C3 and C4 on a 6 foot Fortec

[tvropro]

You guys that are using 6 foot dishes (the Fortec would be nice) How well do you get C3 and C4. What type of quality do you get on those birds. The guy I put the 6 foot Fortec up for on W5 now is thinking of graduating to a motorized system with a 4DTV. I created a monster :up need some idea how well it will perform.

 

[Mr Tony]

any specific channels?

I might as well leave the dish out in front of the garage today
Been doing lots of testing

 

[tvropro]

His Wifey wants the Food Network on C3 601 - 602 and the Travel Channel on C4-602. If you want to check those and give me a Q and EBNO reading it would be great

 

[Mr Tony]

OK here goes...no quality meters, just ebno

random sampling of TP's...its easy when you slave the 905 to the Pansat...red light goes off ya know its a different TP

C4 (AMC10)
581 NW News +5.2
600 Discovery +7.5
651 Spanish Mux +10.4

C3 (AMC11)
102 Showtime Mux +4.6
600 HGTV +6.6 with a peak to 7.0 on 602
680 Catholic +6.0
700 BBC America +10.0

Not as bad as I thought considering it being on the far western arc for me and the numerous satellites bunched together.

hope this helps

 

[tvropro]

Thank's Ice :up ... That sounds workable, I know it's not 15.0 like I get on some channels (actually I don't know what my EBNO is on those) But I think those numbers will work well. Do you know if Sadoun sells the polar mount alone for the Fortec? He can probably use a Moteck 18" standard duty jack. Gotta find a good 4DTV though. E bay is okay but you gotta be careful the ID's are intact.

 

[Mr Tony]

I tried to push the LNB in closer but in alot of cases that didnt help. But you seem to have the magic power with maxing it out on W5

as for the polar mount, PM Sadoun. He might have one available. Ya never know

 

[Comptech]

Before I gave my six foot fortec to Mjack I subbed to those channels with no problem and that was with a sloppy moteck 180 motor.