Whats your setup?

championc

iba wrote: »

It's at 26

What sets do you want, then we can tell you where to point it?

TBH, I have no real idea. I was thinking about 13 and 19 and can add one more so I'm open to suggestions as to what to point the last one at.

iba

RimaNTSS wrote: »

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iba

championc wrote: »

TBH, I have no real idea. I was thinking about 13 and 19 and can add one more so I'm open to suggestions as to what to point the last one at.

Well you could try:

28/26/19/13 - point at 26

28/23/19/13 - point at 20

28/23/13/10 - point at 19

But let the experts confirm that.

snaps

well if its a free to air setup then id aim at 26. with 28, 23.5, 19, 13 east as offsets.

23.5 is optional but sometimes there's some good feeds on it. But like mentioned 26 is a must.

Personally i'd go motorised with a 1m! you'll get a majority of the sats then.

iba

snaps wrote: »

well if its a free to air setup then id aim at 26. with 28, 23.5, 19, 13 east as offsets.

23.5 is optional but sometimes there's some good feeds on it. But like mentioned 26 is a must.

Personally i'd go motorised with a 1m! you'll get a majority of the sats then.

Snaps, he only wants four.

That is what I have 28/26/23.5/19/13 and I aim at 26

kooga

It appears to get a good signal on 26 a black ultra is a minimum on a 90cm dish, or do I stand corrected?

In addition other than astra 19.2 and astra 28 is a sky 60cm dish good for pulling in any satellites. I'm based in Cork.Tks

snaps

Just thought I'd post an update to my setup and viewing capabilities since i flew my Irish nest!
So since moving to South East Poland a year ago, I have my trusty motorised 1.1 Gibertini up paired with a twin output titanium .2lnb. I swapped my 10 year old motor for a metal geared technomate one.
I also have a fixed multi lnb 80cm dish up feeding the bedrooms on 5, 13, 19 east and 1 feed from the motorised dish feeding the main bedroom so that receives 5, 13, 19, 28. (I leave the motorised parked on 28 east).
I cant receive any freesat stuff since they changed birds earlier this year, but have gained so much more. Nordic beams on 1 west and 5 east are extremely strong, also Amos at 4 west is one of the strongest birds for me now.

So last night i was a bit bored, so updated my satellite xml file (As still using the old one from Ireland 30w-42e), and was happy with my results.

30 west is on the horizon for me (Mountains to my south west), but still reivable. Now going east is the big gain obviously,
I can get:
75E ABS 2 (Mainly russian stuff).
46E Azerspace 1 is another good one for Russian and Georgian stuff.
54.9E G sat 8 is also fairly strong containing a lot of Russian broadcasting.
68.5E Intelsat 20 is strong too, lots of African preaching and religious stuff.


Life news at 54.9 East

RimaNTSS

snaps, great! Pictures?
During summer I had small project to make Grgory-type dish out of 1,8m Prodelin. It took some time but I am quiet happy with the results.

Apogee

RimaNTSS wrote: »

snaps, great! Pictures?
During summer I had small project to make Grgory-type dish out of 1,8m Prodelin. It took some time but I am quiet happy with the results.

Fixed or polar mount? Is there a significant increase in gain with the Gregorian modification e.g. are you picking up channels you previously weren't?

RimaNTSS

It is Az-El mount, so I can change dish position but very slowly:mad: And, of course, adjusting LNB skew.
It is hard to find weak channels on main satellites, but there are several marginal satellites such a 7*W and 26*E. So, if before I could get only some vertically polarized signals from 7*W, than now also possible to get some horizontal. And also levels of signals increased considerably. For example if on 12206 V 27500 I only had 44 ish % than with subreflector got 75%.
There is sheet of 7*W signals I got with Gregory configuration.

