Thread: HELP ON HOW TO TRACK MBC FREQUENCIES

Hello friends, am facing a big problem, trying to tracking MBC frequencies with 180cm (1.8m) dish, with ku-band LNB installed on it.
the frequency am trying to track was 7.0°W Nilesat 11938.00 polarity: Vertical, symbol rate: 27500 and 7.0°W Nilesat 11766 H 27500.
have done all what i no but i couldn't get through plz GURUS help me out.
thks abu

Nilesat at 7W is pretty far east for most of North America. Where are you located? A 1.8m dish is pretty small if you are in North America looking east at the horizon.

Originally Posted by Bongu

Nilesat at 7W is pretty far east for most of North America. Where are you located? A 1.8m dish is pretty small if you are in North America looking east at the horizon.

Looks like he may be in Nigeria ?

According to this:
Nilesat...Satellite... Foot Print

you're quite a way out of the footprint. But I may be wrong. no one in N.A. has any experience with that bird.

From the look of the footprint map, Nigeria is out of the footprint by quite some distance. If live links are a problem, please delete the link. Here is a link to a place you can check footprints for Nilesat or others:
Footprint : Nilesat 101 (7.0° West) - Ku-band Middle East Beam

YES OOOOO AM FROM NIGERIA

get on a bigger dish find some one local that will let you test i have no exp in your part of the world but know that your not to far from the foot so a larger dish and better lnb can get you what you want

FRIENDS LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES...
MY DISH IS MADE OF FIBER AND IT'S 180 CM
I USED KU-BAND LNB BUT SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE LNB WONT WORK WITH THE DISH.
PLZ WHAT KIND OF DISH WILL I USE.

Originally Posted by newton

I USED KU-BAND LNB BUT SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE LNB WONT WORK WITH THE DISH.
PLZ WHAT KIND OF DISH WILL I USE.

From the looks of the LNBFs you have pictured, It appears they are designed for an offset dish. An offset LNB will not work to well on a Prime Focus dish such as what you have pictured. There are Ku band LNBFs that are specially designed for use on a Prime Focus dish. This would get you the much more stable results than what you were trying.

On a different forum this one was mentioned: Strong Universal Prime Focus LNBF, (SRT L708)

Invacom makes a pretty good Prime Focus LNB, but it requires a separate C120 flange: Invacom SNF-031 'C120' 0.3dB Prime Focus LNB

If it was my setup, I would go with the best LNBF that I could afford.
What you pick depends largely on what your budget is.

Good luck.