Ka band???

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7mdish

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My Satellite Setup
CM 2.4m motorised offset dish, Viking Ku-band 2-ports motorised feed, 2 SMW LNBs, RC2000A, Dreambox DM920.
My Location
Milan, Italy
Hello, this forum has an interesting Ka band section. However, after many readings, I suspect that Ka band is losing interest from many satellite enthusiasts, maybe due to TV signal lacking, isn't it? How many channels are broadcasted in this frequencies? And what about feeds? Feeds catching is one of my preferred activities in satellite reception, but maybe very few feeds are available. Is it so useful to make an installation including Ka band? I suspect the answer is no, but I ask to you.
Please note that I'm located near Milan, North part of Italy, I don't know if there is some spot aimed to my area, and one which satellite. Could you please clarify this point to me? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 
Yes Ozumo, you are right, no footprints aimed to my area. Apart of this, in your opinion, why we had much interest in the past and not anymore now? And in all areas, including UK where you had daily broadcasting like RTE channels? Do you think that broadcasters understood that Ka band is so critical, particularly with rain or bad weather conditions? Recently I spoke with a satellite operator that made some Ka band links with a portable system (maybe on a truck, not sure), and he told me that during a rainy day the signal dropped dramatically and he got serious problems to send/receive the signal. Is there any additional reason? Thanks.
 
7mdish said:
Yes Ozumo, you are right, no footprints aimed to my area. Apart of this, in your opinion, why we had much interest in the past and not anymore now? And in all areas, including UK where you had daily broadcasting like RTE channels? Do you think that broadcasters understood that Ka band is so critical, particularly with rain or bad weather conditions? Recently I spoke with a satellite operator that made some Ka band links with a portable system (maybe on a truck, not sure), and he told me that during a rainy day the signal dropped dramatically and he got serious problems to send/receive the signal. Is there any additional reason? Thanks.
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I would say that sums it up. Rain a big problem for Ka band. It never really got going. Very little of interest now, and what is available is usually data signals
 
Hello,
the 19.2 ° E, 16.0 ° E and 7.0 ° E satellites should definitely work. A lot can be achieved with a 1.5 m antenna.

best regards
 
Could you please explain better? What can I receive from 19.2°E, 16.0°E and 7.0°E here? I suspect only data, or are there any feeds or regular broadcasting? A 1.5m dish would not be a problem, a bigger issue could be to find a good LNB I'm afraid. But I'm not sure if I will begin any Ka band approach.... Very doubtful. Thanks.
 
7mdish said:
Could you please explain better? What can I receive from 19.2°E, 16.0°E and 7.0°E here? I suspect only data, or are there any feeds or regular broadcasting? A 1.5m dish would not be a problem, a bigger issue could be to find a good LNB I'm afraid. But I'm not sure if I will begin any Ka band approach.... Very doubtful. Thanks.
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Take a look on Flysat. Very few feeds, but some African programming to be had off 16E and 7E.
 
At 19.2 ° E, the ITV feeds vertically and there are horse races horizontally. On the other satellites, as scopus said, has African programs. But you already need two different LNBs. AStra has 18.2-19.2 GHz and the Eutelsat have 20.2-22.0 GHz.
 
Yes I knew that Ka band is splitted in four parts (A to D I believe). So, reading your post I think that a unique LNB for all portions does not exist.... and different polarities (circular and linear) could be an additional problem, am I wrong? Finally, very few signal to invest in a specific installation. Thanks.
 
The LNB for all areas is already available in the professional area. With a feed, the appropriate depolarizer and this LNB, you are at around 10,000.00 euros.:-ohmy:-ohmy:-ohmy
 
10.000 Euros.... really too much for such few trasmissions. I checked flysat, not interested in this band anymore. Thanks for your explanations.
Just an additional question: how can a single LNB cover almost 4 GHz? Two Ka portions can be switched using 22KHz command, but as diseqc is not used in the professional world I don't know which commands are used for the entire band. Thanks.
 
14/18 and 14-22khz/18-22khz for the bands and the polarity moved with a depolarizer
 
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