I took a few minutes this afternoon after the torrential rains stopped and did a "quickie" A/B test on that NS741s LNBF. Since that NS741s was already in the scaler ring on my 7.5 foot SAMI dish I took readings on that one first on 4 different Ku satellites between 125w and 72w. Using my Openbox S9 receiver I recorded Q readings on specific transponders on each satellite. Then swapped out to the DMX741s and went to those same satellites and transponders and compared readings I had taken earlier with what I was getting then. What I found was that the NS741s actually checked a couple of Q points BETTER than that DMX741s did! Not enough to get excited about, ie, about 2 points is all but it was better just the same. If memory serves, ke4est had about the same performance numbers from the Cband side of that one he had tested a few months back so overall the NS741s is a keeper.
I didn't take the time to do any scans to see if more TPs would be located with the NS model as I didn't have time to get THAT involved in testing it.
Another positive note is that since the DMX741 LNBFs are no longer in production this NS will fill that void for those of us that use this type of LNBF in our BUD systems.
Negative points have already been mentioned, ie, they're a little too cheaply built for my liking but they work just the same. Maybe a nicer built one will come along some time in the future. I'm also not fond of having the external 22Hz switch to deal with but as was mentioned before, it does work. On my systems I have Cband ribbon cable runs so I just use those two coax cables outside and have that 22Hz switch inside at the Vbox and out of sight.
Final note, now that the testing is done and WSI is correcting the labelling problem they had I'm looking forward to seeing the price come down to something in the $25/ $30 range, and that will be a LARGE PLUS.
I didn't take the time to do any scans to see if more TPs would be located with the NS model as I didn't have time to get THAT involved in testing it.
Another positive note is that since the DMX741 LNBFs are no longer in production this NS will fill that void for those of us that use this type of LNBF in our BUD systems.
Negative points have already been mentioned, ie, they're a little too cheaply built for my liking but they work just the same. Maybe a nicer built one will come along some time in the future. I'm also not fond of having the external 22Hz switch to deal with but as was mentioned before, it does work. On my systems I have Cband ribbon cable runs so I just use those two coax cables outside and have that 22Hz switch inside at the Vbox and out of sight.
Final note, now that the testing is done and WSI is correcting the labelling problem they had I'm looking forward to seeing the price come down to something in the $25/ $30 range, and that will be a LARGE PLUS.
