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chap from another forum did all the calculations and drawing

Hi, can You post a link to this forum.
Interesting modification. So You cut out original feedhorn part from BU.
I can try this on My 3M link dish. F/d=0,3
 

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I can try this on My 3M link dish. F/d=0,3
If you are happy with my drawing, there it is 123.jpg . Download it and print in such a way that size on paper is same as digits on the drawing.
 

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There is family of Channel Master antennas gathered for photo-session ;)
I am missing CM 0.75m badly :(
 

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And you need to fix the 35cm one to function as a dish :)
 

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This is unimportant detail. Anyway, the dish is nice and unique. :) And, BTW, you are God-father of this dish :rolleyes:
 

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I know, it is still some time till X-mas, but weather was OK today and I decided to do some decorations. in the yard. ;) It is only 14 meters of lamp string is needed to do one loop. I think I will make some decorations to other dishes as well. IMG_20171104_171433.jpg IMG_20171104_171410.jpg
 

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I've got new toy today. Another toy (CAM-module with card for several 4K channels) will arrive soon.
 

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What configuration of tuners did you get RimaNTSS? I see there's a "+1xDVB-T/C" so it has an added DVB terrestrial/cable combo tuner as well as how many sat tuners?
 

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I'm curious for the performance of Gigablue:
-What are some weak signals that still can be received? (And, of course, with which dish and LNB ). And how is the low signal reception compared to other receivers?
-How low is the lowest symbolrate that you can receive?
-Which multistream/PLS/MI-T2 transponders van be received?
-Is blindscan possible? If so, what's the performance of the blindscan?
 

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@Lexzie so many questions to which, most likely, I will not be able to give objective answers. I am using for many years in parallel Dremboxes (7000s, 500s, 600s, 800s, 8000) and GB receivers (GB Quad, GB Quad Plus, and now also GB 4k). TBH, I do not see much difference in performance of those 2 brands. I think it is not easy task to compare 2 different receivers. Quality of the displayed picture is also very subjective. Of course, 4k is much faster receiver than anyone I've used before.
What I can, and probably will do- will choose some transponder from Astra 2E (UK beam) and do signal level monitoring on GB 4k and DM 8000 and then try to compare results.
 

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That's nice, but all the other questions I find much more important.
About if the GB can receive multistream, low symbolrates (how low?), DVB-S2X? and if GB has a blindscan function (and does it find all frequencies?).
 

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@Lexzie Will check all that due time. But, it would be much easier for me if you give me some examples of transponders (multistream, low SR, DVB-S2X). With BlindScan I have very small experience and it is not so positive because of the fact that after blind scan frequencies from different satellites scanned and made a big mess :-doh. But, will check that possibility as such.
Add later: Yes, there is Blindscan. How good is it.... I do not know. ScreenHunter_547 Feb. 20 08.26.jpg
 
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I will give some examples ASAP.
 

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Let me predict:
- multistream- NO;
- DVB-S2X - NO;
- Low SR - perhaps.... but not very low.
 

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No multistream and no DVB-S2X surprises me, this article says all Gigablue receivers (with the right tuner) should have it: Multistream - OpenPLi Wiki
 

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That was just my prediction. Will check it someday.
 

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DVB-S2X:

Eutelsat 33C at 33.0°E
Groupe TF1, 12598 V, 10057-25/36, 8PSK
Groupe TF1, 12621 V, 10057-25/36, 8PSK


Multistream (some examples):

Yamal 401 at 90.0°E
RSCC, 4106 R, 14990-3/4, 8PSK, T2-MI with PLP 0, PLP 1 and PLP 2

Express AM6 at 53.0°E
RTRS, 3665 L, 14990-3/4, 8PSK, T2-MI with PLP 0, PLP 1 and PLP 2

Eutelsat 10A at 10.0°E
Zap Viva, 10747 V, 4000-9/10, 8PSK, stream 171

Astra 4A at 4.8°E
ZeonBud, 12188 H, 30000-5/6, 8PSK, T2-MI, PLP 0, stream 10 and 20
ZeonBud, 12341 H, 30000-3/4, 8PSK, T2-MI, PLP 0, stream 30 and 40

Eutelsat 5 West A at 5.0°W
RAI, 11013 V, 30000-3/5, ACM, PLS gold 131070, stream 2 and 11
TNT France, 11509 H, 29500-8/9, 8PSK, PLS gold 50416, stream 1, 4 and 6.
Mediaset, 12585 H, 35000-2/3, 8PSK, PLS root 8, stream 1 and 2.

Hispasat 30W-4 at 30.0°W
Telecom CLM, 11491 V, 7522-8/9, 8PSK, PLS combo 2388


Low SR:
Astra 3B at 23.5°E
Tuba, 11675 V, 750-3/4, 8PSK
RMF, 11678 V/11679 V/11680 V, 1024-2/3, 8PSK
Deutschlandfunk, 12637.7 V, 940-1/2
Antenne Bayern, 12642.5 V, 477-1/2
Telekom Austria, 12643.1 V, 556-3/4
Antenne Düsseldorf, 12647.1 V, 285-7/8

Eutelsat 16A at 16.0°E
100% NL, 11072.1 H, 334-1/2

(There are more but I'll have to search for them).
 

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@Lexzie No miracles...... from whole your list I only get
RMF, 11678 V/11679 V/11680 V, 1024-2/3, 8PSK
 

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Thanks for trying. Could still be depended on the image you use and if you have the new NIM SP2246T tuner.
 
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