Ka-Band Satellites

[Lazarus]

Do people actually leave Yorkshire ?

Only foreigners.

 

[sat-tv-fan]

So I wouldn't get newsnet on 19.2 with a 1m dish ?

 

[John]

So I wouldn't get newsnet on 19.2 with a 1m dish ?

Broadly speaking It would be possible - yes. I use a 1.2 Gibertini and 95% of the time that's sufficient. The fly in the ointment is the Ka Band A lnb.
Pucka commercial ones are expensive to very expensive. An ex satellite broadband Hughes 18GHz can be had, usually from the States, from around £30 -50, add onto that customs charges and postage but are as rare as hens teeth at the moment.

 

[RustySpoons]

Broadly speaking It would be possible - yes. I use a 1.2 Gibertini and 95% of the time that's sufficient. The fly in the ointment is the Ka Band A lnb.
Pucka commercial ones are expensive to very expensive. An ex satellite broadband Hughes 18GHz can be had, usually from the States, from around £30 -50, add onto that customs charges and postage but are as rare as hens teeth at the moment.

Interesting, I've got a CM 1.2 going up, might try a bit of Ka

 

[Archive-8]

Interesting, I've got a CM 1.2 going up, might try a bit of Ka

You may be able to mod an rt 9°e ka lnb for 18ghz.

Have a look at this thread KA Band C with a modded Inverto LNB

 

[RustySpoons]

You may be able to mod an rt 9°e ka lnb for 18ghz.

Have a look at this thread KA Band C with a modded Inverto LNB

Thanks Chris

 

[sat-tv-fan]

Broadly speaking It would be possible - yes. I use a 1.2 Gibertini and 95% of the time that's sufficient. The fly in the ointment is the Ka Band A lnb.
Pucka commercial ones are expensive to very expensive. An ex satellite broadband Hughes 18GHz can be had, usually from the States, from around £30 -50, add onto that customs charges and postage but are as rare as hens teeth at the moment.

Oh yes the cheapo ones are out of band I see. Ok I'll look out for a Hughes one, Newsnet making it as hard as possible for the sat feed hunter then . I didn't realise just how many feeds there are up there now on 18 ghz

 

[John]

On 18GHz vertical pol signals it's usually ITN regional OB short feeds from up and down the country. Horizontal polarity at the moment usually has a couple of horse racing broadcast channels to watch if your into that sort of thing - check out the Lyngsat / Flysat sites etc for more info.
There are very occasionally full programming of various content shown on vertical pol, and when there is a major disaster or elections going on the band can be full of feeds.

 

[John]

Interesting, I've got a CM 1.2 going up, might try a bit of Ka

Go on, go on

 

[sat-tv-fan]

On 18GHz vertical pol signals it's usually ITN regional OB short feeds from up and down the country. Horizontal polarity at the moment usually has a couple of horse racing broadcast channels to watch if your into that sort of thing - check out the Lyngsat / Flysat sites etc for more info.
There are very occasionally full programming of various content shown on vertical pol, and when there is a major disaster or elections going on the band can be full of feeds.

Yes well exactly what I use to get on 24.5 west, news at ten before they went live etc. Shame these cheapo Ka's don't cover 18 ghz

 

[sat-tv-fan]

Actually someone gave a link a while ago for a Ka band LNB you could buy from Germany I think it covered 4 different bands, cost about a £100...?

 

[John]

Actually someone gave a link a while ago for a Ka band LNB you could buy from Germany I think it covered 4 different bands, cost about a £100...?

Add a nought to that figure and a bit more and you would be in the ball park of a multi band SMW Ka lnb

 

[RustySpoons]

Add a nought to that figure and a bit more and you would be in the ball park of a multi band SMW Ka lnb

I went to a talk on the 10GHz band the other week (ham radio ) one of the subjects at that talk was around LNB's, some of them have bought SMW LNBs that were in their £1000's!!! But thankfully they suggested Octagon do a PLL LNB and buy that instead. I was gobsmacked at the price of some that SMW equipment. The SMW stuff looked nice though

 

[Anonymous_1]

Actually someone gave a link a while ago for a Ka band LNB you could buy from Germany I think it covered 4 different bands, cost about a £100...?

I think it was me...
Acorde

10000 €

But it's cheaper at SMW manufacturer .

SMW

personally I use their DUAL band KA (C & D) by SMW, very good item

 

[John]

I think it was me...
Acorde

10000 €

But it's cheaper at SMW manufacturer .

SMW

personally I use their DUAL band KA (C & D) by SMW, very good item

Not seen that SMW one before .... nice price = $2401

 

[RustySpoons]

Im reading this thread with interest, but I have a feeling my pockets will not go deep enough

 

[mikeisyou]

thankfully they suggested Octagon do a PLL LNB and buy that instead.

Does the PLL enable it to do both Ku-Band and Ka-band? I wouldn't touch the SMW LNB's unless I won the lottery, hopefully one day

 

[RustySpoons]

Does the PLL enable it to do both Ku-Band and Ka-band? I wouldn't touch the SMW LNB's unless I won the lottery, hopefully one day

No it's just Ku band

 

[John]

Im reading this thread with interest, but I have a feeling my pockets will not go deep enough

Can be done cheaper, sometimes it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Trawl fleabay on a regular basis for Ka lnb's and one day you could get lucky. The little white coloured Band A-18GHz 'Hughes@ DRO lnb's don't need any mods but you do need the correct WR42 scalar feed to suit which type of dish you will be using it on ie: PF or Offset.
For an alternative to the now unobtainable Inverto Ka/Ku lnbf (Band D on Ka) Iv'e followed s-band's, Grahams lead on modding ex-satellite broadband Gilat ODU's by removing the Rx board, grafting on a suitable WR42 feed, re-house & waterproof it and away you go. The one that i have modded for use on 16/7/4.9° East satellites actually performs better than my Inverto Ka/Ku but are Ka only and one polarity only - which ain't to much of a problem at the moment as all the broadcast Tv action is on Hor polarity. Again, these can be picked up off the bay from anywhere between £20 to £50 - depends how lucky you get .

 

[Archive-8]

Can be done cheaper, sometimes it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Trawl fleabay on a regular basis for Ka lnb's and one day you could get lucky. The little white coloured Band A-18GHz 'Hughes@ DRO lnb's don't need any mods but you do need the correct WR42 scalar feed to suit which type of dish you will be using it on ie: PF or Offset.
For an alternative to the now unobtainable Inverto Ka/Ku lnbf (Band D on Ka) Iv'e followed s-band's, Grahams lead on modding ex-satellite broadband Gilat ODU's by removing the Rx board, grafting on a suitable WR42 feed, re-house & waterproof it and away you go. The one that i have modded for use on 16/7/4.9° East satellites actually performs better than my Inverto Ka/Ku but are Ka only and one polarity only - which ain't to much of a problem at the moment as all the broadcast Tv action is on Hor polarity. Again, these can be picked up off the bay from anywhere between £20 to £50 - depends how lucky you get .

It was looking on google for a Hughes (18ghz) when I found that “other” ka lnb.