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Demandzm

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Oct 19, 2019

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Michigan

• Nov 16, 2019

• #1

I have an old superdish that I am trying to add lnbs to. I have the dish pointed at 91w. A second lnb picking up 87w, and I'm trying to get another set to pickup 103w. I realize that might not be possible but I do have signal from a satellite. The problem is i cant figure out which one.

These are the transponders I'm finding:
11713H 9356
11756H 5398
11940H 32997
12060H 29996
12140H 29996
11933V 4999
11975V 4099
12007V 7999
12603V 19998

I cant find anything online that matches any of them.
I'm also finding 11760H 30000, but with a different lnb and on the wrong side of the dish, 85% quality, no channels found.

The picture shows my (messy) setup. Left to right lnb1 is the one receiving 11760. Lnb2 is receiving 87w. Lnb3 is 91w. Lnb4 is 103?

 

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cookies

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Missouri

• Nov 16, 2019

• #2

The only transponder you might pick up from 103 would be 12141/V/20000 which has NHK, CGTN and music. Just from a guess, you might be pointed at 101 picking up the strong DBS stuff.
Very little chance of getting 87 and 103 from the same dish unless it's a big ol boy.

 

Keith Brannen

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• Nov 16, 2019

• #3

You are on 101W (I don't have an LNB on the satellite any more, but my list of transponders matches some of the ones you got).

 

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Demandzm

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• Nov 16, 2019

• #4

Thanks guys, I did have cgtn briefly but couldn't find it again. I will try adjusting it again tomorrow and see if I can get a lock. If not I know where an old Hughesnet dish is that was already offered to me.

 

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comfortably_numb

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• Nov 16, 2019

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Demandzm said:

I have an old superdish that I am trying to add lnbs to. I have the dish pointed at 91w. A second lnb picking up 87w, and I'm trying to get another set to pickup 103w. I realize that might not be possible but I do have signal from a satellite. The problem is i cant figure out which one.

These are the transponders I'm finding:
11713H 9356
11756H 5398
11940H 32997
12060H 29996
12140H 29996
11933V 4999
11975V 4099
12007V 7999
12603V 19998

I cant find anything online that matches any of them.
I'm also finding 11760H 30000, but with a different lnb and on the wrong side of the dish, 85% quality, no channels found.

The picture shows my (messy) setup. Left to right lnb1 is the one receiving 11760. Lnb2 is receiving 87w. Lnb3 is 91w. Lnb4 is 103?

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danristheman are you sure that isn't your dish?!

 

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Demandzm

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• Nov 16, 2019

• #6

comfortably_numb said:

danristheman are you sure that isn't your dish?!

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I wish I had his dish.

 

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Demandzm said:

I wish I had his dish.

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It's not hard to do offset LNB's if the dish is big enough; just depends on which satellites you are interested in and what your budget will allow. I currently have eyes on 8 satellites using 4 dishes (a 1.2m, a 90cm and two 76cm). I'd probably add more LNB's but my switch input capacity is only 8.

 

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Demandzm

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• Nov 16, 2019

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comfortably_numb said:

It's not hard to do offset LNB's if the dish is big enough; just depends on which satellites you are interested in and what your budget will allow. I currently have eyes on 8 satellites using 4 dishes (a 1.2m, a 90cm and two 76cm). I'd probably add more LNB's but my switch input capacity is only 8.

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I know I just dont have the cash to buy a bigger dish and the only abandoned dishes around me are old DirecTV/dish/hughesnet dishes that are not any bigger than what I have now and mesh and fiberglass c band dishes. I already have permission to take a 12 foot and a 6 foot mesh in the spring.

 

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Cosmo Blatz

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• Nov 17, 2019

• #9

I always thought that the bigger the dish, the narrower the beam width. ???

 

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Demandzm

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• Nov 18, 2019

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cookies said:

The only transponder you might pick up from 103 would be 12141/V/20000 which has NHK, CGTN and music. Just from a guess, you might be pointed at 101 picking up the strong DBS stuff.
Very little chance of getting 87 and 103 from the same dish unless it's a big ol boy.

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You were pretty much spot on. Even when I re aligned the dish I couldn't get the nbc/cozi channels. I guess I just need to get a bigger dish.

 

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