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When I read on Rick's that ABC has started changing their modulation and coding formats, I was wondering how big a dish is needed to receive a DVB-S2X, a DVB-S2 or a DVB-S signal. These calculators will help figure that out by showing minimum C/N lock values required for many types of satellite...

Poor phrasing on my part. I meant the smaller the dish that you use, the lower the S/N that will result for the signal that you receive.

I like the apps called SatFinder Lite and Satellite Director on my phone. The first uses augmented reality to allow you hold your smartphone to the sky and "see" the satellite arc on your phone. Again, these free apps aren't the most accurate but they give a sense of what satellite you can receive.

There is good advice in the posts above in this thread. You can try any dish you wish. The smaller the dish you use, the weaker the signal you will receive. Also for Ku-band especially, what works acceptably on a sunny day may not deliver an acceptable S/N ratio on a rainy day.

All of the above. I use free downloadable apps on my Android smartphone which I search for in the Play store. But they are notoriously inaccurate. So you need to cross-check results across several different tools. A good old physical compass is useful for azimuth too. Remember to understand the...

Finals now on RTPI on 97W Ku.

You will get some replies if you do the following: 1. Create a new thread of your own. 2. Summarize the equipment you have. 3. State your approximate location. 4. Explain what you have done so far to try to receive satellites. 5. State what you are trying to receive. 6. Include some photos of...

Was going to compare BVN with RTPI now. But it's not playing on RTPI on 97W. The video there is 544x480 (2.7 Mbps). Whereas BVN on 117W is playing Eurovision now with 720x480 (3.1 Mbps).

You can install multiple LNBs on a fixed dish to receive more than one satellite. Take a look at the descriptions and photos in this thread.

My first choice would be 99W. Lots of PBS and news feeds. But I'd quickly add a second LNB beside the one at the focus to catch 103W at the same time. 103W has a huge selection of commercial-free music channels if you can manually add audio PIDs or use an editor to do so. Check Lyngsat. We play...

Beautuful! It has no rust either. Mine has lots. I bet you can even read the scales on the bracket. It should be easy to line up to a satellite. Which satellite will you go for? But it looks lonely with no motor.

It looks like a conventional 39" dish. Quality appears reasonable. It has support arms for the LNB arm which is good. You should get good results from this size of dish. Will it be a fixed dish or do you plan to install a motor with it?

London is UTC+1 now. Amsterdam is UTC+2 now. Just 1 hour to the east.

I wonder if there is any English-speaking country/channel that will cover it?

Yes, there is a setting for the LNB power. It's ON.

That's disappointing. I hate to discard things that have minor problems. The microHD has the best tuning indicator I've seen for dish orientation. It has a 10-segment time-division display that helps you get the dish oriented dead centre on the signal.

My problem symptom is simple. I have no LNB output voltage from this microHD. I have proved the receiver works fine if voltage is available to supply to the LNB. To do this test, I connected my Openbox S9 and used its loop through connector to connect the microHD. The microHD then works fine on...

The lizard! I remember his posts.

Arlo is correct. For whatever reason, you are looking at 103W and not 101W. You can tell by the exact SIDs being received. The transponder on 103W is all encrypted which is why you aren't seeing any video.

Exactly. In eastern Canada, I used to use a universal LNB to catch things from the "far eastern" satellites on the arc. But now from western Canada, I replaced my universal LNB with a standard LNB since there is no purpose to scan below 11700 MHz anyway here unless you can catch the elusive...

In February 1979, I happened to be working in Winnipeg, Manitoba when a total eclipse passed by. Talk about being lucky. I borrowed the portable TV from my motel room and hooked it up in the radio site where I was working to monitor coverage. I was in a remote area so absolutely no other people...

That defeats the purpose of an online cart. It wastes their and my time. The negative feel I got from this motivated me to install my old 4-foot Fortec offset dish on my old motor. It's working! So who needs new anyway?

Thanks for this. I was waiting to hear this...it doesn't surprise me since it all sounded too good to be true. What I find unacceptable is that Digiwave is this irresponsible. They are not a small retail seller. I don't accept that it is a "little error" on their part. I suspect it is blatant...

Free Dish near Kamloops B.C. https://www.facebook.com/share/XT1HafTjLxNLAngX/?mibextid=kL3p88 FREE 10’ mesh Satellite dish. Works as always, want it gone. Use it for satellite, sell it as scrap, or turn it into a project. Pick it up, haul it away, and it’s yours.

I see that Digiwave is advertising new Ku motors and new 1.2-metre offset dishes at good prices. Their website claims items are in stock now. They have addresses listed in both the U.S. and Canada which may explain their reasonable shipping options. Digiwave Moteck Ku motor: US$112 or CDN$159...