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<blockquote data-quote="John" data-source="post: 1059603" data-attributes="member: 175005">.. just a quick summary as to why i used this Norsat 8000RICompared to the SMW Ext Cband lnb, the Norsat was a fraction of the cost but never having had the opportunity to do a side by side comparison of the two units i can't say how much better (hopefully) in performance the SMW unit is.The Norsat unit is a simpler unit to use with having only the one LO of 5.750 that enables it to cover from 3.600 to 4.800GHz and so is a bit of a compromise re: performance divided up by cost / frequency range / DRO circuitry/ component quality.The lnb's used on my 2.2 Elite PF all go through an AV-Comm poloriser barrel and have motorised polarity / skew control for maximum signal tweaking - I did compare the Norsats 4.5 to 4.8 GHz range performance with a dedicated JRC 4.5 to 4.8 GHz only lnb and the JRC was virtually the same but not any worse.I have also done a side by side comparison of the Norsat's 3.600 to 4.2 GHz performance against a Zinwell 3.4 to 4.2 GHz lnbf and the Zinwell + barrel gave me on average an extra 1/2 to 1dB on signal reception which on some of the very weak or awkward FEC related signals sometimes made the difference between a lock or no lock. There is another Extended Cband lnb offering from Philtech but again is on the expensive side but below the SMW offering.Overall i'm quite happy with the Norsat for what it cost - i got mine from the same guy that's in the link and he was very good with communication and speed of delivery.The cheap items from Brazil look tempting for evaluation purposes as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John, post: 1059603, member: 175005"] .. just a quick summary as to why i used this Norsat 8000RI Compared to the SMW Ext Cband lnb, the Norsat was a fraction of the cost but never having had the opportunity to do a side by side comparison of the two units i can't say how much better (hopefully) in performance the SMW unit is. The Norsat unit is a simpler unit to use with having only the one LO of 5.750 that enables it to cover from 3.600 to 4.800GHz and so is a bit of a compromise re: performance divided up by cost / frequency range / DRO circuitry/ component quality. The lnb's used on my 2.2 Elite PF all go through an AV-Comm poloriser barrel and have motorised polarity / skew control for maximum signal tweaking - I did compare the Norsats 4.5 to 4.8 GHz range performance with a dedicated JRC 4.5 to 4.8 GHz only lnb and the JRC was virtually the same but not any worse. I have also done a side by side comparison of the Norsat's 3.600 to 4.2 GHz performance against a Zinwell 3.4 to 4.2 GHz lnbf and the Zinwell + barrel gave me on average an extra 1/2 to 1dB on signal reception which on some of the very weak or awkward FEC related signals sometimes made the difference between a lock or no lock. There is another Extended Cband lnb offering from Philtech but again is on the expensive side but below the SMW offering. Overall i'm quite happy with the Norsat for what it cost - i got mine from the same guy that's in the link and he was very good with communication and speed of delivery. The cheap items from Brazil look tempting for evaluation purposes as well. [/QUOTE]

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