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Zardoz · 01-06-2015 8:40pm

white_westie wrote: »

My understanding of the toroidal t90 dish was that all postions on the 40degree arc should receive the same quality of signal as if they where the only positions on the dish.

Not exactly ,the gain does vary across the dish .
The T90 performs as a 90cm dish at +/- 10 degrees from the central satellite .80cm outside that to +/-20.
Outside +/- 20 degrees the gain rolls off dramatically.
At a 30 degree offset ,the dish only performs like a 40cm dish .

tapfit2004 · 01-06-2015 10:03pm

micks_address wrote: »

Just trying to figure out if it centred on 1w would I still get 28.8 on it?

I centred mine on 1w and I do have 28e on it by extending the arm a bit and putting the lnb out at the very end but the signal isn't great and in any sort of bad weather a load of channels drop out.

I'm going to put up a separate 60cm dish for 28e and stick with 19e-5w on the t-90 for the moment. I haven't got around to putting more west ones on it so far.

white_westie · 01-06-2015 10:52pm

tapfit2004 wrote: »

I centred mine on 1w and I do have 28e on it by extending the arm a bit and putting the lnb out at the very end but the signal isn't great and in any sort of bad weather a load of channels drop out.

I'm going to put up a separate 60cm dish for 28e and stick with 19e-5w on the t-90 for the moment. I haven't got around to putting more west ones on it so far.

Centred mine around 10E so can get 28E - 5W no problems
Have extension bar to try and get further east, but need to get back to that.

Out of interest what west ones are you trying to get?

micks_address · 02-06-2015 7:56am

Zardoz wrote: »

Not exactly ,the gain does vary across the dish .
The T90 performs as a 90cm dish at +/- 10 degrees from the central satellite .80cm outside that to +/-20.
Outside +/- 20 degrees the gain rolls off dramatically.
At a 30 degree offset ,the dish only performs like a 40cm dish .

i guess what i'm wondering is if i centered on 1w - ok i'd have to get another dish for 28.2 by the sounds of it, would my reception on 1w increase substantially?

tapfit2004 · 02-06-2015 5:12pm

white_westie wrote: »

Centred mine around 10E so can get 28E - 5W no problems
Have extension bar to try and get further east, but need to get back to that.

Out of interest what west ones are you trying to get?

Just getting 19e and 13e mostly. I used to get some feeds on 10e and 7e but they would be hit and miss so I picked up a 1.6m dish but its still in the shed and I've had no time to do anything with it. All this feeds into a 16 to 1 diseqc switch and it works ok.

At the moment I have 19e, 16e, 13e, 10e, 9e, 7e, 5e, 1w, and 5w and 28e hanging on the end but hopefully I'll get a zone 2 dish up to replace that one.

Zardoz · 02-06-2015 11:28pm

tapfit2004 wrote: »

Just getting 19e and 13e mostly. I used to get some feeds on 10e and 7e but they would be hit and miss so I picked up a 1.6m dish but its still in the shed and I've had no time to do anything with it. All this feeds into a 16 to 1 diseqc switch and it works ok.

At the moment I have 19e, 16e, 13e, 10e, 9e, 7e, 5e, 1w, and 5w and 28e hanging on the end but hopefully I'll get a zone 2 dish up to replace that one.

How do you manage 10e,9e,7e and 5e ,I though 3 degree separation was the smallest possible .
Are you using slimline lnbs for 7e and/or 5e ?

tapfit2004 · 03-06-2015 12:16am

Zardoz wrote: »

How do you manage 10e,9e,7e and 5e ,I though 3 degree separation was the smallest possible .
Are you using slimline lnbs for 7e and/or 5e ?

10e and 9e are on the 1 lnb which is a standard size one with it more on 10e than 9e as 9e has a stronger signal and 10e has the feeds on it.

7e is an alps slimline lnb and 5e is another standard size lnb. They are all tight to each other but work ok. I don't really use them much anymore

MrTrebus · 18-04-2016 4:30pm

micks_address wrote: »

28, 23, 19, 13, . 8w, 30w

hate to reopen an oldish thread but.............:rolleyes::rolleyes:
@Micks_address, can you confirm that you are getting all of those sats from just the T90 ?
if so, what sat is it centered on ?

