Fracarro Penta 85cm Reception @ 55 North 8 West

[compufunk]

For anyone who is interested, I have attached a spread sheet listing what I am pulling in with the Fracarro Penta 85cm @ 55 North 8 West (North Western Ireland). Motorized 30W to 57E.

The Kit: Fracarro Penta 85cm,Fracarro Single Universal LNB 0.5, Motek SG2100 all hooked up to a DM600 PVR, The only reason its up so high is to clear a few trees,

I am happy with reception and am pulling in some stuff that I thought would be borderline, even in the rain.

The whole (Dish / motor / lnb) kit was bought from highdefinitionuk, recommended

If anyone wants any detail on signal quality on any transponders within my arc I'll check them out for you.

C

[rolfw]

Nice installation, they are a nice compact dish and certainly punch above their weight.

[satelliteman]

Looks a tidy installation - such a professional dish with a Moteck, they were made for each other

[compufunk]

Thanks guys, I had some fun putting it up,

I discovered that there was a wasps nest in the roof and all the traffic was buzzing past my face while installing, Had one go into my ear at one stage, not a nice experience when perched up on a ladder

[sg_]

Looking good. What sort of reception do you get on the Russian channels on 53e with your setup?

[compufunk]

Looking good. What sort of reception do you get on the Russian channels on 53e with your setup?

I'm only picking up a hand full of services there, I'll take a closer look this evening.

[wod]

looks good and neat

i shall have pics of my new system next week too, anyone else got some to put up ?

[satelliteman]

looks good and neat

i shall have pics of my new system next week too, anyone else got some to put up ?

You getting a PENTA ...........Wod? as you showed some interest to my signal Results

[compufunk]

Looking good. What sort of reception do you get on the Russian channels on 53e with your setup?

53ºE

I'm getting high signal strength (80+) and good quality at between 80% and 95% on the following TPs,

Sorry I didn't get around to noting which were at 80% and which at 95%,

11630 V
11616 V
11161 V
10974 H

Does anyone think I should be picking up more?

[Ratchet]

Have you tried getting signals from 21.6E with the Penta 85 ? I can get Radio Euronics (11617 V 27500) and CFI Peco Pro (11586 V 6511) on my battered old 90cm mesh dish here in Glasgow.

I hope to replace my dish soon and was considering the Penta 85 or Triax TD88. Any opinions on which is the better option or even suggest another good budget dish (90cm max), thanks.

[compufunk]

Have you tried getting signals from 21.6E with the Penta 85 ? I can get Radio Euronics (11617 V 27500) and CFI Peco Pro (11586 V 6511) on my battered old 90cm mesh dish here in Glasgow.

I hope to replace my dish soon and was considering the Penta 85 or Triax TD88. Any opinions on which is the better option or even suggest another good budget dish (90cm max), thanks.

I'm not picking anything up from 21.6E, I'm not even sure that I scanned it, I'll have a look this evening.

The consensus seems to be that the Fracarro Penta 85 out performs the Triax TD88.

A few recent threads,

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...light=fracarro

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...light=fracarro

[Ratchet]

I'm not picking anything up from 21.6E, I'm not even sure that I scanned it, I'll have a look this evening.

The consensus seems to be that the Fracarro Penta out performs the Triax.

A few recent threads,

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...light=fracarro

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...light=fracarro

Thanks for the links, I'll check them out later. Would be really interested in any results you get from 21.6E as this is the weakest signal I currently get with my old dish.

[compufunk]

Have you tried getting signals from 21.6E with the Penta 85 ? ..........

Sorry for the delay,

All I can get off 21.6ºE is "CFI Peco Pro" on 11586 V.

Thats not to say you wouldn't pick it up where you are. But, we are are in and around the same reception area for that beam according to lyngsat.

[Ratchet]

Sorry for the delay,

All I can get off 21.6ºE is "CFI Peco Pro" on 11586 V.

Thats not to say you wouldn't pick it up where you are. But, we are are in and around the same reception area for that beam according to lyngsat.

Thanks, that's good to know. I only just get these channels with no margin for rain fade. Can I bother you to clarify something else for me, do you get the MBC channels off Badr 4 11919 H 27500 3/4 ? I don't see these in your list and wouldn't want to lose them if I went for the Penta.

I have a couple of questions about the dish itself....

1. I assume the unusual shape has an effect on efficiency, does it lose gain on a motorised system when it is at the extremes of the arc. My concern is that as the dish will be skewed off square will it lose any efficiency. After all it is that shape for a reason !

2. Is it worth getting the aluminium version over the steel one ?

[satelliteman]

Point1 > You shouldn't lose much if installed correctly. Although the PENTA is a 85cm, if you measure the dish width way, it's 98cm wide.

Point2 > Aluminium would be light in weight and last longer (recommended I suppose)..... but the steel version is still only around 7Kg - 8Kg.

Check my test results on the penta - penta Vs Triax for example

THE PENTA WILL OUT PERFORM THE TRIAX BY A MILE ............

SM

[Ratchet]

Point1 > You shouldn't lose much if installed correctly. Although the PENTA is a 85cm, if you measure the dish width way, it's 98cm wide.

Thanks, didn't realise it was that wide.

Point2 > Aluminium would be light in weight and last longer (recommended I suppose)..... but the steel version is still only around 7Kg - 8Kg.

Thought that might be the case, so no difference in performance then. My current dish is 15 years old and a bit rusty so might fork out a bit extra for the aluminium one.

Check my test results on the penta - penta Vs Triax for example

THE PENTA WILL OUT PERFORM THE TRIAX BY A MILE ............

SM

Already have, good work.