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<blockquote data-quote="aceb" data-source="post: 755966" data-attributes="member: 268811">I seem to have hit the point already of being frustrated with the small dish lol I'm using Crazyscan as a very convenient spectrum scope and can see quite a few transponders at what I think is 55.5W that just won't lock during a blindscan. As I'm currently waiting for the positioner I'm still using the 12v supply to move the dish and best guessing it's position, at least now I can do it from the comfort of my chair and not the garden.S/N ratios of received signals, should they be comparable no matter what the receiver or are there different methods of calculating it? The weakest signal I've watched so far on 40.5W is 3670L 2960 3/4 with a 3.9dB S/N but that's meaningless if it's as varied as the S/Q readings of different receivers. Is there anywhere on the net/this forum that shows strongest transponders in the UK for each satellite, I can think of some for Ku but I doubt there's much chance of one for C band? I've been trawling the theads here to find what is being reported as strong etc.Forecast for tomorrow is a lot better so hopefully I can finish fine tuning the alignment and squeezing a bit more from the LNB, for today I've spent the morning successfully parting the two halves of the Precision Ku feed, 20 years of living by the sea had taken its toll and it was siezed solid. Some WD40, a lot of heat and some brute force with a hammer has sorted it and now, cleaned up is as good as new. Will now start looking for a suitable Ku C120 LNB, is the Inverto as good as the Black Ultra?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aceb, post: 755966, member: 268811"] I seem to have hit the point already of being frustrated with the small dish lol I'm using Crazyscan as a very convenient spectrum scope and can see quite a few transponders at what I think is 55.5W that just won't lock during a blindscan. As I'm currently waiting for the positioner I'm still using the 12v supply to move the dish and best guessing it's position, at least now I can do it from the comfort of my chair and not the garden. S/N ratios of received signals, should they be comparable no matter what the receiver or are there different methods of calculating it? The weakest signal I've watched so far on 40.5W is 3670L 2960 3/4 with a 3.9dB S/N but that's meaningless if it's as varied as the S/Q readings of different receivers. Is there anywhere on the net/this forum that shows strongest transponders in the UK for each satellite, I can think of some for Ku but I doubt there's much chance of one for C band? I've been trawling the theads here to find what is being reported as strong etc. Forecast for tomorrow is a lot better so hopefully I can finish fine tuning the alignment and squeezing a bit more from the LNB, for today I've spent the morning successfully parting the two halves of the Precision Ku feed, 20 years of living by the sea had taken its toll and it was siezed solid. Some WD40, a lot of heat and some brute force with a hammer has sorted it and now, cleaned up is as good as new. Will now start looking for a suitable Ku C120 LNB, is the Inverto as good as the Black Ultra? [/QUOTE]

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