What LNB to i upgrade to?

[mikeisyou]

Hello i have recently purchased a dish of 1.4m which came with a really really old looking lnb (i would mention the manufacture but does not say) and i have not installed the dish yet. I was really interested to see what you guys thought what is the best lnb on the market, i have heard darkmans gold lnb is the best to buy.

I currently have a dual lnb (ku-band, unsure of manufacture) on a 1m dish going into 2 boxes which i use to watch mainly for football. I am very intrigued about c-band however i have not come across it before and unsure if its even compatible with my current boxes (2 spiderboxes, technomate 1000d).

I might possibly have 2 arms with 1 dual ku-band and 1 dual c-band lnb, could you guys give me any hints thanks.

 

[timo_w2s]

I used Black Ultras where ever I can on offset KU band dishes.

 

[skomedal]

Inverto Black Ultra Hype :-

Inverto ultra black single versus quad signal strength fringe reception astra 1N @28.2E bbc/itv from central southern norway, 100 cm tm dish, tm5204 hdci m2 stb, 5 meter brand new high quality copper braided coax.
Comparison done on the veranda thus could bypass the diseqc motor clear blue sky temp ~+20c, every position ( every 2 mm with skew test left center right ) tried on the long necks ( had hoped the extra longneck on the single would let me find the sweet spot on the dish ) spent 4 hours testing ( dish is mounted head height at the end of the veranda firmly anchored top and bottom ).

Conclusion :-

The quad had a slight edge over the single on all TPs ( 8 ) tested signal strengths on the quad were level 96/97 quality 88/92 the single were level 96/97 quality 85/92.

Also tested a wildcard LNB the Maximum v4 quad 0.2 Db on the same setup and TPs results were level 97 constant quality 90/95.

As you can guess I have left the maximum in place.

Hope this helps ppl with fringe reception.

Regards

Ps. Also tried all the TPs on astra 2F level 97 quality 8 so no lock.


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