opinion wanted on Fracarro Penta dish??

Borgman100

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Fracarro-Penta-85cm-Super-HIGH-GAIN-Satellite-Dish_W0QQitemZ310134364415QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConEle_SatCableFreeview_RL?hash=item310134364415&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1300%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Hi all,

Am looking to take the plunge into the world of satellite and am wondering if anyone has experience of these so called 'High gain' dishes?

Am based in Dublin and looking to be able to get a signal from Thor at 1w and Eutelsat at 10.2e. Will this dish be good enough/large enough?

Thanks in advance

Apogee

They seem to be a good dish, but I would doubt the claim that they outperform a 1M.
http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/picture-members-setups-general-satellite-installations/130365-triax-td88-vs-fracarro-penta-85-a.html

10E should be OK, but you would need to specify which channels you are after on Thor, as some of the Nordic beams are difficult to receive.

20/20

Hi Borgman100 you should have a look at this dish,it has all the brackets to go motorised and comes with a digital satellite receiver.The receiver that has an inbuilt positioner for moving the dish (only problem is one button on the remote control dont work,but because its echostar replacements can easily be bought)its a real bargin for someone looking for a large dish.http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=104834&cat=500

Borgman100

@ apogee - am looking to get a dish that will pick up the canal+ sports channels on 1w and/or the digitalb channels on Eutelsat w2 at 16E.

@20/20 - thanks for the link. i did see this actually but is probably upper extreme for what i hope i need. Thanks anyway and good luck with it.

Borgy100

M5

I have one, i can pick up all the Scandinavian channels (C+ sport etc) even in poor weather. Its quite a heavy dish but my motek 2100 has had no problems moving it in a year now!!!! Im in Maynooth by the way. Digitalb works but not the HD chans


EDIT: if you need me to check specific channels let me know

Borgman100

Thanks M5. Just to confirm, you have the super high gain 85cm Frac Pent dish in Maynooth, and can get the Canal+ sports ok. Not fussed about HD at this stage, but you can also get the supersports channels on digitalb with a good signal?

Thanks again, and sorry to double check...just want to get this right first time!

M5

Borgman100 wrote: »

Thanks M5. Just to confirm, you have the super high gain 85cm Frac Pent dish in Maynooth, and can get the Canal+ sports ok. Not fussed about HD at this stage, but you can also get the supersports channels on digitalb with a good signal?

Thanks again, and sorry to double check...just want to get this right first time!

Thats right,

C+ Sport 1/2/extra no problems 75% on a dreambox
C+ Sport HD no problems 75% on a dreambox
Digitalb supersports no problems 70% on a dreambox
Digitalb supersports HD, No signal!


C+ is watched every saturday at 3pm :-)
Hope that helps,

M5

Borgman100

@M5 - thanks again for the confirmation. Just what i was looking to hear...you read my mind!

I have an Itgate receiver so was looking for a dish specifically that will get me the channels i need at 3pm on Saturday afternoons as well;).

thanks again!

MisterAnarchy

M5 wrote: »

Thats right,

C+ Sport 1/2/extra no problems 75% on a dreambox
C+ Sport HD no problems 75% on a dreambox
Digitalb supersports no problems 70% on a dreambox
Digitalb supersports HD, No signal!


C+ is watched every saturday at 3pm :-)
Hope that helps,

M5

70% signal on a Dreambox is pretty low isnt it ?
On my 500s anything under 70% doesnt get a lock.
My Digitalb Supersports is ~87% .

M5

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

70% signal on a Dreambox is pretty low isnt it ?
On my 500s anything under 70% doesnt get a lock.
My Digitalb Supersports is ~87% .

depends on the receiver, my dm800 works from 60% but never passes 85%, my dm7000 works at 70% but gets up tp 90% off the same dish. cloned dm500s usually get crazy high signal readings, i saw 98% on 28.2 once!

MisterAnarchy

M5 wrote: »

depends on the receiver, my dm800 works from 60% but never passes 85%, my dm7000 works at 70% but gets up tp 90% off the same dish. cloned dm500s usually get crazy high signal readings, i saw 98% on 28.2 once!

Interesting .Thanks.

Borgman100

Following on from previous good advice you gave in the thread above. Just wondering what type of lnb you are usinfg on your frac pent dish?

M5

Borgman100 wrote: »

Following on from previous good advice you gave in the thread above. Just wondering what type of lnb you are usinfg on your frac pent dish?

Im using a bog standard 0.2db Thompson quad LNB, im sure that a pretty basic one will work fine. Better ones are of course an option but i have had no problems with my €30 one...

MisterAnarchy

M5 wrote: »

Im using a bog standard 0.2db Thompson quad LNB, im sure that a pretty basic one will work fine. Better ones are of course an option but i have had no problems with my €30 one...

Just out of interest ,why are you using a quad lnb ?
Are you feeding multiple receivers off the motorised dish ?

M5

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Just out of interest ,why are you using a quad lnb ?
Are you feeding multiple receivers off the motorised dish ?

Yup, Kitchen, sitting room and bedroom, only one satellite active at a time though

MisterAnarchy

M5 wrote: »

Yup, Kitchen, sitting room and bedroom, only one satellite active at a time though

I see.
I presume that you can only move the dish from one receiver,the other 2 are slaves ?

M5

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I see.
I presume that you can only move the dish from one receiver,the other 2 are slaves ?

you assume correctly... thinking of having a multi lnb setup involved too at some stage....