Group Buy Of Norsat 8000RI Extended C Band LNB

[moonbase]

Hi,

Would anyone interested in participating in a group buy of some Norsat 8000RI extended C Band LNB's please add your name and number of LNB's required to the list below?

I have been quoted a price of approximately £120 per LNB shipped to the UK from the USA, based on a purchase of 5 units. This price excludes any import duty or VAT and excludes local UK postage to end users. At a guess, there could be a 20% VAT charge from UK customs plus a handling fee, however, that is only a guess.


For anyone not familiar with this LNB I have added a few bits of info below.

The Norsat 8000RI LNB has a frequency range of 3.625Hgz to 4.8GHz., spec sheet link pasted below.
http://www.norsat.com/wp-content/uploads/8000ri_lnb.pdf


A standard LNB such as a Titanium or Zinwell or similar has a range of 3.4GHz to 4.2GHz. The frequency range between 4.2GHz and 4.8GHz is often referred to the the extended C Band range.

The other point to consider is that Norsat C Band LNB's come with a WR229 flange fitting and are bolted onto a waveguide/feed that has a WR229 output port.

Current list:
moonbase = 2



Rgds

 

[John]

Add me to the list for 1 unit please MB.

 

[moonbase]

Add me to the list for 1 unit please MB.

John,

Done, updated list below:

John = 1
moonbase = 2


Rgds

 

[Captain Jack]

Ouch - not at that price

 

[s-band]

One for me, please

 

[Channel Hopper]

3.4 - 3.7 GHz was often considered as the extended range, entitling IF above 1450 MHz scanning.

What is receivable in the 4.8GHz section above Europe by the way ?

 

[blademedia]

C band ranges

 

[Captain Jack]

40W carries a few >4.2GHz TPs.

 

[s-band]

Satellites Community - Extended C-Band

 

[moonbase]

3.4 - 3.7 GHz was often considered as the extended range, entitling IF above 1450 MHz scanning.

What is receivable in the 4.8GHz section above Europe by the way ?

CH,

I stand corrected.
I will let you know what is up there after I have received the LNB and had a scan

Rgds

 

[s-band]

Scans from June '16 using a modified Titanium LNBF on an IRTE 1.5m
40.5W left/Right
Rascom 2.9E Left
SDR plot Rascom 4730L

 

[moonbase]

One for me, please

Added to the list, updated list below.

John = 1
moonbase = 2
s-band = 1


Rgds

 

[Channel Hopper]

Scans from June '16 using a modified Titanium LNBF on an IRTE 1.5m
40.5W left/Right
Rascom 2.9E Left
SDR plot Rascom 4730L
View attachment 103876 View attachment 103877 View attachment 103878 View attachment 103879

Thanks for that, 40.5W looks - from the footprint on Lyngsat - currently unobtainable in Europe/UK.

Additionally the Lyngsat detail doesn't show an active transponder on the frequency shown for the Rascom satellite, could it be a beacon / telemetry signal ?

 

[Archive-8]

Thanks for that, 40.5W looks - from the footprint on Lyngsat - currently unobtainable in Europe/UK.

Additionally the Lyngsat detail doesn't show an active transponder on the frequency shown for the Rascom satellite, could it be a beacon / telemetry signal ?

I can get some transponders from 40.5°W c-band on my iss 1m dish and tit.

The 1.5 gibertini brings in quite a few more.

But I now have a tree blocking the view of 40.5°w.

Hopefully I can move the dish slightly to bring them back in.

 

[Channel Hopper]

I can get some transponders from 40.5°W c-band on my iss 1m dish and tit.

The 1.5 gibertini brings in quite a few more.

But I now have a tree blocking the view of 40.5°w.

Hopefully I can move the dish slightly to bring them back in.

Wrt the thread title, if you can get those above 4.2 GHz by moving the dish I will be impressed.

 

[moonbase]

Wrt the thread title, if you can get those above 4.2 GHz by moving the dish I will be impressed.

If I have used the wrong terminology in the thread title or my original post description then it was a mistake on my part caused by lack of knowledge on the subject. From the table kindly provided by "blademedia" in post 7 it looks like I should have referred to the frequency range as Super-Extended C Band. Please accept my apologies for any confusion.

Although there is very little listed in this frequency range on the usual sites such as FlySat and Lyngsat, there is a slight possibility that there are more frequencies broadcasting that have not yet been reported. In all honesty, the purchase of these LNB's is not justifiable to anyone hoping to receive a large number of previously unfound channels. The LNB purchase in my instance is more of a geek hobbyist curiosity purchase cos I aint got one, and if I gonna have one I may as well have a spare.

To get back to the original nature of the topic, I will leave the group buy open until the end of Sunday evening. If we have enough buyers to fulfill the minimum order requirement of 5 units I will place the order on Monday.

Current list of intending buyers is below:

John = 1
moonbase = 2
s-band = 1


Rgds

 

[s-band]

Thanks for that, 40.5W looks - from the footprint on Lyngsat - currently unobtainable in Europe/UK.

Additionally the Lyngsat detail doesn't show an active transponder on the frequency shown for the Rascom satellite, could it be a beacon / telemetry signal ?

qwer (4.9m) and feedsat (3m?) have seen some occasional video on 40.5W but I've have not managed to get lock. The modified tit droops a bit at the top end and 1.5m is 10dB down on qwer's.
I seem to remember getting the beacon on 4500.1MHz, Linear slant polarised on 40.5W

The Rascom wide one on my SDR & Crazyscan plot is GS and the narrow ones on the SDR are data. I don't think anything other than data or GS has been spotted there. Rascom beacons are in the normal band.

 

[Channel Hopper]

If I have used the wrong terminology in the thread title or my original post description then it was a mistake on my part caused by lack of knowledge on the subject. From the table kindly provided by "blademedia" in post 7 it looks like I should have referred to the frequency range as Super-Extended C Band. Please accept my apologies for any confusion.

I was not making criticism of the terminology, but will gladly proportion blame onto BM.
4.5GHz used to be a NATO only part of the band but satellite reception devices, in particular parabolics are unlikley to be a major threat which is why it has been considered as of late. There was news last year of Eutelsat launching a bird with TWTs operating at this set of frequencies but I don't know where it was to be located

BtW the spectrum section accessible with this LNB will means a change of local oscillator setting to receive these with standard receivers.

 

[s-band]

There was news last year of Eutelsat launching a bird with TWTs operating at this set of frequencies but I don't know where it was to be located

65W EUTELSAT 65 West A - Satellites - Eutelsat
Satellites Community - 65.2?W Eutelsat 65 West A
Eutelsat 65 West A at 65.0°W - LyngSat

 

[Channel Hopper]

Going to be difficult to catch above Europe