Advice Needed Where to point my 5 x LNBs to?

[sophie101]

Hallo everybody ( spoken in a loud, booming, but friendly voice!)

i'm having my roof renovated make it nice and water tight for the winter.

Which means my Satellite dishes are all out of action and had to be moved off the flat roof for a month.

But this does give with the option to point them somewhere else, and also set up my 120 meter dish to use with my other two smaller dishes.

What advice do I seek from you? When I need some ideas because currently I have a change to realign whilst scaffolding is up and get an even better English+French channel setup.

What can I point my stuff at?

So what I have I got:

1 x Wavefront T55
1 x Technisat 60 cm steel dish
1 x 120 cm steel dish with a motor attach, but it has not been used for ten years so probably will not work.

Previously I had the standard: 28e 19e 13e 5e.

What must I keep:
28.2e UK stuff
5w ( Fransat sat coz I have got a card for it)
19e for German channels

13e for everything on hotbird ArteTV and stuff

But I can probably point the big 120cm dish at something fun and stick a few offset LNBs on it.

But point it at what?

Doesn't DubaiOne show some half descent films even if I can ignore the cuts :-)

Or how about get Express AM7 at 40.0°E because the footprint covers western Europe? Infrastructure

 

[Butacas]

You could point the 1.20 cm antenna at Eutelsat 9º E. There are lots of fun things there. I don't know if you could receive Italian channels (MultiStream) in Belgium. I can receive them here. There are sports channels, music, movies, documentaries... etc. They are free to air and most of the frequencies are in 16APSK, they need the PLS code to be able to receive the signal, which can be easily obtained on satellite websites.

 

[semёn]

In 2011-2014 I experimented with different multifeeds on 0.6-1.6m antennas. I give you a choice, you can experiment yourself. The signal on all antennas was excellent. On the 5W you probably need to install a separate antenna. Everything depends on the fasteners = heads = LNB. Tomorrow I will open a new topic about multifeeds - /with photos/.
Print your photo of the 1.2m antenna. To see what kind of mount is needed. And also our moderator RimaNTSS, he is a super specialist in such mounts, he will tell you, I know from his work.
This mount for my antenna also fits a square trunk.-/хобота/

 

[semёn]

And it is also desirable to install =heads=LNB with a diameter of 24 and 40 mm
In the last photo with such an antenna only 5 LNBs fit

 

[sophie101]

You could point the 1.20 cm antenna at Eutelsat 9º E. There are lots of fun things there. I don't know if you could receive Italian channels (MultiStream) in Belgium. I can receive them here. There are sports channels, music, movies, documentaries... etc. They are free to air and most of the frequencies are in 16APSK, they need the PLS code to be able to receive the signal, which can be easily obtained on satellite websites.

Hi,
I get the IT multistream from 5w on my T55 dish. At least I did but have not looked since July.

The amount of MS on 9e is remarkable. Also, there is Ukranian TV but I am not sure if I can pick it up - Maybe. Some German and Suisse channels as well. I doubt I will ever get a AFN decoder so those channels are out :-) Thank-you for the suggestion. The last time I used 9e was 20 years ago.

 

[LeBelge]

But I can probably point the big 120cm dish at something fun and stick a few offset LNBs on it.

Yes, you can.

 

[sophie101]

Yes, you can.

View attachment 158859

Magic.
What have you got those LNBs pointing to?

 

[sophie101]

And it is also desirable to install =heads=LNB with a diameter of 24 and 40 mm
In the last photo with such an antenna only 5 LNBs fit

All my LNBs are the smaller 24mm-ish sized ones. I have got these on my T55, and a few other small ones lying around.

 

[LeBelge]

on my dish:

45°E - 42°E - 39°E - 33°E - 28° - 24°E

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This is what you need for your 120cm dish.

13°E - 9°E - 1°W in the center - 5°W on the right side.

No need of slim LNB, if there is 4° between 2 LNBs

 

[sophie101]

How about I put

19 13 5w on my T55,
28e in my Techisat
45°E - 42°E - 39°E - 33° on my 120cm

What interesting stuff is there on 45°E - 42°E - 39°E - 33°?

 

[LeBelge]

The 5°W satellite must be on the large 120cm dish, so that you can watch it without Fransat PC7 card.
On my dish 5°W is to the left of center, but you put it to the right of the central position. LNB should not be more than 5 degrees off center for 5°W.
I have 0.8° - 5°W - 14°W on this 110 cm dish.

