7west verticals

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wolfboy

Regular Member
My Satellite Setup
Sky+
TM1000D
1m Orbital Motorised Dish
Echostar 3000
My Location
Midlands UK
Hi guys,

I am struggling to get a picture on the 7west vertical tp's.

I have a 1m Oribital dish, 0.2db LNB and a TM1000D.

I get perfect sound but the picture is blocky, I am about 1/2% off getting a picture.

Do you guys recommend me taking it off the motor and fixing it up statically? What can I do to try and get the extra couple of %?

I am using CT125 cable.

Cheers.
 
A better idea of your location would help.

That said, a 1m Dish is a bit small.

My 1.1m gets a few (sometimes) but I think the consensus is 1.2m.
 
Sorry, I am in the Midlands.

The dish is on a SG2100 diseqc motor at the moment, I was thinking of taking it off that and aligning it on my Horizon motor.
 
Not sure a 1m Orbital would be reliable enough for 7W verticals. By aligning it as a fixed dish, it's possible you may get a slight improvement, especially if your off arc a fraction.
 
I'm glad you agree about Dish size, old friend! :)

Remounting the 1m dish is going to be a frustrating waste of time, I fear.
 
I stuggled to get 7W verticals with an Orbital 1m here in Kent. 11862V was easy to get but the others eg 11938V were breaking up.
 
get a tm5400 super has a far better tuner, on comparisson you'll get around 3% - 5%
 
wolfboy said:
I get perfect sound but the picture is blocky, I am about 1/2% off getting a picture.
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Get an Inverto Black Ultra LNB. Should be around £15. I haven't seen another LNB that will improve C/N as much as this. (Robbo recomends another Inverto LNB for twin setups but I can't remember which.) More info.
 
The only way you are going to get the Verticals off 7w in the Midlands is to buy a bigger dish, end of story :eek:

The only time i have ever managed to get anything watchable off 7w on my old 1m Orbital was at about 3am in the morning on a crystal clear night and that was it :mad:

I have played with a 1.5m at a friends house and 7w verticals were an easy catch. On a clear day even some of the horizontals were possible too :cool:

It doesn't matter what lnb you use on the 1m as the dish is simply too small for 7w in your location :(

:-beer

Nano
 
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