cheekymonkey
Member
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2006
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- Age
- 57
- Location
- In the sunshine
- My Satellite Setup
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3 smallish dishes andaccess to 1 very big one.(7w, 13e,19e, 28.2e, 27.5w)
TM 5402hd,dm500s,vu+solo, pc,laptop,tablet,smartphone. Smartmeter S1 (since someone robbed my satcatcher excel tv mk4)) emitor micro HD. very old promax explorer
- My Location
- Canary Islands
Currently have an emitor satlook HD which is fine for 28.2E/19E etc over here in the canary islands but find it does struggle locking on some of the HD signals. (Will not lock on to 27.5W despite spectrum showing everything and technomate receivers showing 75% quality). Also lock is a little slow so can try the patience when working on the 4.5/5 mtr dishes for 28.2E UK.
Spectrum trace is a little slow so looking for another meter with more usable spectrum and might as well bite the bullet and get a combo DVBS/S2/T/C meter for the occasional antenna installs I get etc. Only really looking at used (to keep prices reasonable)
Current thoughts are a Rover master stc (200-300GBP on ebay) or a promax tv explorer (500-600)
Few questions though...
Some of the Rovers have an HD label on them whilst others do not yet the ones that do not still state that they can measure DVB-S2 What if anything is the difference?
The Promax is only SD but is it that much better particularly regarding spectrum trace times etc.
Would like the Promax HD Ranger light or Ultralight but do not think can justify the price and cannot see any of those coming to the used market for a while.
Basically looking for recommendations from anyone with experience of either/both meters. The Emitor will probably be the day to day meter for 28.2e/19e/13e etc and the other will be for the more complicated stuff and for faulting on hotel/multi-user systems.
Or if anyone has other ideas!!1
Spectrum trace is a little slow so looking for another meter with more usable spectrum and might as well bite the bullet and get a combo DVBS/S2/T/C meter for the occasional antenna installs I get etc. Only really looking at used (to keep prices reasonable)
Current thoughts are a Rover master stc (200-300GBP on ebay) or a promax tv explorer (500-600)
Few questions though...
Some of the Rovers have an HD label on them whilst others do not yet the ones that do not still state that they can measure DVB-S2 What if anything is the difference?
The Promax is only SD but is it that much better particularly regarding spectrum trace times etc.
Would like the Promax HD Ranger light or Ultralight but do not think can justify the price and cannot see any of those coming to the used market for a while.
Basically looking for recommendations from anyone with experience of either/both meters. The Emitor will probably be the day to day meter for 28.2e/19e/13e etc and the other will be for the more complicated stuff and for faulting on hotel/multi-user systems.
Or if anyone has other ideas!!1
