Is this dish ok?

[Lazarus]

After all this dosh you've shelled out already, you might as well get yourself a Meter!

 

[garyg]

After all this dosh you've shelled out already, you might as well get yourself a Meter!

it is on the cards for the future mate but rolf has the experiance, so for the minute its best to use him..

When I have time in the future to mess around and learn how to use the meter i will definately do it

 

[terriers]

my first dish that i put on nilesat was a 1.8m without a meter...and it was easy using the tm receiver..just get a telly at the side and keep making an adjustment..then stand back and see the results and so on!!
the problem with fringe reception is even with a meter when you are in front of the dish adjusting the lnb it ruins the signal..so this is the easiest way i have found,but time consuming

 

[garyg]

My lnb bracket will be done today! Few!

Will collect it this evening and mount it up

 

[Lazarus]

You can't beat a spot of mounting in the evening.

We'll all be behind you ..................

 

[garyg]

Thanks mate!

Hope it all works out!

 

[sonnetpete]

You can't beat a spot of mounting in the evening.

We'll all be behind you ..................

......................Now you've got him worried

 

[garyg]

lol.

Cant wait to get my lnb bracket!

It best be spot on! hope it works!!

 

[Huevos]

I'm going to post this here because it could be relevant.

I went to a job today. The guy had changed from a Sharp single LNB with a built in feedhorn to an Invacom twin and one of those adjustable feedhorns. Signal was miles down on what it should have been and miles down on the Sharp so obviously an LNB related problem. Anyway after trying a couple of new LNBs and the problem still persisting I changed the feedhorn to the one everyone here uses, and bingo normal signal level appeared. Anyway physically comparing the adjustable feedhorn to the one that cured the problem the bore is completely different and the scalar ring design is completely different. I put the adjustable back on and tried again (as per the instructions and in various other positions) but I wasn't clever enough to get it to perform anywhere near the way a regular one performs. Dish was a 1.8m and with that feedhorn Astra 2D reception was impossible. With the regular feedhorn I was getting 9.6dB MER which is normally good for 24 hour reception except in very heavy rain.

 

[garyg]

I'm going to post this here because it could be relevant.

I went to a job today. The guy had changed from a Sharp single LNB with a built in feedhorn to an Invacom twin and one of those adjustable feedhorns. Signal was miles down on what it should have been and miles down on the Sharp so obviously an LNB related problem. Anyway after trying a couple of new LNBs and the problem still persisting I changed the feedhorn to the one everyone here uses, and bingo normal signal level appeared. Anyway physically comparing the adjustable feedhorn to the one that cured the problem the bore is completely different and the scalar ring design is completely different. I put the adjustable back on and tried again (as per the instructions and in various other positions) but I wasn't clever enough to get it to perform anywhere near the way a regular one performs. Dish was a 1.8m and with that feedhorn Astra 2D reception was impossible. With the regular feedhorn I was getting 9.6dB MER which is normally good for 24 hour reception except in very heavy rain.

Mate,

Any more hints as to what feedhorn you are referring to? This is very interesting!

Maybe its something I will need to order asap

 

[Huevos]

Any more hints as to what feedhorn you are referring to?

Well I sold my last one today otherwise I would have posted a photo. As soon as I buy some more I will post a photo.

 

[garyg]

Well I sold my last one today otherwise I would have posted a photo. As soon as I buy some more I will post a photo.

Ok,

Do you not have the name of it mate? Can pm me if needed. As might be easier to find one located in the UK.

You have me worried now lol

 

[Robbo]

All 1.8m dishes are not the same though, they won't all be the same f/d. When I used the adjustable it performed as well as the one that was made for the dish.

It does'nt mean it will work well on the 2.5m, but it doesn't mean it won't either. Suck it and see, the f/d of your dish is in range of the adjustability of the feedhorn If I recall.

The bore of the feedhorn will determine the frequencies that pass down it, too small, and it will filter off the lower frequencies very very well. Waveguides are almost perfect high pass filters.

 

[garyg]

all the Ad sports frequencys are pretty high.

im off to get the lnb bracket in 10 mins.

Absolutely pissing with rain at the moment

 

[Lazarus]

A bit more re-engineering and you will have a vast array of different sized Umbrellae to hand.

 

[garyg]

A bit more re-engineering and you will have a vast array of different sized Umbrellae to hand.

LOL!

I dont need them, im a man! rain never hurt nobody!

*runs under cover*

 

[Huevos]

The bore of the feedhorn will determine the frequencies that pass down it, too small, and it will filter off the lower frequencies very very well. Waveguides are almost perfect low pass filters.

Well it was doing a good job attenating Astra 2D, and yes the bore is quite a bit smaller.

 

[Robbo]

Crossed fingers then, the Ad sports are on the high 11GHz, 2D on high 10GHz, so much lower freq on 2D.

 

[garyg]

Got my bracket now.

The lnb is EXACTLY middle of the 4 holes holding the bracket to the lnb arms, so in theory when setup will be dead center!

Not sure how it looks in pictures but its very solid, signals already alot stronger 65% on channels i was getting 55% and no lnb tweaks or meter setup etc.

Looking much better so far!!

Just running a scan to check some signals then a tweak see what I can do. Rolf is coming tomorrow first thing

 

[combridge]

hi mate its starting to look really good just hope all the work you ve done will be worth it