Getting started in C-band

[astra 1D]

Wait there are still analog signals!


A/S edit - this topic has been split off the hack tv chat

 

[Analoguesat]

Wait there are still analog signals!

70W - you need a VERY big dish (over 2m) & a very very flat horizon out towards the south east. No trees. No hills, and definitely no houses.

But you already know this as you were told on the other thread.

 

[astra 1D]

70W - you need a VERY big dish (over 2m) & a very very flat horizon out towards the south east. No trees. No hills, and definitely no houses.

But you already know this as you were told on the other thread.

yes i just found out i thought it was a different satellite. and i can not receiver it even if i had a big dish because my analog receiver is ku only and not c band. and there is no chance i can get hold of a analog c band receiver my bad.

 

[Analoguesat]

Its not the receiver you need - its a C-band lnb. Not common & not cheap.

 

[astra 1D]

why how much do they cost

 

[Analoguesat]

Dunno - have an search of your favourite online electronics emporium.. Mine was about 40-50 quid 10 years ago I think. I doesnt get much use but its fun to play with occasionally.

 

[astra 1D]

Dunno - have an search of your favourite online electronics emporium.. Mine was about 40-50 quid 10 years ago I think. I doesnt get much use but its fun to play with occasionally.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zhou-YuXiang-ST-900B-Digital-Single-Universal/dp/B09VS856BP/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3PDJ3I7TWAIDQ&keywords=c-band+lnb&qid=1673298567&sprefix=c-band+lnb%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-3

 

[astra 1D]

yes sorry for going of topic on the hack tv forum

 

[Analoguesat]

Before you spend any money do you have an appropriately sized dish? The absolute minimum you need for playing with C-band is 1m - and you wont get much with that. (I know - thats the dish size I was using!) If you want 70W you need to go MUCH bigger - well over 2m. AND have absolutely no obsctructions out to your south east. Generally speaking a 1.8m dish (6 foot diameter)is the smallest recommended for C-band.

Once you go up to these dish sizes you need some serious engineering & concrete to keep the poles vertical

If you cant satisfy these requirements dont even bother thinking about it - you would be wasting your time & money..

 

[astra 1D]

no i do not have a dish that is 1 meter and i do not have a enough room for a c band dish

 

[Channel Hopper]

no i do not have a dish that is 1 meter and i do not have a enough room for a c band dish

analog satellite in 2022

Hi i have acquired an analogue satellite receiver from the attic and i wondered if there are any analog satellite channels left. I know that Astra turned off is analog system in 2012.

www.satellites.co.uk

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