24" StarChoice dish and G10R?

[suibuliu]

Hi
Recently I have set up a 30" dish and received 3 CCTV channels from G3C (with help from Iceberg, Thanks!), but after a couple days, it is getting boring, since there are only 3 FTA channels on G3C and I did not buy a motor (a bad decision).

Since the CCTV channels are for parents, so I have to keep them, and I want to do some experiments... so here are the questions:

A friend of mine gave me his StarChoice 24" dish, a dual LNBF, and a GE DSR400 receiver. I know the receiver is pretty much useless. But I am wondering if I can use the 24" dish and the LNBF to receive any channels from G10R (or G3C for that matter, then I can use the 30" dish to get channels from G10R).

Is 24" too small? Or, which channels on which sat's I can get from this 24" dish? I am in Canada, and it seems to me I can get 46-47dB from G10R, is this good?

Thanks!

Suibu

 

[rkrenicki]

Its probably big enough to get the CCTV channels on G3.. those are pretty strong transponders..

You would most likely be able to get 12114 V 4444 on G10R as well, since thats a really strong TP as well..

11720 wouldnt do that great on a 24.. I only get 40% on my 31 as it is

 

[suibuliu]

Thanks ultatryon!
If the 24" dish can pick up CCTV channels from G3, then I can use the 30" to receive G10R, as long as the parents have CCTV, I can watch others.

I will try it as soon as the rain stops!

Suibu

 

[suibuliu]

ultatryon,
I successfully connect to G3R using the 24" StarChoice dish and the dual LNBF that was attached to the dish. As you said, the signals on G3R are quite strong.

I then re-direct my 30" dish to G10, and got quite a lot channels, although some of then are duplicated. I am happy, and I have learned to change the freq settings for a tp, then got more channels than I could from the factory settings!

Thanks!

Suibu

 

[rkrenicki]

what kind of quality are you getting on G3R with that 24" dish? just curious... I dont really have anything that size to try myself

 

[suibuliu]

I think 60 maybe? the yellow bar is a little more than half way. The 30" dish gave me almost full yellow bar.

But I think the image quality is very good, I dont see jetted lines, no jumpy images, I don't see any differences between the images from 24" dish and 30"...

but of course I am not used to "excellent" picture quality myself, before this FTA experience, I did not even subscribe local cable...

 

[Mr Tony]

I used a 24" to get CCTV a while back and was able to get a solid 60-65 with the Pansat

 

[PSB]

I also had a try with a 24" dish......

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=36112

 

[Mr Tony]

just did this a week ago

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=71581&highlight=24

 

[suibuliu]

I think I should change my 60% figure... I noticed that the signal from G3 was not stable so I took a look at the dish and the elvation was set to 27 (should be 28.9 for my place), and I ajusted it to 29, now I got 100% quality -- full yellow bar.

so it is really strong.

 

[Mr Tony]

congrats on getting it working