satelloUK
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Visiosat 75cm Bisat G3A 13/19/28
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Hi everyone, i'm having one of those.. if you know what i mean.
installed a 80cm dish to catch hotbird, for sky italia hd. technomate octo lnb 0.2, to feed a few rooms.
nothing wrong, nothing in the line of sight over the satellite. no visible problems whatsoever.
then....
signal at default frequencies on my horizon s2 meter reads 79db horizontal and about 76 on vertical, as usual.
sky italia decoder myskyhd does not want to pickup some frequencies. no matter what. on the decoder frequency test, some show as 7 (green) in a scale from "no lock - 3to 4 (red), 5 (yellow) 6 to 10 (green)", some will be "no lock" or 3 (red). signal on the meter was about 73 and 70 respectively. I managed to lock sky italia hd channels in the past even with a zone2 sky minidish 60cm with no problems... and with much lower signal.
tried different sky italia box hd, different lnb, different dish, different cable (about 10mt run, wf100 all copper screended), different position of dish, nothing at all. to be said, only tested with technomate lnb, so next week will try to go with some different brand, such as inverto or invacom, even if i do not normally install those on a hotbird installation...
at this point I have to think there is a local interference, as after that job, i headed to another installation, used all the equipment i replaced from the first place, actually on a 30mt cable run, signal on the meter at the dish was the same, down at the receiver end, about 67 to 69/70
frequency test on a sky italia hd decoder used at the other place to just run a test.. all frequencies with "6" (green, just enough...).
The place has a roof aerial, with rooms wired i believe from an amplifier, (to which i did not have access), but the terrestrial system and satellite run on separate wires, and separate sockets. Also, satellite cables are all wf100 cai certified cables, and all brand new run. connectors snap and seal, so i haven't gone on the cheap if you know what i mean.
i list here the tp with "3" or "no lock" on the receiver test. to be said, all the tp with bad reception have a symbol rate of 29900, most of them in high band, and other frequencies with symbol rate of 22000 or 27500 were absolutely perfect, but there was some tp with sr 29900 which was ok. i'm really banging my head over this....
the house hasn't got internet yet, not dect phone, but i don't exclude neighbors may have it
here they are:
satellite hotbird, 13E
11219 h 29900 5/6 dvb-s
11355 v 29900 5/6 dvb-s
11842 v 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
11861 h 29900 5/6 dvb-s
11900 h 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
12054 h 29900 5/6 dvb-s
12092 h 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
12360 h 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
i asked countless fellow installer and no one has ever had an similar issue, and in fact they are all now curious to find out the outcome. thanks for reading.
installed a 80cm dish to catch hotbird, for sky italia hd. technomate octo lnb 0.2, to feed a few rooms.
nothing wrong, nothing in the line of sight over the satellite. no visible problems whatsoever.
then....
signal at default frequencies on my horizon s2 meter reads 79db horizontal and about 76 on vertical, as usual.
sky italia decoder myskyhd does not want to pickup some frequencies. no matter what. on the decoder frequency test, some show as 7 (green) in a scale from "no lock - 3to 4 (red), 5 (yellow) 6 to 10 (green)", some will be "no lock" or 3 (red). signal on the meter was about 73 and 70 respectively. I managed to lock sky italia hd channels in the past even with a zone2 sky minidish 60cm with no problems... and with much lower signal.
tried different sky italia box hd, different lnb, different dish, different cable (about 10mt run, wf100 all copper screended), different position of dish, nothing at all. to be said, only tested with technomate lnb, so next week will try to go with some different brand, such as inverto or invacom, even if i do not normally install those on a hotbird installation...
at this point I have to think there is a local interference, as after that job, i headed to another installation, used all the equipment i replaced from the first place, actually on a 30mt cable run, signal on the meter at the dish was the same, down at the receiver end, about 67 to 69/70
frequency test on a sky italia hd decoder used at the other place to just run a test.. all frequencies with "6" (green, just enough...).
The place has a roof aerial, with rooms wired i believe from an amplifier, (to which i did not have access), but the terrestrial system and satellite run on separate wires, and separate sockets. Also, satellite cables are all wf100 cai certified cables, and all brand new run. connectors snap and seal, so i haven't gone on the cheap if you know what i mean.
i list here the tp with "3" or "no lock" on the receiver test. to be said, all the tp with bad reception have a symbol rate of 29900, most of them in high band, and other frequencies with symbol rate of 22000 or 27500 were absolutely perfect, but there was some tp with sr 29900 which was ok. i'm really banging my head over this....
the house hasn't got internet yet, not dect phone, but i don't exclude neighbors may have it
here they are:
satellite hotbird, 13E
11219 h 29900 5/6 dvb-s
11355 v 29900 5/6 dvb-s
11842 v 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
11861 h 29900 5/6 dvb-s
11900 h 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
12054 h 29900 5/6 dvb-s
12092 h 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
12360 h 29900 3/4 dvb-s2
i asked countless fellow installer and no one has ever had an similar issue, and in fact they are all now curious to find out the outcome. thanks for reading.