Frequency Symbolrate Signal-Info SNR
11.564 H 27500 11.57 dB 72,00%
11.680 H 27500 13.09 dB 81,00%
11.900 V 27500 9.30 dB 58,00%
11.919 H 27500 6.53 dB 40,00%
11.938 V 27500 10.77 dB 67,00%
11.996 H 27500 7.28 dB 45,00%
12.034 H 27500 6.94 dB 43,00%
12.053 V 27500 10.74 dB 67,00%
12.072 H 27500 7.03 dB 43,00%
12.130 V 27500 11.13 dB 69,00%
12.149 H 27500 7.66 dB 47,00%
12.206 V 27500 12.03 dB 75,00%
12.226 H 27500 8.29 dB 51,00%
12.283 V 27500 10.78 dB 67,00%

And 26*E levels look like this:

11.919 H 27500 6.32 dB 39,00%
11.938 V 27500 6.41 dB 40,00%
11.957 H 27500 6.94 dB 43,00%
11.976 V 30000 6.76 dB 42,00%
11.996 H 27500 6.31 dB 39,00%
12.015 V 27500 7.56 dB 47,00%
12.034 H 27500 6.37 dB 39,00%
12.054 V 27500 7.11 dB 44,00%
12.111 H 27500 5.94 dB 37,00%
12.130 V 27500 7.49 dB 46,00%
12.169 V 22000 6.17 dB 38,00%
12.182 H 16200 8.17 dB 51,00%
12.207 V 27500 7.87 dB 49,00%
12.245 V 27500 5.58 dB 34,00%
12.523 H 27500 7.16 dB 44,00%
12.560 H 2850 6.32 dB 39,00%
12.615 V 2960 5.03 dB 31,00%
12.683 V 27500 6.38 dB 39,00%
12.740 H 2200 7.26 dB 45,00%

And.... I am not pretending that everything is perfect in my setup. There are always ways to improve things.

kooga

just a small bit of revision to my set up

triax td78 with 28,23,19(quad) and 13

Sky mini dish with quad lnb for astra 28

attic bedroom astra 28 and 19 on two separate feeds as the french tnt sat box won't support diseqc plus manhatten freesat box

main bedroom triax combo box with 28 and 19

sitting room sky hd box (for setanta sub) with astra 28 and 19 (had a spare 19 feed so put it in there)

Tv Room astra 28 for Humax hdr 1010s
astra 28,23, 19 and hotbird 13 for a fta box

all rooms have saorview as well.

Selhurst

Hello everyone
Finally Got rid of sky
I bought a Ferguson 252 a year a go but only
setting it up now.
Thinking of one of thies motorised dishes
to pick up some football matches
are they hard to set up
and size dish should I get
any information
would be much appreciated
Thanks

iba

Selhurst wrote: »

Hello everyone
Finally Got rid of sky
I bought a Ferguson 252 a year a go but only
setting it up now.
Thinking of one of thies motorised dishes
to pick up some football matches
are they hard to set up
and size dish should I get
any information
would be much appreciated
Thanks

I think that one of the first things you should decide is from which country you wish to receive football transmissions from. For example, if you want it from Poland on Hotbird a small dish is sufficient.

Selhurst

Thanks Iba
for your quick response.
What would you recommend
My House is a two storey and the dish is tricky to get at.

iba

Selhurst wrote: »

Thanks Iba
for your quick response.
What would you recommend
My House is a two storey and the dish is tricky to get at.

I do not know where you can subscribe to football via sat. nowadays apart from Sky Sports and from Canal+(I think that is what it is called in Poland) others more knowledgeable may have alternatives.

You do not have to put a dish on your house necessarily - you can put it on a back or side wall. Even if you put in on your house, it does not necessarily have to be on the roof. Just in line of sight of the sat. you want to pick up.

Selhurst

iba wrote: »

I do not know where you can subscribe to football via sat. nowadays apart from Sky Sports and from Canal+(I think that is what it is called in Poland) others more knowledgeable may have alternatives.

You do not have to put a dish on your house necessarily - you can put it on a back or side wall. Even if you put in on your house, it does not necessarily have to be on the roof. Just in line of sight of the sat. you want to pick up.

Thanks for all your help Iba
It's definitely food for thought.

amdaley28

Your dish doesn't need to be on top of the house.

I have two sky dishes & a 1.2mt motorised dish none of which are more than a few feets off the ground.
What is needed is a clear view of the satellites you wish to receive signals from.
In Ireland we are north of the equator so our dishes are pointing in a southern direction.

Selhurst

amdaley28 wrote: »

Your dish doesn't need to be on top of the house.

