Dish and LNB Questions

mcguyver

Guys,

Where is the best place to get a solid Black 60cm Dish and a Quad Lnb?

Im only planning on using 2 of the outputs to start with will this be a problem also is there different quality lnbs for SD and HD whats the best HD one to get?
And whats the best cable to use?


Thanks.

Apogee

mcguyver wrote: »

Guys,

Where is the best place to get a solid Black 60cm Dish and a Quad Lnb?

See the supplier sticky at the top of the page.

mcguyver wrote: »

Im only planning on using 2 of the outputs to start with will this be a problem also is there different quality lnbs for SD and HD whats the best HD one to get?

There are no SD or HD LNBFs.

mcguyver wrote: »

And whats the best cable to use?

CT100/WF100/PH100 or equivalent. Avoid RG6.

mcguyver

Thanks ill have a look at that sticky now.

http://www.satworld.ie/index.php

Have a nice selection, fair prices too.

TheDriver

Got a triax dish from satellite.ie, great quality. Try to put up a 78cm as your at it as its not that big and much better to put up for bad weather quality. Get an lnb with rain cover, easier to put in and as said above, avoid rg6 cable, pure crap.

mcguyver

What LNB is best to use there are so many to choose from are they all pretty much the same or are there better quality ones?

Is this LNB any good
0.1dB Chess Edition III Quad LNB

Product Information


7 Year Warranty

Gold Plated conection

Waterproof
DVB-S2 compatible
40mm-Feed
Freq. 10.70 - 12.75 GHz
L.O. 9.75 / 10.6 GHz

Price: €44.99

Are the Triax Dishs the best? is there much of a difference between the 64cm and the 78cm?

John mac

is there much of a difference between the 64cm and the 78cm

about 140mm

sorry couldn't resist.

TheDriver

unless space is seriously an issue, go get the 78cm, thats the vertical part and edge to edge is less as its not a disc.
lnb looks grand, would do the job fine.
Don't forget a decent bracket for the wall, aluminium or galvanised etc so it will last

slegs

Apogee wrote: »

CT100/WF100/PH100 or equivalent. Avoid RG6.

What's wrong with RG6?

mcguyver

Right thinking of getting the following from ebay its a pain having to wait for it but its working out cheaper.

MIT Supreme Line Compact Universal Quad LNBF AK54-XT2BL about 35e

and

Torix 78cm about 40e

all delivered

Would this be a good set up?

Martin_F

TheDriver wrote: »

Got a triax dish from satellite.ie, great quality. Try to put up a 78cm as your at it as its not that big and much better to put up for bad weather quality. Get an lnb with rain cover, easier to put in and as said above, avoid rg6 cable, pure crap.

I got a 60cm Triax from satellite.ie with quad LNB - The only time I've had any signal disruption was last week for 5 mins - when the dish was completely covered in snow due to winds straight into the dish - and even then it was still doing it's best to work - approx 50% strength. Never had any rain fade of note.

TheDriver

slegs wrote: »

What's wrong with RG6?

RG6 is made from aluminium foil (plastic paper) whereas others are proper copper which is better for signal loss etc. RG6 will do the job but if you are putting in wires, mayas well spend 20 euro more on a reel and get decent stuff

MisterAnarchy

TheDriver wrote: »

RG6 is made from aluminium foil (plastic paper) whereas others are proper copper which is better for signal loss etc. RG6 will do the job but if you are putting in wires, mayas well spend 20 euro more on a reel and get decent stuff

The better RG6 cabling has copper foil and shield.
I've used lots of RG6 cabling for various jobs and I've never had any issues with it.
I would avoid Rg58 though that Chorus used to use,its utter garbage.

TheDriver

fair enough but all rg6 I have seen is fair rubbish, ct100 or wf100 always seems lot better quality

Tony

The MTI is a good lnb but you might try sourcing a smart Titanium for the same or better price.

mcguyver wrote: »

Right thinking of getting the following from ebay its a pain having to wait for it but its working out cheaper.

MIT Supreme Line Compact Universal Quad LNBF AK54-XT2BL about 35e

and

Torix 78cm about 40e

all delivered

Would this be a good set up?

watty

RG6 and CT100 are both very generic terms. There are many RG6 "family" cables. Some rubbish and some OK.

If they have same hydrophobic foam insulation, copper foil with copper braid and close to 1mm copper core, then they are essentially the same cable.

CTnnn, TXnnn, PFnnn are European common designations. RGn, RGnn started as US designations.

RG59 (75 Ohms) and RG58 ( 50 Ohms) have URM equivalents. They are not "rubbish" but families of cables often used as reliable patch cords due to multistranded inner core. They are just not suitable for long runs of UHF or L-band coax, but fine for long runs of VHF. Traditionally cable only was 45MHz to 470MHz, hence Chorus use of RG59 (not RG58)

mcguyver

Tony wrote: »

The MTI is a good lnb but you might try sourcing a smart Titanium for the same or better price.

Whats so good about these ones?

Tony

Quality is the short answer

mcguyver wrote: »

Whats so good about these ones?

rai555

and what would you think about the set : http://cgi.ebay.de/DIGITALE-SAT-ANLAGE-Spiegel-Schuessel-80-cm-Twin-LNB-0-1_W0QQitemZ380100028529QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSat_Anlagen?hash=item380100028529&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1690|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1309 ?

snaps

A lot of the cheap dishes that are sold in Germany aren't built to withstand the high winds and weather our coastal waters throw at them. Especially for example the lidl dishes which are of a cheap sort like some on the German websites sell. If you pay a little more you will get a decent quality dish from some of the major websites. Saying that the lnbs have nothing wrong with them at all.

Secondly, Not sure if you'll get that shipped to Ireland for a decent cost?

kuro_man

I recently coupled a 60cm dish from SATWORD.IE (€25) with a SMART Titanium Quad LNB from ebay for GB£25 inc. delivery.
No signal loss in wind, rain or snow.

rai555

Secondly, Not sure if you'll get that shipped to Ireland for a decent cost?[/QUOTE]

the delivery would be 19e

snaps

Not a bad price then al in, but the bigger the dish the better quality build wise it needs to be to withstand the elements here in out lovely sunny isle!

The cheaper 60cm dishes available on german websites are not to bad (As the arm is shorter) but i now for a fact the cheaper 80cm dishes are not great at all!

The dish arms are very slim and are extremely weak! Some german websites actually state this underneath their cheaper dishes!