best feed hunting receiver

[Llew]

My Triple Dragon Linux receiver gives a good account of itself with its spectrum analyser plugin. Finds anything DVB-flavoured.

Just need a calculator handy to convert IF to Ku

 

[Llew]

My Triple Dragon Linux receiver gives a good account of itself with its spectrum analyser plugin. Finds anything DVB-flavoured.

Just need a calculator handy to convert IF to Ku

 

[Vipersan]

...Not bad Llew ..I have to say..
I've seen far worse receiver/scanalyser displays.
I suppose the only real problem is distinguishing the actual peakes of the scanned transponders ..particularly when closely packed on the louder ..more active birds..
I can only assume the lack of rapid falloff (transponder seperation) is down to the agc capabilities of the specific receiver/tuner combination.

rgds
VS

ps ..just out of curiosity ...which 'bird' are we looking at ?

 

[Vipersan]

...Not bad Llew ..I have to say..
I've seen far worse receiver/scanalyser displays.
I suppose the only real problem is distinguishing the actual peakes of the scanned transponders ..particularly when closely packed on the louder ..more active birds..
I can only assume the lack of rapid falloff (transponder seperation) is down to the agc capabilities of the specific receiver/tuner combination.

rgds
VS

ps ..just out of curiosity ...which 'bird' are we looking at ?

 

[kenny1234]

I'm sorry to go off topic but i must say i got all excitied when i initially saw this post, i miss read the title and thought it was Breast Feed Hunting Receivers.

I thought maybe there was a new reciever available possibly a DDbox;)



coat...................

 

[kenny1234]

I'm sorry to go off topic but i must say i got all excitied when i initially saw this post, i miss read the title and thought it was Breast Feed Hunting Receivers.

I thought maybe there was a new reciever available possibly a DDbox;)



coat...................

 

[iwol]

so when youve found the freq how do you find the channels sr to allow you to receive the channel or do you have to input that freq into a blindscan receiver

 

[iwol]

so when youve found the freq how do you find the channels sr to allow you to receive the channel or do you have to input that freq into a blindscan receiver

 

[Vipersan]

I'm sorry to go off topic but i must say i got all excitied when i initially saw this post, i miss read the title and thought it was Breast Feed Hunting Receivers.

I thought maybe there was a new reciever available possibly a DDbox;)



coat...................

I heard the basic design for the type of receiver you're describing was dropped as it proved to be un-sucksessful in initial tests.
doh !
My coat is the one under yours.......

 

[Vipersan]

I'm sorry to go off topic but i must say i got all excitied when i initially saw this post, i miss read the title and thought it was Breast Feed Hunting Receivers.

I thought maybe there was a new reciever available possibly a DDbox;)



coat...................

I heard the basic design for the type of receiver you're describing was dropped as it proved to be un-sucksessful in initial tests.
doh !
My coat is the one under yours.......

 

[Llew]

...Not bad Llew ..I have to say..
I've seen far worse receiver/scanalyser displays.
I suppose the only real problem is distinguishing the actual peakes of the scanned transponders ..particularly when closely packed on the louder ..more active birds..
I can only assume the lack of rapid falloff (transponder seperation) is down to the agc capabilities of the specific receiver/tuner combination.

rgds
VS

ps ..just out of curiosity ...which 'bird' are we looking at ?

Hispasat, VS (says on the screenshot). That one's pretty packed out TP wise. It reads down to a few Hz. but as you say it needs to be right on the peak of the TP. I just make sure the dBuV reading is at max.

I'll try some feeds on 10E or whatever when I next do some hunting and see what it can show.

 

[Llew]

...Not bad Llew ..I have to say..
I've seen far worse receiver/scanalyser displays.
I suppose the only real problem is distinguishing the actual peakes of the scanned transponders ..particularly when closely packed on the louder ..more active birds..
I can only assume the lack of rapid falloff (transponder seperation) is down to the agc capabilities of the specific receiver/tuner combination.

rgds
VS

ps ..just out of curiosity ...which 'bird' are we looking at ?

Hispasat, VS (says on the screenshot). That one's pretty packed out TP wise. It reads down to a few Hz. but as you say it needs to be right on the peak of the TP. I just make sure the dBuV reading is at max.

I'll try some feeds on 10E or whatever when I next do some hunting and see what it can show.

 

[Llew]

so when youve found the freq how do you find the channels sr to allow you to receive the channel or do you have to input that freq into a blindscan receiver

Good question. Normally, I would use a Fortec 5100 Ultra for blind scanning the frequency. Slow, but does the job.

If it comes up but blank video on the Fortec, it's probably a 4:2:2 feed, which I can then try on my HD PCI card. If it's an HD carrier, I don't have the required parameters to check unfortunately.

 

[Llew]

so when youve found the freq how do you find the channels sr to allow you to receive the channel or do you have to input that freq into a blindscan receiver

Good question. Normally, I would use a Fortec 5100 Ultra for blind scanning the frequency. Slow, but does the job.

If it comes up but blank video on the Fortec, it's probably a 4:2:2 feed, which I can then try on my HD PCI card. If it's an HD carrier, I don't have the required parameters to check unfortunately.

 

[iwol]

so theres no way of finding out the sr from the spectrum.you still need a blind scan receiver then

 

[iwol]

so theres no way of finding out the sr from the spectrum.you still need a blind scan receiver then

 

[Vipersan]

Hispasat, VS (says on the screenshot)..

Stupid me ..
Sorry Llew ..
Just opened the image without checking the title..

Im just gonna power up my homebrew analyser and compare my Hispasat image with yours ..
Mine wont be calibrated of course ..but should show a comparable 'picture'
rgds
VS

 

[Vipersan]

Hispasat, VS (says on the screenshot)..

Stupid me ..
Sorry Llew ..
Just opened the image without checking the title..

Im just gonna power up my homebrew analyser and compare my Hispasat image with yours ..
Mine wont be calibrated of course ..but should show a comparable 'picture'
rgds
VS

 

[Llew]

Mine was taken a few months ago (just dredged it from my files, don't have the TD on ATM) but I think most of the TP's are as was.

 

[Llew]

Mine was taken a few months ago (just dredged it from my files, don't have the TD on ATM) but I think most of the TP's are as was.