I have two sky dishes & a 1.2mt motorised dish none of which are more than a few feets off the ground.
What is needed is a clear view of the satellites you wish to receive signals from.
In Ireland we are north of the equator so our dishes are pointing in a southern direction.

Thanks for that amdaley28
That's very good information.

iba

@Selhurst look at post 232, my dishes are only a few feet off the ground.

Selhurst

iba wrote: »

@Selhurst look at post 232, my dishes are only a few feet off the ground.

Thanks Iba that's some set up
and I see what you mean.
I suppose I should have read all the thread.
Thanks all your help.

Mallagio

28e Fixed for 3 receivers in house.

1.1m Triax motorized 15w-42e

Technomate Nano OE HD Linux Main - 2 Dreambox 800 HD - A serious amount of door stoppers amongst cams, blank cards & programmers

10 years into "Foreign", pretty much since I went into a pub and asked the barman "How the hell do you get those ART Channels for the footy mate?"

Zardoz

My T90 dish was damaged in the winds yesterday.

I was moving it from a spot in the garden onto the back wall of the house and had it lying in a seemingly sheltered part of the garden overnight whilst the job was in progress.
The wind just lifted it and blew it about ten yards across the garden.:mad:

I've since bent it back into shape but there are still a few dents on it .
There might be a future for me as a panel beater yet .

iba

Zardoz wrote: »

My T90 dish was damaged in the winds yesterday.

I was moving it from a spot in the garden onto the back wall of the house and had it lying in a seemingly sheltered part of the garden overnight whilst the job was in progress.
The wind just lifted it and blew it about ten yards across the garden.:mad:

I've since bent it back into shape but there are still a few dents on it .
There might be a future for me as a panel beater yet .

OMG that did take some bashing. Hope your panel beating skills are top notch and you can still get it to work.

RimaNTSS

2 Zardoz: Sorry to see your T90 in such a bad shape. I would say, you will not be able to get main mirror back to original shape, and you will remember it was bended so badly each time you look at it or simply watch TV. . Somebody is selling his T90 for only 25EUR and still some bargaining possible, but that is in The Netherlands.
Sorry again, bad day for you. :mad:

RimaNTSS

Couple of days ago I got 2 SMW OA 1400 and 2 SMW OA 1600, those are very robust and, I think if any of it roll over garden several time, it would not suffer. Seems that those antennas will be installed not so soon, but I already like them a lot (especially those -multifocus ones).

Zardoz

RimaNTSS wrote: »

2 Zardoz: Sorry to see your T90 in such a bad shape. I would say, you will not be able to get main mirror back to original shape, and you will remember it was bended so badly each time you look at it or simply watch TV. . Somebody is selling his T90 for only 25EUR and still some bargaining possible, but that is in The Netherlands.
Sorry again, bad day for you. :mad:

Thanks Rimants and Iba,I hope I will still be able to use it ,the damage is only in the top right corner of the dish.

I have it looking like this now after a little bit of bending by hand.
Will hopefully improve it more tomorrow evening.

RimaNTSS

Ok, ok, Shane.... it is not bended anymore
Good luck with it's installation. Hopefully you will find all signals strong enough.

iba

Zardoz wrote: »

Thanks Rimants and Iba,I hope I will still be able to use it ,the damage is only in the top right corner of the dish.

I have it looking like this now after a little bit of bending by hand.
Will hopefully improve it more tomorrow evening.

Great work

white_westie

Well done....hope it works okay for you.
You must have been sick to see it roll so easily, given how heavy it is.
WW

Zardoz

Thanks guys

Hopefully I will be able to get it as smooth as possible tomorrow,that part of the dish is actually quite malleable with ones hands .
I didnt need to resort to the metal hammer like Father Ted on the Cortina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mdwAkWvWMw

You must have been sick to see it roll so easily, given how heavy it is.

Couldnt believe it had moved so far,it was a North West wind so it caught me out .

Couple of days ago I got 2 SMW OA 1400 and 2 SMW OA 1600, those are very robust and, I think if any of it roll over garden several time, it would not suffer. Seems that those antennas will be installed not so soon, but I already like them a lot (especially those -multifocus ones).

They look pretty sturdy to say the least .