Receiving oscar 100 narrowband (es'hail2) with my channel master + sdrplay

RustySpoons

RustySpoons

Sleepy Hollow
My Satellite Setup
50E - 30W
2x CM 1.2m Polar Mount/Jack
65E- 65W
Gibertini 1m OP100 - STAB HH100 - Inverto Black Ultra 0.2 Twin
Mutant HD51
Edision Primo IP S2
Dreambox DM800HD
Venton Unibox HD2
Sony Bravia 55" 4K
My Location
South Wales
Having a play around today:
 
Now how can I trick my Mutant to tune 10,490 - 10,500MHz using the LO LNB settings and translating the frequency...
 
Analoguesat said:
Lets see - it needs to tune lower doesnt it - so a custom LO setting of 9500 instead of 9750 would allow it to go down to 10500 instead of 10750
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That might just work. The LNB is pulling signals in strongly. Worth a go when the beacon is back up.
 
You probably want to knock it down another hundred or so LO of say 9400.

Let us know how you get on as I want to set an lnb up for this once Ive finished tinkering with the Eumetsat stuff. :)
 
What frequency should I input to my HD51 if I set the LO to 9500 or lower in order to receive these?
 
Yes the websdr is very useful. Looks like the beacon is back up today, you will see the low SR transmissions in the Simplex portion and the really low SR in the reduced bandwidth section.

I'm off to the BATC CAT meeting in Bristol today.
 
Analoguesat said:
Lets see - it needs to tune lower doesnt it - so a custom LO setting of 9500 instead of 9750 would allow it to go down to 10500 instead of 10750
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True AS, but you'll simply receive the same TP's as before, but numbered 500 MHz lower. So 10500 is really 10750 (on 10E 10747V, the nearest TP).

Best to use a frequency converter to pull 10500 up to within the receiver's IF range. A SUP-2400 converter works fine once modded. Plenty available fairly cheaply online, mostly from the US though.
 
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Oh damn - yup I forgot to factor that in :D

An old sky analogue frequency extender would work though.
 
Picked up a Lime SDR Mini today and a Minitiouner (Kit form, need to build it soon)
 
sat-tv-fan said:
Oh homemade you say ok, did you mean ebay btw, sounded like u bay ! I have a cheap PLL LNB will try that
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It was an old Wolsey masthead PSU, I modified it for Satellite LNB power use, a BIAS T might be a cheaper option if you don't have one, was just something I had hanging around here.
 
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