lnb is also very good at seperating strong signals from weak ones.
I wonder if Inverto will start on a Black Ultra with 0.1 db noise factor, even better. Although db noise figures on some lnbs tend to be misleading, as manufacturers tend to quote abit over in order to sell their product.
A very good sat cable is required not all are the same. I have found over the years that Lasa and Bieffie sat cables are top. I have Lasa , all copper , excellent sheilding with 1.1 mm core . Even at 90 deg , there is no or little loss in db.
These small observations are important to me in fine tuning , even though you can not seem to get a lock on your 1.5m gib.
The 2e footprint looks practically identical to the 2f one and so if you are / can receive 2f now , you should be able to get the 2e.
I am damn sure and is starting to happen now with installers increasing prices as are the larger sized dishes .
This is very similar to the stock markets - do i hang on to my shares and wait for the price to go just abit higher and risk the stocks going down, or sell now !
No doubt if i was able to get a reasonable signal , say 11 db being optimistic on 1.8 m dish, the dishes popularity would rocket and so too the euros !!
Dish quality is of great importance here and the Channel Master would be the one to get - although Prodelin seems to have the same characteristics as a CH.
The 1.8 m ch seems to have the same strength as a normal 2.4 m and of course this comes at a price !