Recent content by Dopamine

Im almost exactly 1 mil from Stockholm city. Im not sure what makes for my bad signal, but I exhaused my options with the 125cm. I do not use a Sky box, though. I use a Skystar 2 pci card and a Nokia 9902s. I´ll see what I can make of the 2m dish. If it cant be made to work either, there...

That´s exactly what I had in mind. The roof needs to be fixed anyhow, old wood beneath the plates. Im going to fix some kind of test rig first, once I get the Actuator going. I´ll get some of that cable and try it out. Peace, /Per

I can´t put it at ground level due to surrounding trees, (not mine to cut down, and too many of them) so Im probably going to get it up on the roof. I just wanted a temp solution to test the motor and the dish. I´ll see what I can come up with. The cable I ment was the cable between the motor...

It is glasfibre. You can´t really tell from the pic, but if I´d take a pick from the back you´d see it. Or if you saw it IRL. The actuator (as well as all of the parts) are suposed to be working; is there any upside to a new one? (I guess diseq 1.2 but that´s not really a priority for me) Do...

Finally got my sisters camera today, so I could take some pictures. Sorry about the size (resolution and filesize), I scaled them to 50 percent, didn´t want to mess with the PQ any more than I have to. I need to find a cord for the motor, it´s connected to 5-6 or so points on the STB and motor...

Ok.. Just so I get this right. I assume I cant use my Invacom Quad QDH-031, which is for offset only, right? So I´ll have to invest in an Invacom QDF 031, a Quad C120, AND a SMW XM-140 feedhorn, right? (couldn´t find any XM-500 on their page) Anyone know what a XM-140 costs? The dish had...

Will I need a special LNB for this dish, or will my Invacom Quad do fine? Forgive my ignorance, but I´ve never dealt with a Prime Focus dish. (This is a Prime Focus dish, right? hehe) Peace, /Per

Do anyone know what type (manufacturer etc) of dish this is? It´s a 2m dish that Im going to have a look at later tonight. Im hoping it´ll give me enough gain to get those elusive signals 24/7. Peace, /Per

I use a quad invacom connected straight through a 3m cable to a skystar 2 card. The signal is almost identical to the, um say 15m cable + diseq-switch to a nokia 9902s that I use to get these figures. Im fairly certain that the dish is perfectly aligned; spent many hours on it and just a tad...

btw, here´s my dish.. I got the info from the retailer: http://www.famaval.pt/index_en.php?tg=articles&topics=64&new=0&newc=0 Jambo_Habari: The chimney is only 1m higher, and I like having the wall block some of the wind. I don´t think the path would be clearer if it sat on the roof/chimney. I...

Some numbers I´ve found in the various spec. sheets: Gibertini OP120 Gain at 10.95 GHz - 41.3 dB Gibertini OP150 Gain at 10.95 GHz - 43.3 dB Andrew Type 120 Gain @ 11.95 GHz - 42.0 dBi Andrew Type 180 Gain @ 11.95 GHz - 45.5 dBi Noname 100cm Gain (11,5Ghz) 39,5dB Gain (12,75Ghz) 40,5dB...

Yeah.. I kind of figure it´d be best to cut my losses and spent that money on the Gibertini 150. I checked the signal throughout the last 24 hours (well, not entirely) and it seems to vary less than 1 dB S/N. Lunchtime: 5.6-5.7 dB S/N = first time the picture is perfect 4->5 PM: peaks at 6.3...

Im back again.. I bought a very sturdy wall-mount, and got the dish another 1-2m higher up on the wall. Im testing the new setup with the following components: Quad invacom (instead of twin) 3m cable Nokia 9902s The time is now 16:08, and the signal level is as follows: (+/- 0.2dB) BBC 1...

I measured the vertical value of the pole, and it was pretty bad.. def. need to straighten it up. So the 1m long pole I use now is pretty much a lost cause as it seems now. So, what would be the best wallmount to use? I´ve been looking at a few of those over at...

There are no specs for the 125cm, but the 110cm says this: (http://www.neptunsat.com/se/100LH.htm) Gain (11,5Ghz) 40,8dB Gain (12,75Ghz) 41,68dB Comparing that to the Mabo dishes, same size, with specs that say: (http://mabo.pl/eng/antennae/110os.html) Yield 11,75 GHz (dB) ... 41,70 Yield...