Dish size info for Nilesat 7W in western Europe & the UK

**shane77** · 04-05-2009

easy question get a bigger dish

***Huevos*** · 04-05-2009

Originally Posted by ndiqbal

I want to increase the gain by about 5-6db this will lock into more channels on the vertial beams.

I have heard mix feedback regarding the matched feedhorn for this dish. I dont want to go out and spend over a £100 on LNB and Feedhorn

You might get a couple of tenths of a db changing the LNB. If you want to pick up 6db you will need to double the dish diameter.

tamersaid81 · 17-05-2009

hi
am living in Dundde (Scotland) i need to watch nilest what size i need.
and from where i can get the dish and receiver and the lens
oh everything i need.
thanks

**shane77** · 17-05-2009

you won't get it that far north

tamersaid81 · 17-05-2009

oh that's shame please keep me update if you got any information
thanks alot

combridge · 17-05-2009

what size dish would you think i would need to pick nilsat up im in stoke on trent thanks

***kenny1234*** · 17-05-2009

Scunthorpe 7.30 am triax 1.1 invacom o.3 lnb dish on diseqc motor readings from tm 6900
11747V-48%
11786V-50%
11823V-51%
11862V-52%
11900V-37%
11938V-45%
11977V-53%
12015V-51%
12054V-44%
12130V-46%
12207V-46%
12284V-46%

Andrews 1.2 going up soon will post results

**satelliteman** · 17-05-2009

Originally Posted by combridge

what size dish would you think i would need to pick nilsat up im in stoke on trent thanks

Dish size required 1.8m+ for Nile 7W.

cocker80 · 17-05-2009

Originally Posted by combridge

what size dish would you think i would need to pick nilsat up im in stoke on trent thanks

I am in stoke, can get the verticals but no horizontals. I am using a 1m dish but would recommend getting a bigger dish.

tamersaid81 · 17-05-2009

i can't get the nilesat in scotland,ok i will turn to the hotbird i have dish 60 black gray with LNB 4 one for sky and one for local am thinking to buy cable and new receiver and use my current dish and LNB is that working or i have to buy anything else am sorry i don't have any experience.
thanks for help

**satelliteman** · 17-05-2009

Originally Posted by tamersaid81

i can't get the nilesat in scotland,ok i will turn to the hotbird i have dish 60 black gray with LNB 4 one for sky and one for local am thinking to buy cable and new receiver and use my current dish and LNB is that working or i have to buy anything else am sorry i don't have any experience.
thanks for help

Not sure exactly what your asking or equipment you have as your description is vague.

A 60cm dish is a little small for a 15° LNb offset separation.

tamersaid81 · 17-05-2009

i have dish 60*70 with LNB 4 Entrance am using two from it can i use the same dish and LNB to get the hotbird or i will need anything else,i need the hotbird because i need arabic channel on it and i can't get the nilesat here.
thanks

**rolfw** · 17-05-2009

Yes, that should be fine for Hotbird.

**doktorofsat** · 10-07-2009

For my QTH with 125cm offset the strongest tp's daytime are:

****12130 V*******
****12054 V*******
****11938 V*******
****12283 V*******
****11900 V*******
****12207 V*******
****12418 V*******
****12476 H*******

I receive also H polar but under reception level. can't lock them

***************11919 (47)
***************11996 (47)
***************12073 (50)
***************12149 (53)

minimum Q is 58%

***Turok*** · 10-07-2009

Hello!
yesterday,i recogneized,during heavy rain,that the educ transponder is much lower,then the shwotime transponders,the old nilesat 101,i think will be replaced in around one year from now on!
but a bad feeling says me at the moment,that the will use much stronger spotbeams,then now!
lets hope the best!

**sonnetpete** · 31-07-2009

Hi,

I changed to an Inverto Black Ultra last week and after a little tweaking with dish elevation and focus of the LNB can now get a watchable lock on 12303H (69% strength 44% quality). This is the strongest of the H transponders but I have never seen it this strong at 14:00 my time.

I will look again this evening (if it's fine) and try to put V and H reading on this thread, although I realise my location may make some of this data less relevant.

Pete

***Huevos*** · 01-08-2009

Originally Posted by sonnetpete

Hi,

I changed to an Inverto Black Ultra last week and after a little tweaking with dish elevation and focus of the LNB can now get a watchable lock on 12303H (69% strength 44% quality).

Brilliant LNB.

**sonnetpete** · 01-08-2009

Huevos,

I have to agree, if it's fine after 10pm I can receive a very watchable picture on most of the Nilesat horizontals and even watched some of the MBC verticals during pouring rain earlier this evening. Right now (23:45)I'm watching Gear One on 12226H without any breakup under heavy cloud cover. It's showing 70% strength and 47% quality.

Superb piece of kit.

Pete

***Huevos*** · 02-08-2009

Originally Posted by sonnetpete

Right now (23:45)I'm watching Gear One on 12226H without any breakup under heavy cloud cover. It's showing 70% strength and 47% quality.

I get S92, Q99 off that transponder.

***Turok*** · 02-08-2009

hello!
does anyone have now more information,about the upcoming,freqency change,since showtime,and orbit is one company now,i think,the most ,from current know freqencys,will disapear soon,and change,either,the satellite to ab 4a on 7,.2 west,or "disapears"on a very weak east spot beam,we will see..

**sonnetpete** · 02-08-2009

Heuvos,

Not surprised, living there!!!!

Pete

**sonnetpete** · 02-08-2009

Just to update, these readings were taken today at 17:00 CET with light cloud cover:

12303H...71S/47Q
12226H...67S/46Q
12419H...67S/45Q
12073H...70S/44Q
12034H...71S/44Q
11919H...69S/44Q
11996H...70S/43Q
11958H...69S/41Q

On my Manhattan anything above 45Q produces a watchable picture without breakup. Yes, I'm pleased with the Black Ultra!! Now I'll see what happens when my Vantage 7100HD arrives!!

Pete

**canofan** · 07-08-2009

Hi there,
I have just finished setting up a motorised 110cm Bigsat dish (measures 110cm width), at my office in Brussels. I used a B.E.S.T Germany single output LNBF on an FTEMax 212 receiver.
I am getting all Nilesat vertical and horizontal TPs, even Fox News on TP 11804 H. But weather is superb.
Unfortunately nothing on AB4, nor on Badr6.

***Huevos*** · 07-08-2009

Originally Posted by sonnetpete

On my Manhattan anything above 45Q produces a watchable picture without breakup.

Where do you view quality on a Manhattan? You do mean a Plaza don't you? I've got an XT-M and don't see a quality bar anywhere.

aljaxon · 03-09-2009

using a cheapo maplins 1.85 petal dish with c120 inverto whitetech 0.3 and universal feedhorn.

i can get nearly all vs and some h when uits clear.
a gust of wind and the dish flexes and the struts holding the lnb move it off centre.
i didnt expect much more but wanted to see if a big dish was the answer and i am sure that a decent make would pull more in.
unless i can sort out the lnb problem and brace things a bit.
also what settings should i select on my receiver and dvb pc card for the lnb?
its on universal on both atm but the pc card has a kuband setting.
any clues?
thx
al

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