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not simultaneously... since the Ku LNBF is mounted to the side, its aim will be different than for C-band. Usually the difference is about 6-8 degrees depending on the dish size and C-band scalar diameter. What is absolutely critical is that the Ku LNBF and teh C-Band LNB feed be in the same...

Well I can confirm what you said... Take a look at the attached reports. Note that the duration indicated is for the blind scan part only, and does not include the service scan part The results are a bit inconsistant but still some hints: on 117W, great results with TNAP6 using the regular...

I'm finding it exactly where Jim said it was, in TNAP 6 using the GlamourAuraFHD skin items # 6 and 7 in the list of settings

hahaha you know me well! Yes I shall run some tests... I think 117W is indeed an interesting test subject. 40.5W is also an interesting one, as it has some T2MI transponders, but it's overall a bit weak, so results do vary because some TPs are just around locking threshold

Adding to the excellent advice provided by Mr Tony, powered multiswitches will make the setup more reliable. Also if you can get quad LNBFs, then all you need are the diseqc switches. I just don't know a reliable source for quad C-Band LNBFs. But for the Ku LNBFs that should not be too...

I was not aware of the plugin that allows easy swap of the driver - that's a game changer as the only reason I was staying with 5.1 was the low bitrate driver. Thanks Cyberham for pointing it out!

this is what I scanned on 28.2 East from the north of France, close enough from the UK that I could very easily receive the UK beam on a 65cm dish. Of course many channels were encrypted and an interesting aspect is that some channels were FTA in SD but pay TV in HD If you can get dishes aimed...

Sometimes when doing some testing - like site survey, it's nice to have a list of satellites with the parameters for the location - elevation, skey and azimuth. There was a site - satstar.net that was excellent for that purpose - you would enter your location and dish size and whether it was C...

for anyone who is interested in trying it, Anik F1R's orbit just crossed the equatorial plane, so can be received like any "normal" satellite for probably the next 30 minutes. I am seeing the exact same problem where the blind scan in TNAP 5.1 is not finding it, but the Signal Finder locks that...

i've definitely seen this type of problem on other satellites, where it mises certain transponders even on multiple blind scans, for no apparent reasons. And at other times it will find it. I don't have an explanation for it

but that's on 117W, right? I think Arlo is talking about the last remaining Canadian (Nunavut) feed on the ageing Anik F1R @ 107W

could be that his LNBF is turned 90 degrees

looks like that would be 121W

interesting observation... we're having a bit of a thunderstorm right now - light rain but with large raindrops, but thick dark clouds in the line of sight to 99W. I could see the SNR on the 90cm dish go down faster than on the 6-footer, and the 2dB difference was at some point more than 5dB...

i'm playing a bit with a 6ft Ku offset Channel Master dish and comparing reception to a 90cm Fortec Star offset The surface of reception being proportional to the square of the diameter, and 3dB being roughly equivalent to doubling the signal strength, one would expect about 6dB more on the SNR...

LPB on 87W is probably the most difficult here (I'm in western Connecticut) 11100V 45000 on 34.5 (Venezuelian mux) can also be quite challenging the French transponders on 34.5W can also be a bit borderline

I would expect that lower temp of the LNB means lower noise so would improve the C/N ratio.. my experience is that I have poor view of the western end of the arc (127W and beyond), bacause they are low on the horizon and my neighbor has trees there. Even in winter when the trees are bare, I can...

thanks for that info - glad to hear it's working well for you Would you say that its atsc 3.0 tuner is quite sensitive? At my location there are 2 atsc 3.0 stations: one in UHF from Hartford CT with a decent signal (i'd say about 22 dB), and one VHF-High from NYC with about 16dB. I'm confident...

at this point, shutting down atsc 1.0 means killing off OTA, as very few TVs are currently able to receive atsc 3.0 and there's no credible and afordable converter boxes (the only boxes that appear to work reliably cost as much as a new TV). Just go to Costco or Walmart or Best Buy and try to...

for the elevation, what I find that works well is to aim at a fairly easy satellite by trial and error, and once fine-tuned, use the elevation as a reference point and extrapolate other satellite elevation from that one. This way it eliminate the problem of offset angles etc.

I agree... When I had to figure out a location for my C-band dish, I brought a small Ku dish there and determined the limits of what it could "see" by trial and error - with the understanding that those limits can vary with the seasons due to foliage. Also, one can use a dish aimed at a...

I also thought for a minute that it was a Quadstar - looks very similar to mine but the mount is a bit different and the round tube that serves as intermediate ring is much closer to the rim on the Quadstar. It does seem to be a very nicely built dish and in great condition!

it might be significant... I think I remember a conversation a few years ago involving several forum members (I think you were invoved) where we were experimenting with SDR and the software demodulator that is available online, and the Maverick appeared to be the key to success. I have one, I...

I was able to lock WPR on my MIO4K and get the service list. I have not been able to scan them in yet as locking takes forever. Not the frequency difference...12029 for me... I used my SDR to figure that out. I'm using a GeoSatPro SL4 PLL, LO=10750

yes that's also what i'm using for OTA. I get about 40 channels for Hartford CT and New York City but rarely watch anything