I am looking to get 30w (have a seperate post up before I discovered this one again) and it seems I might not actually need another dish .
That would be great if so, just a pain to reset the current T90

cheers

micks_address · 18-04-2016 4:39pm

MrTrebus wrote: »

hate to reopen an oldish thread but.............:rolleyes::rolleyes:
@Micks_address, can you confirm that you are getting all of those sats from just the T90 ?
if so, what sat is it centered on ?

I am looking to get 30w (have a seperate post up before I discovered this one again) and it seems I might not actually need another dish .
That would be great if so, just a pain to reset the current T90

cheers

30w is separate dish.. Look at the pictures.. White dish almost at right angles to the t90 is 30w

MrTrebus · 18-04-2016 4:51pm

micks_address wrote: »

30w is separate dish.. Look at the pictures.. White dish almost at right angles to the t90 is 30w

I thought you had mentioned that okay before alright.
Ah well, it was too good to hope for Id get away with a single dish

:D:D
is ther emuch worth getting on 30w at the min ?
cheers

micks_address · 18-04-2016 6:28pm

MrTrebus wrote: »

I thought you had mentioned that okay before alright.
Ah well, it was too good to hope for Id get away with a single dish :D:D
is ther emuch worth getting on 30w at the min ?
cheers

I'd say if you have 19 then I wouldn't bother with 30w

lertsnim · 19-04-2016 12:52pm

Unless you want Portuguese TV then here's no point.

micks_address · 16-10-2016 12:27pm

lertsnim wrote: »

Unless you want Portuguese TV then here's no point.

Hi folks,
Just for any enthusiasts I'm throwing and add up on adverts in next couple of days for my t90 setup, lnbs diseq switches and vu+ solo 2 box.
Heading back to sky after a great few years.
Thanks for all the help in the thread.
Cheers,
Mick

Ginger83 · 27-12-2020 1:12pm

micks_address wrote: »

Hi folks,
Just for any enthusiasts I'm throwing and add up on adverts in next couple of days for my t90 setup, lnbs diseq switches and vu+ solo 2 box.
Heading back to sky after a great few years.
Thanks for all the help in the thread.
Cheers,
Mick

Did you sell it after?
I am planning a multisat myself.

MrTrebus · 28-12-2020 5:24pm

Ginger83 wrote: »

Did you sell it after?
I am planning a multisat myself.

thats a 4 year old thread

:D:D

Ginger83 · 29-12-2020 4:01pm

MrTrebus wrote: »

thats a 4 year old thread :D:D

I only spotted that

Do you have a setup yourself?

MrTrebus · 30-12-2020 3:04pm

Ginger83 wrote: »

I only spotted that

Do you have a setup yourself?

yep, I have a toroidal dish setup myself

Ginger83 · 31-12-2020 6:38pm

MrTrebus wrote: »

yep, I have a toroidal dish setup myself

Motor or multi lnb?

Zardoz · 31-12-2020 7:55pm

Ginger83 wrote: »

Motor or multi lnb?

Toroidal is a fixed dish.

greasepalm · 31-12-2020 8:09pm

Hopefully with way tooooooooooooo many lnbs.

MrTrebus · 05-01-2021 12:14am

greasepalm wrote: »

Hopefully with way tooooooooooooo many lnbs.

currently has 7 lnbs covering...........

28e
23e
16e
13
9e (10e, 7e but not great)
4.8e
0.8w

separate dish then for 30w

thats enough to be cracking on with I reckon

:)

greasepalm · 05-01-2021 12:18am

No listing for 19.2?

MrTrebus · 05-01-2021 12:19am

greasepalm wrote: »

No listing for 19.2?

LOL, I knew Id missed one :rolleyes::rolleyes:

greasepalm · 05-01-2021 12:26am

Very popular channel for recording NEIN ?

MrTrebus · 05-01-2021 12:32am

greasepalm wrote: »

Very popular channel for recording NEIN ?

jabus,\
if I didnt watch something when it was on live, Id NEVER get to see the TV

:D:D
In my house TV time must be booked in advance, in triplicate, in case it clashes with numerous and various soaps that are on !!!!

greasepalm · 05-01-2021 12:38am

Been alone helps and various boxes to record different things in different places.

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