Contest: What would you do... 4:2:2?

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primestar31 said:
Here's a pic of my present dish farm, followed by two pics of my satellite arc:

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The 10ft prime focus C-band dish on the right, is a "Perfect 10" with an orthomode c-band feed and a Venture 24" actuator on a 7' pole I picked up last year. That Venture motor is a ball-screw drive, and you can't even hear it when it moves from East to West. The dish to the left of that, is a Prodelin 1.8m on another 7' pole which I just installed. It has an Invacom single lnb on it, and will soon have a ku orthomode feed with two brand-new Norsat 4108A lnb's I snagged off Ebay cheap. I spent two weeks scheming and planning to put that 1.8m dish on a polar mount I have, only to finally realize after trying various ways that my polar mount couldn't handle the weight. So, that's left to the future pending an Ajak H-H drive (if I ever have a hope of finding one) or a much larger and heavier polar mount. The dish to the left of that, is a Prodelin 1.2m dish on an old Primestar pole fixed on 103W with a SatAv "SL-2 Bullet" lnb. The two Dish 500's above the 1.2m are using "I" adapters with Dishpro lnb's that are aimed at 61.5 and 72.7 respectively. They replaced a single 1000.2 EA dish that just didn't give me the quality numbers I wanted. It's been heavy thunder-storming for a couple days, so the pics are a little dark.

The only thing I need now, is a new 4:2:2 receiver to check out some of those signals!

The remaining two pics are showing my satellite arc from East (left) to West (right). I can get from 61w - 123W and that's it. The tree line is 85-90' tall! To even get this, I had to remove a bunch of red pines, and 1 black oak tree.

Thanks for having the contest! Good luck everybody!
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I'm sure that some of those 4:2:2 signals will brighten up your location!


Thank you for your submission and good luck!


Best regards,
 
Elchucko said:
Okay, here is my entry.
After spending forty years with the US government (20 active military, 20 civil service), and about half of that overseas, I retired and hit the road as a full time RVer. My dishes reflect some of these travels. Right now I am temporarily tied down while building a house with my son, so my wife and I will have a place to live when we get too old to travel. So I have put up some dishes to continue with FTA that I began in Europe in the early 90’s.
Each of my dishes has a story.
1. Bought this dish in Saskatoon, along with the Invacom QPH-031 (on #3). Both were brand new. I think I paid $75.
2. I noticed this dish on a building in Virginia where a Primestar dealer had left it. I contacted the owner of the building and got it for nothing.
3. Bought this dish in Germany. Used it for years there and for four years in Virginia. Still in good shape here in Indiana.
4. My first offset dish. It came with an Amstrad receiver used to receive Sky while in Europe. When I hit the road in my RV I took it along with a square mount to set outside and receive German TV from 121W before that went off the air. I had trouble with other campers parking in front of it and blocking the signal, so I painted it to look like a NO PARKING sign. It worked!
5. Until last year when Motosat went out of business, this dish was mounted on top of my RV. It used Hughesnet and has a controller with GPS to locate any visible KU satellite. I recently removed it from the RV and set it in the back yard. I have it hooked up to the controller which is hooked up to a router that I connect to, set up which sat I want, and let it do the work for me! I have used this dish for internet throughout North America, having been in my RV to all 49 possible states (been to Hawaii but couldn’t take the RV), and all of Canada except, Northwest Territory, Nunavut and Newfoundland. Give me a little time and we’ll make it there!

In order to do 4:2:2, I record it and play back on VLC. Winning this could make it so much easier!

Elchucko
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Unfortunately, you will need more than a NO PARKING sign to keep your neighbors away after they see the video quality on those 4:2:2 feeds you are receiving with an AzBox miniMe American Edition. :eek:



Thank you for your submission and good luck!


Best regards,
 
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Pixl said:



I invited everyone over to watch the game




It was blacked out locally, everyone was happy I could get it on satellite





But it was broadcast in 4:2:2





No football party for me





I have to get 4:2:2





Everywhere I go, that's all I can think about





It's driving me nuts, everywhere I look.


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Ah.. I see a good sign up ahead





I'm there!





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Gem of your 4:2:2 quest
Must be the AzBox miniMe American Edition
Open all your party's eyes


Hopefully my Haiku attempt did not suck too much :D


Thank you for your submission and good luck!


Best regards,
 
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Greenish Apple said:
What would I do for 4:2:2?

How about build a 4 ft Offset dish from scratch?

I know, I know, I probably won't get much, if anything. But I wanted to try. People who don't know the issues involved think it is neat, those who do (like you and I) think it is crazy.

I finished it today and after several scans on my geoSATpro microHD (with an ESX242 C-Band LNB, I have a Spitfire Elite too) I haven't gotten anything, yet. I'm not sure if the azimuth and elevation are correct, I have two compasses and both give me different readings. My cellphone doesn't have a compass, so the DishPointer app doesn't work. And then there are the flat areas and ripples, I'd be better off using a wok.

There is a pivot the base for azimuth and I have turnbuckles on the sides for elevation adjustment. The LNB support slides on V struts or U channel and held in place with hose clamps. I used the Parabola Calculator to plot the arc for the ribs. 91 screws hold the hand cut/shaped aluminum flashing panels. The sheet holding the ribs is 4 ft by 2 ft.

David

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Well you certainly will get an A+ for effort! Hopefully you are able to perfect your creation and receive many signals, perhaps even some 4:2:2...



Thank you for your submission and good luck!


Best regards,
 
Wow! Looks like we have a Blackjack with a total of 21 entries for the contest!

Did not expect to have as many so it will take a few days to tabulate the results and announce the winner.


Good luck everyone!
 
pwrsurge said:
Unfortunately, you will need more than a NO PARKING sign to keep your neighbors away after they see the video quality on those 4:2:2 feeds you are receiving with an AzBox miniMe American Edition. :eek:
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Here is a sample for everyone: http://txnj.net/dvbs/4-2-2_HD_Demo.mpg Bright colorful show makes it a great demo. Will need to play with VLC or some other 4:2:2 compatible player.
 
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Posting mpg clips of CBS network feeds may not be a good idea, as of now they are suppose to shut the encryption off after the NFL games, don't give them a reason to change their minds about that.
 
Posting mpg clips of CBS network feeds may not be a good idea, as of now they are suppose to shut the encryption off after the NFL games, don't give them a reason to change their minds about that.
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