smiffie
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- Apr 6, 2008
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- Age
- 55
- My Satellite Setup
- Dreambox 800HD 500Gb X 2, Dreambox 500S X 2, VBox 2, Jaeger 99G H to H 36v, Inverto SilverTech Quad LNB 0.2dB, 95cm Maxx Digital Mesh Dish 42E-45W, Technomate TM 2600 H to H Diseqc, Inverto Ultra black LNB 0.2dB , 85cm Transparent Dish 42E-1W.
- My Location
- North West England, UK
After the recent failure of my Jaeger 99G H to H mount I decided to do a complete reinstall with a new dish and motor, I also took the opportunity to replace the 18" painted T and Ks with 12" galvanised steel mounts. I have however re-used the 2" galvanised steel scaffold pole, V bolts, LNB and all the cables. The new motor is great, very fast and really quiet, I did have a bit of a problem setting it up as the VBox needs the remote in order to clear the limits, which wasn't working as it hasn't been used in about ten years, so I had to get the soldering iron out to repair it!
I decided to go for a smaller dish than the ISS 105cm I have, as I've worked out that 85cm is sufficient to recieve the weak signals from 16E and 5E in my location. The replacement is made by Maxx digital and whilst I ordered a 90cm, the reflector dimensions are 100cmX90xcm so I'm classing it as a 95cm. I'm really pleased with the quality of the dish, its nice and light and has a similar construction to a Triax with the strong wide extruded aluminium LNB arm, signal levels are great with no discernible difference on 5E and 16E when compared with the 105cm. The exception is that levels seem to be down on 28E/23E and 19E.
I believe I'm tracking the arc ok as I have 100% (16.9b from Euro Star at 42E and 100% (16.6d on BBC World at 1W and as I said 5E/16E are fine. Initially Channel 5 HD on 28E was showing 66% but after sliding the LNB away from the dish in its bracket its upto 77% which is still below what I would expect for 28E. Measuring the levels at 28E with a meter also seem to indicate the signal is peaked and the arc tracking is OK. I thought it may be a line of sight problem, but dishpointer does not seem to support this idea. Looking at the levels I don't think I'll ever loose the signal from those satellites due to adverse weather but it is a bit of a puzzle.
I decided to go for a smaller dish than the ISS 105cm I have, as I've worked out that 85cm is sufficient to recieve the weak signals from 16E and 5E in my location. The replacement is made by Maxx digital and whilst I ordered a 90cm, the reflector dimensions are 100cmX90xcm so I'm classing it as a 95cm. I'm really pleased with the quality of the dish, its nice and light and has a similar construction to a Triax with the strong wide extruded aluminium LNB arm, signal levels are great with no discernible difference on 5E and 16E when compared with the 105cm. The exception is that levels seem to be down on 28E/23E and 19E.
I believe I'm tracking the arc ok as I have 100% (16.9b from Euro Star at 42E and 100% (16.6d on BBC World at 1W and as I said 5E/16E are fine. Initially Channel 5 HD on 28E was showing 66% but after sliding the LNB away from the dish in its bracket its upto 77% which is still below what I would expect for 28E. Measuring the levels at 28E with a meter also seem to indicate the signal is peaked and the arc tracking is OK. I thought it may be a line of sight problem, but dishpointer does not seem to support this idea. Looking at the levels I don't think I'll ever loose the signal from those satellites due to adverse weather but it is a bit of a puzzle.
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