Captain Jack
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Just for giggles - what are you getting from the 1.2m on the Russkiy beam?
View attachment 82903 So I'm giving up on this now as there is no more I can squeeze out on Carl ..
Convinced now that the minimum required dish size at my location is 1.8m for anything to lock ..
Good luck guys ..
at least I finally got a very brief hint from 12092R ..
lol
Thanks nelson out of interest have you tried here with the beast, it would be interesting to see what you could get i know there not designed for ku but i would still be tempted to look ?
A very brief test one evening on bbc world transponder 1 west with a k/u l.n.b
I would certainly like to try -- but i have no k/u l.n.b. holder for it as yet - i need to construct something sturdy that i can adjust in every direction - to find the sweet spot ... The Prodelin/beast is ultra sensitive enough to small movements in C band..... so i,m in no doubt that in k/u its going to be tricky and time consuming to get the best out of it, and spare time is something i don,t have enough of just recently.
in the midst of a thunder storm here right now - so probably no playing out tonight
Thank you nelson I thought you had already had KU on the beast, no play time for me due to the rain
Doubt I could get even close on Christina ..which is basically the same dish ..OK --
Been trying a new approach to these Russian circular t.p.s -- and although i got a good result tonight its still not enough - l.o.l.
No its not the Prodelin beast ... its the 1.8 prime focus Alcoa that.s been sitting redundant since the Turksat beam change last year .
Doubt I could get even close on Christina ..which is basically the same dish ..
Simply not accurate enough for ku from past experiments.
And I'd have to get the lnb at the sweet spot which would mean ditching the Cband lnbs ..
imo simply not worth the agro at my location..
No way could using a petalised 1.8PF give me better results than a single section offset 1.5
Nonetheless ...I wish you luck buddy ..
Location Location Location ...plus a big dish in the mix I think.
east beams
I don't often look at 42E is this beam still hard to get nelson please.
hi martin -
not even a flicker from the east beams anymore
Nice that this transponder is now changed to a west beam -- apart from the t.v channels that you mentioned -- 11054H 30000 also carries Radyo Eksen -- which in my view is one of the best rock radio stations available -- content is similar to bbc 6 music but without all the chat --- now that this t.p has switched from east beam to west beam it makes my 1.8 Alcoa prime focus dish somewhat redundant - as this has been its sole use for the past 3 years -- l.o.l.