RTE commence broadcasting free to air on satellite at 9e on KA band

Apogee

dmm1000 wrote: »

http://www.satsklep.pl/index.php?s=produkt&id_prod=303&id_kat=345&id_typu=0

just saw this link to an LNBF on a polish site - it says "Circular LNBF" - I presume they mean circular polarization - but no mention of Ka band - so prob not suitable for Saorsat ?

Circular Polarisation Ku-band Universal LNBF for Russian TV on Eutelsat W4 at 36E.
http://www.lyngsat.com/ew4.html

Stinicker

Stinicker wrote: »

Are you sure about this? Most Satellite gear operates in the 950Mhz - 2150Mhz range including my own Panasonic Freesat TV and a Technomate box I have, however Saorsat is broadcasting at a way higher frequency of 20185 L at the moment; whilst I'm no expert this appears to be way outside the range of capability of anything I have 950Mhz - 2150Mhz.

Am I missing something here? or will I have to get a new Receiver when it launches later on, which would be a right pain considering my Technomate works great and the plan was to use it to receive Saorsat and and the English FTA channels in a single box using a Diseqc switch switching between my 1 metre dish which I plan to use for Saorsat and Feed I have coming from the Sky dish for the UK channels.

While the frequency is indeed 20.185 GHz, it's impossible to send such a high frequency signal down a coaxial cable without it being impossibly thick. So the LNB downconverts the signal to within the 950-2150 MHz range - subtract the local oscillator frequency of the LNB from the actual reported frequency to find out exactly where it falls in this range.

This is done regardless of whether the signal is on Ku or Ka band.

The Cush

Stinicker wrote: »

Are you sure about this? Most Satellite gear operates in the 950Mhz - 2150Mhz range including my own Panasonic Freesat TV and a Technomate box I have, however Saorsat is broadcasting at a way higher frequency of 20185 L at the moment; whilst I'm no expert this appears to be way outside the range of capability of anything I have 950Mhz - 2150Mhz.

Am I missing something here? or will I have to get a new Receiver when it launches later on, which would be a right pain considering my Technomate works great and the plan was to use it to receive Saorsat and and the English FTA channels in a single box using a Diseqc switch switching between my 1 metre dish which I plan to use for Saorsat and Feed I have coming from the Sky dish for the UK channels.

Apogee's post might explain

Apogee wrote: »

@dbcool *Any* DVB-S2 HD receiver will do. You just might have to do some sums!

Firstly, check if you can setup a user-defined LNB in Technomate (may be under Antenna Installation). You will have option under one of the headings to change the LO (Local Oscillator) - set this to 18750MHz. When you then go to do a scan, you should be able to enter a frequency of 20185MHz.

If you can't setup a user-defined LNB (you should be able to!), then cheat. Pretend you're using a Universal LNBF. 20185 - 18750 + 9750 = 11185MHz - scan that frequency with SR 25000, FEC 1/2, QPSK, DVB-S2.

Please post pics of your dish and LNB/F if it works!

Saorsat Tp on Ka-Sat = 20185 MHz
Ka Band LNB LO = 18750 MHz
IF Frequency = 1435 MHz (20185 MHz - 18750 MHz)

Ku receiver frequency displayed = 11185 MHz (IF 1435 MHz + Ku Lo-Band LO 9750 MHz)

Rick_

So which channels are up and running at the moment and which aren't? Is there a rough timescale for when the Saorsat service will be up and running?