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  1. cyberham

    Dish review

    Necessity is the Mother of invention. Note the use of a miscellaneous bracket, piece of thin rock, support cord and cable ties to position my C-band LNBF just in the sweet spot of the dish focus. And I can swap between this LNBF and my Ku LNB quite quickly when I wish. And check out this...
  2. cyberham

    DVB-S2X / DVB-S2 Minimum C/N Lock Calculator

    I just used the DVB-S2 calculator to check out a current Ku signal on 99W. Parameters are: DVB standard / modulation: DVB-S2 16APSK FEC: 3/4 Symbol rate: 5000 Minimum C/N lock calculates as 10.2 dB. I am receiving 11.1 dB yet the received video is unstable and unwatchable. Normally an 11.1 dB...
  3. cyberham

    DVB-S2X / DVB-S2 Minimum C/N Lock Calculator

    I've read that the ABC feeds use 4.2.2 chroma subsampling. No consumer satellite receiver can receive this. Using an Edision, you need to feed the signal using its web interface into something like PotPlayer or VLC running on your PC. Then you can watch the video on your PC.
  4. cyberham

    DVB-S2X / DVB-S2 Minimum C/N Lock Calculator

    You need a receiver that measures and reports signal quality in dB such as the Edision series. Many receivers report signal quality only using a % value.
  5. cyberham

    DVB-S2X / DVB-S2 Minimum C/N Lock Calculator

    There's no single answer to your question. It depends. It depends on the parameters of the signal you are trying to receive. As the calculator shows, factors that affect your received signal include the DVB standard, type of modulation, the FEC value and the symbol rate. You need a big enough...
  6. cyberham

    Multiple LMB options

    CN has a good question. Multiple LNBs are only normally required on a fixed dish. One exception might be if you want to have both C-band and Ku-band LNBs on the same motorized dish (see photo below). I find in practice it's best just to change out the C-band and Ku-band LNBs so you can receive...
  7. cyberham

    DVB-S2X / DVB-S2 Minimum C/N Lock Calculator

    Sunday @ midnight ET. Your signal is plenty strong now to lock it.
  8. cyberham

    DVB-S2X / DVB-S2 Minimum C/N Lock Calculator

    When I read on Rick's that ABC has started changing their modulation and coding formats, I was wondering how big a dish is needed to receive a DVB-S2X, a DVB-S2 or a DVB-S signal. These calculators will help figure that out by showing minimum C/N lock values required for many types of satellite...
  9. cyberham

    Seeking Advice on Installing FTA Satellite Dish for International Programming in RV

    Poor phrasing on my part. I meant the smaller the dish that you use, the lower the S/N that will result for the signal that you receive.
  10. cyberham

    Getting the Azimuth

    I like the apps called SatFinder Lite and Satellite Director on my phone. The first uses augmented reality to allow you hold your smartphone to the sky and "see" the satellite arc on your phone. Again, these free apps aren't the most accurate but they give a sense of what satellite you can receive.
  11. cyberham

    Seeking Advice on Installing FTA Satellite Dish for International Programming in RV

    There is good advice in the posts above in this thread. You can try any dish you wish. The smaller the dish you use, the weaker the signal you will receive. Also for Ku-band especially, what works acceptably on a sunny day may not deliver an acceptable S/N ratio on a rainy day.
  12. cyberham

    Getting the Azimuth

    All of the above. I use free downloadable apps on my Android smartphone which I search for in the Play store. But they are notoriously inaccurate. So you need to cross-check results across several different tools. A good old physical compass is useful for azimuth too. Remember to understand the...
  13. cyberham

    One week til the Eurovision Song Contest

    Finals now on RTPI on 97W Ku.
  14. cyberham

    One week til the Eurovision Song Contest

    Was going to compare BVN with RTPI now. But it's not playing on RTPI on 97W. The video there is 544x480 (2.7 Mbps). Whereas BVN on 117W is playing Eurovision now with 720x480 (3.1 Mbps).
  15. cyberham

    Dish review

    You can install multiple LNBs on a fixed dish to receive more than one satellite. Take a look at the descriptions and photos in this thread.
  16. cyberham

    Dish review

    My first choice would be 99W. Lots of PBS and news feeds. But I'd quickly add a second LNB beside the one at the focus to catch 103W at the same time. 103W has a huge selection of commercial-free music channels if you can manually add audio PIDs or use an editor to do so. Check Lyngsat. We play...
  17. cyberham

    Dish review

    Beautuful! It has no rust either. Mine has lots. I bet you can even read the scales on the bracket. It should be easy to line up to a satellite. Which satellite will you go for? But it looks lonely with no motor.
  18. cyberham

    Dish review

    It looks like a conventional 39" dish. Quality appears reasonable. It has support arms for the LNB arm which is good. You should get good results from this size of dish. Will it be a fixed dish or do you plan to install a motor with it?
  19. cyberham

    One week til the Eurovision Song Contest

    London is UTC+1 now. Amsterdam is UTC+2 now. Just 1 hour to the east.
  20. cyberham

    One week til the Eurovision Song Contest

    I wonder if there is any English-speaking country/channel that will cover it?
  21. cyberham

    Multi-switch

    Exactly. In eastern Canada, I used to use a universal LNB to catch things from the "far eastern" satellites on the arc. But now from western Canada, I replaced my universal LNB with a standard LNB since there is no purpose to scan below 11700 MHz anyway here unless you can catch the elusive...
  22. cyberham

    New Low-cost Ku Motors & 1.2-metre Dishes

    That defeats the purpose of an online cart. It wastes their and my time. The negative feel I got from this motivated me to install my old 4-foot Fortec offset dish on my old motor. It's working! So who needs new anyway?
  23. cyberham

    New Low-cost Ku Motors & 1.2-metre Dishes

    Thanks for this. I was waiting to hear this...it doesn't surprise me since it all sounded too good to be true. What I find unacceptable is that Digiwave is this irresponsible. They are not a small retail seller. I don't accept that it is a "little error" on their part. I suspect it is blatant...
  24. cyberham

    New Low-cost Ku Motors & 1.2-metre Dishes

    I see that Digiwave is advertising new Ku motors and new 1.2-metre offset dishes at good prices. Their website claims items are in stock now. They have addresses listed in both the U.S. and Canada which may explain their reasonable shipping options. Digiwave Moteck Ku motor: US$112 or CDN$159...
  25. cyberham

    Cozi tv scrambled ?

    Not likely that any of their affiliates' OTA signals will reach Gowganda.
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