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<blockquote data-quote="John" data-source="post: 998543" data-attributes="member: 175005">Just agreeing &amp; adding a bit more to Chris's input .....Personally i found my Inverto Ka/Ku lnb to perform slightly better than my dedicated XMW 21.2-22.2GHz lnb that cost over three times as much and didn't have the added bonus of Ku...... it might just have been a better scalar - dish match on the Inverto ?.Ka can be a lot trickier to get right, with a more precise set-up required etc to get the utmost performance out of it.&nbsp; Setting the Inverto lnb at the focal point of the dish , (especially if using a small dish ...around 1mtr) , is a must.... and also a decent quality dish with good surface accuracy is also a bonus to collect the Ka signal.I get good results on 16°-7° &amp; 5°East sats on my 1.2 Gibertini Ka setup but use my CM 1.8 for better results on 16°E,&nbsp; which as Chris says, is the trickier one to get the weaker signals &amp; the most transponder download count.Good luck with it if you decide to have a go,&nbsp; there's quite a few of us on the forum that will give you a dig out if you need any help&nbsp; ;)Also ..... for Ka,&nbsp; it's helpful to have a receiver with a good sensitivity and also one that lets you input the correct lnb LO freq and has the ability to blind scan on Ka correctly .... a LOT of receivers fall down at this hurdle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John, post: 998543, member: 175005"] Just agreeing & adding a bit more to Chris's input ..... Personally i found my Inverto Ka/Ku lnb to perform slightly better than my dedicated XMW 21.2-22.2GHz lnb that cost over three times as much and didn't have the added bonus of Ku...... it might just have been a better scalar - dish match on the Inverto ?. Ka can be a lot trickier to get right, with a more precise set-up required etc to get the utmost performance out of it. Setting the Inverto lnb at the focal point of the dish , (especially if using a small dish ...around 1mtr) , is a must.... and also a decent quality dish with good surface accuracy is also a bonus to collect the Ka signal. I get good results on 16°-7° & 5°East sats on my 1.2 Gibertini Ka setup but use my CM 1.8 for better results on 16°E, which as Chris says, is the trickier one to get the weaker signals & the most transponder download count. Good luck with it if you decide to have a go, there's quite a few of us on the forum that will give you a dig out if you need any help ;) Also ..... for Ka, it's helpful to have a receiver with a good sensitivity and also one that lets you input the correct lnb LO freq and has the ability to blind scan on Ka correctly .... a LOT of receivers fall down at this hurdle. [/QUOTE]

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