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45°E - 39°E - 33° is for Bulgarian & Greek TV channels

 

[sophie101]

View attachment 158979

The 5°W satellite must be on the large 120cm dish, so that you can watch it without Fransat PC7 card.
On my dish 5°W is to the left of center, but you put it to the right of the central position. LNB should not be more than 5 degrees off center for 5°W.
I have 0.8° - 5°W - 14°W on this 110 cm dish.

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45°E - 39°E - 33° is for Bulgarian & Greek TV channels

ERT channels would be good to have. Is ERT shown FTA?

Thanks for the 5W advise.

 

[Beli1910]

Of course, it is possible to do multifeed on a 120 antenna and with quite satisfactory results - it is possible to set it up quite solidly from 42e-5 w with a lot of play, but personally I would rather recommend a t90 antenna for a more or less undisturbed signal. It's a shame you don't put a motor on this 120 antenna - you would definitely have a very good signal on the Clark, if of course you don't mind waiting a little while until the antenna turns.

 

[sophie101]

Of course, it is possible to do multifeed on a 120 antenna and with quite satisfactory results - it is possible to set it up quite solidly from 42e-5 w with a lot of play, but personally I would rather recommend a t90 antenna for a more or less undisturbed signal. It's a shame you don't put a motor on this 120 antenna - you would definitely have a very good signal on the Clark, if of course you don't mind waiting a little while until the antenna turns.

There is a motor on it, but a very rusted motor, unused and unloved for a good ten years, if not more. I will see if it works once the roofers have mended the roof.

 

[Beli1910]

Here are 2 pictures of my 42E-5w multifeed system from 2013, when I was playing on a triax 88.

 

[LeBelge]

ERT channels would be good to have. Is ERT shown FTA?

There are 12 Greek channels in BISS ( donc gratos pour nous )
Now I am watching The Voice of Greece on skai.gr via satellite.

 

[RimaNTSS]

I would rather recommend a t90 antenna for a more or less undisturbed signal.

I am totally agreeing to that. If there is a need to install, tune and watch as many channels from most common satellites, then T90 is one of the best options. Anyway, for multisatellite reception it is better to use an antenna specially designed for that, namely multifocus antenna (T55, T90, SMW-OA-1600 etc.).

 

[LeBelge]

There is a motor on it, but a very rusted motor, unused and unloved for a good ten years, if not more. I will see if it works once the roofers have mended the roof.

The truth is that a motor is suitable for passionate people about researching all day long new transponders and signal strength measurement.
If you want to become addicted to this type of "drug" too, then the motor is suitable for you. But, be aware that addictions are difficult to cure afterwards, when they are already installed in your psyche.
While you are searching for new frequencies/transponders with a motor, other people at home cannot watch a different satellite.
From my point of view, this is so stupid that you have to wait for the antenna to rotate from 5°W to 28°E. While having a separate quad LNB for each satellite, allows you to switch channels instantly (like IPTV).

 

[Beli1910]

You wrote this well. Of course, subconscious addiction is the first step in the game of finding new frequencies, or receiving certain frequencies on the Clark that are on the Lock border. Of course, the joy and satisfaction are all the greater when you manage to catch something that theoretically you shouldn't have received. This is basically just the beginning of the addiction. It starts with small 90 antennas and over time increases to 120,150,180 and slowly moves into the class of antennas that have dimensions over 2 m. Of course, such systems are expensive. The antennas themselves are not cheap, but if you add motors, polar mounts and other equipment that rotate such eclipses, interesting financial injections come from the antennas. However, this does not stop real hobbyists who enjoy and relax in such actions. In the end, you end up with such a number of equipment, antennas and consumables that you end up having more at home than a satellite shop is equipped with. I think there are quite a few such members here on the forum.

 

[sophie101]

The truth is that a motor is suitable for passionate people about researching all day long new transponders and signal strength measurement.
If you want to become addicted to this type of "drug" too, then the motor is suitable for you. But, be aware that addictions are difficult to cure afterwards, when they are already installed in your psyche.
While you are searching for new frequencies/transponders with a motor, other people at home cannot watch a different satellite.
From my point of view, this is so stupid that you have to wait for the antenna to rotate from 5°W to 28°E. While having a separate quad LNB for each satellite, allows you to switch channels instantly (like IPTV).

Well put.

I do not need any more addictions that a motor will add :-)