Chad @ 57East

[Kveys]

^No pride21. No C-band dish before next thursday. Dishmoving operation continues and hopely more west coming here later..?

 

[pride21]

hi Kveys lets hope you have good reception for the west when you move and set it up.

 

[Kveys]

Now final adjustment done and C-band again in use. Not yet RFA saw but now Amhara Tv testcard 4031L with local countrymusic.



Btw. heres day before final adjustment->

Temporarily mortgage wasnt good enough and i was on holiday in Spain

 

[Captain Jack]

Ouch!!! Hope nothing was damaged...

 

[Kveys]

Nope, all channels here as before + sure extra channels from west but we can see I aaam cluuuumsyyy

 

[Huevos]

Where did that dish come from? What size is it? I want one.

 

[Kveys]

2.3m yankee dish and its from finnish netsatstore xxx.satshop.fi. Its very wifeyfriendly because it looks elegant and also it works fine on C-band

 

[pride21]

hi Kveys that channel replaced TV Oromiyaa,nice setup there you will have to weight it down a bit more.

 

[Huevos]

2.3m yankee dish and its from finnish netsatstore triple cross.satshop.fi. Its very wifeyfriendly because it looks elegant and also it works fine on C-band

Is it this one? What is the polar mount like?
hxxp://www.satshop.fi/antennit/satelliittiantennit/primefocus-mesh-230cm.html

 

[Captain Jack]

Nice dish! Cheap too....But only for C band of course.

 

[Kveys]

Yes Huevos this is the one. And sure yes CJ ONLY for C-band even though satshop tell it works for 28E Sly; no it doesnt work better than 1m offset.

I suppose satshop do sell abroad too but if You Huevos contact them, please say wishes from me (Vkeys nick in finnish sat-forum Huoltovalikko where they are sponsor).

Some backround pictures (78.5E atm).

 

[Captain Jack]

Very nice - what size pole is it on and is it stable?

 

[Kveys]

hi Kveys that channel replaced TV Oromiyaa.

TVO still there 4027L and Amhara 4031L. Both have same symbol rate 3689.When 4031 sending live programme it make signals much lowers there in 4027. But sometimes these frequencies sending same tvo or amhara programmes. very weird issue?!?

 

[Kveys]

Very nice - what size pole is it on and is it stable?

Did you mean motor? My technical english (or in fact any kind of english isnt good enough but I learn from You guys).
It is Jaeger Super-Heavy Duty 24". It is quite stable but there in west and only in west its quite "rough" and little bit too fast? Dont know why its not that rough in east?
It has been about 10 years gone when I had this kind of motor last time. Only Stab-hh 120 diseqc-motors here in recent years.

 

[Huevos]

Did you mean motor? [...]

It is Jaeger Super-Heavy Duty 24". It is quite stable but there in west and only in west its quite "rough" and little bit too fast? Dont know why its not that rough in east?

He means the vertical mast that is between the polar mount and the ground. It looks under diameter for the mount. Does it flex?

It is normal for the mount to be a bit coarse at the far west end of the arc (for an east mounted actuator). It's a geometry thing. I have the same actuator on my 1.5m dish and that feels a bit loose when it is right over to the west. Putting a washer above and below the spherical joints controls the actuator better and stops it falling under gravity, which increases the accuracy.

 

[Kveys]

Aaaah, now I understand hopely. Yes it seems stable with no extra clap what I think. Some pictures->

 

[Huevos]

it seems stable with no extra clap what I think

Yes, and if you add the washers the actuator will be more accurate too.

 

[nelson_b]

I don,t normally have a view of this sat - but as i have the Alcoa setup temporary.
i will report my findings on 57 east

3660 L 8882 -- Ethiopia mux (clear)

3632 R 2625 -- tele Chad (clear)

3801 R 20000 -- BFBS mux 9(encrypted)

4056 R 26000 -- VOA mux

cheers --

p.s. @ Kveys - do you get any C band transmissions from 62 east or 60 east ? i tried both yesterday but nothing came up .

 

[Kveys]

p.s. @ Kveys - do you get any C band transmissions from 62 east or 60 east ? i tried both yesterday but nothing came up .

Before I moved dish there were easy catches 3765R, 3760H, 3756R and 3776R. Swazi tv was one of the favourites but no signal anymore? Dont know (yet) is it because of worse signal during summer or only my dish installation so far. 60E, 62E, 64E and 72.1E have lost signals dramatically after winter but hopely its only my dish installation?
And about 62E; there was on weekends some religious feed "Winners-TVRO" but no signal atm.

 

[nelson_b]

thank you for the info --
i will have another try this evening for 60 and 62 east .
its a pity i cant keep this dish at this location much longer - i,v never tested it properly before
in C band -- and i,v had some interesting results - it has performed quite well - especially with that old co rotor -- i didn,t expect that - its usually fixed on 42 east K/U band for a couple of east beam transponders .

cheers ---

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