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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Multi-sat system upgrade advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gavin Adcock" data-source="post: 939364" data-attributes="member: 391206"><p>I have a 45cm Technisat dish and multytenne twin feeding an HTPC with two sat cards (digital devices pro and WinTV Nova S2). This system has been running for about 8 years, mainly to watch UK TV from 28°E but also some German (19°E) and Swiss (13°E) TV. I am based near Geneva, Switzerland.</p><p></p><p>Since about a year or so, TV reception has been patchy. Generally, reception on 19°E is best, and UK channels are hit-and-miss. HD is definately more sensitive than SD. Although HD reception was always tricky, it seems to me that recently the UK HD channels are more often 'down' than 'up'. Several channels are usually unreceivable regardless of weather (ITV1 HD, Channel 5), others dropping in-and-out (BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD) and others running reliably (any SD channel on 19°E).</p><p></p><p>My conclusion is that my 45cm dish is on the fringe of reliable reception for 28°E, and small variations in signal or other reasons cause these to drop in and out of a "receiveable" signal. I have two lines of questioning:</p><p></p><p>1. Is it logical that I'm struggling more with HD than SD? If so, is it likely that a larger dish will resolve these reception issues?</p><p></p><p>2. If I upgrade to a larger dish, what setup would you suggest? I'm willing to invest to test a larger dish, but most options I have found mean replacing my entire system. As an example, Technosat makes a larger skytenne with mutil-feeds (not cheap!) but unlike the multytenne these require separate cables for each LNB and so multiswitches and this becomes a larger $$$$ investment. Is there a way of testing this 'on the cheap'? One idea I had idea is to buy a larger dish, a multi-head arm, one LNB and then test the UK reception. Another consideration is to buy a signal strength monitor to test that my alignment is as good as it can be - suggestions?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all your input, Gavin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Adcock, post: 939364, member: 391206"] I have a 45cm Technisat dish and multytenne twin feeding an HTPC with two sat cards (digital devices pro and WinTV Nova S2). This system has been running for about 8 years, mainly to watch UK TV from 28°E but also some German (19°E) and Swiss (13°E) TV. I am based near Geneva, Switzerland. Since about a year or so, TV reception has been patchy. Generally, reception on 19°E is best, and UK channels are hit-and-miss. HD is definately more sensitive than SD. Although HD reception was always tricky, it seems to me that recently the UK HD channels are more often 'down' than 'up'. Several channels are usually unreceivable regardless of weather (ITV1 HD, Channel 5), others dropping in-and-out (BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD) and others running reliably (any SD channel on 19°E). My conclusion is that my 45cm dish is on the fringe of reliable reception for 28°E, and small variations in signal or other reasons cause these to drop in and out of a "receiveable" signal. I have two lines of questioning: 1. Is it logical that I'm struggling more with HD than SD? If so, is it likely that a larger dish will resolve these reception issues? 2. If I upgrade to a larger dish, what setup would you suggest? I'm willing to invest to test a larger dish, but most options I have found mean replacing my entire system. As an example, Technosat makes a larger skytenne with mutil-feeds (not cheap!) but unlike the multytenne these require separate cables for each LNB and so multiswitches and this becomes a larger $$$$ investment. Is there a way of testing this 'on the cheap'? One idea I had idea is to buy a larger dish, a multi-head arm, one LNB and then test the UK reception. Another consideration is to buy a signal strength monitor to test that my alignment is as good as it can be - suggestions? Thanks for all your input, Gavin. [/QUOTE]
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