When I learned that the NYE celebration was going to be fed on G-17 ku in analog, I thought that I should give it a try. My current set up is a motorized 1M dish for ku, a fixed 1M mini-bud at G-16 for C-band and a Pansat 2500A DVB receiver.
I have an OLD Uniden UST-7000 C-band receiver that I acquired 15+ years ago that I have never used. After looking at Lyngsat, I realized that G-16 had the Sheppard's Channel broadcast in analog on transponder 16. So I thought I'd give it a try. After examining the Uniden receiver closer, I found that by moving a switch on the rear I could get either a fixed +18V (regardless of polarity) or a 0/+14V (depending on the polarity) to the LNB. Since I have a Geosat C2 LNB, I needed +18V to select the horizontal polarity -- so I flipped the rear switch to +18V and hooked up the LNB. I was totally amazed -- I could receive the Sheppard's channel with almost no snow with a 1M dish!!! I then changed channels and came across a "Did you think your smarter than a 5th grader" feed on transponder 17. However, this one had a bit of snow.
I then hooked up my Uniden receiver to my motorized ku dish, switched the rear switch to 0/+14V (so that I could get vertical transponders) and went to transponder 20 on G-17 (this is where the NYE feed was supposed to be). There was nothing there. I went through the channels and discovered a feed on transponder 5. The audio was clear but the picture looked like it was either scrambled or it wasn't syncing properly. I then remembered that ku capable receivers could deal with 32 transponders rather than the 24 transponders on c-band. So I assume that this was my problem since my Uniden is C-band only. However, most of the ku satellites on Lyngsat show a maximum of 24 transponders.
After all of this, I started to wonder if there is an analog C/ku band receiver that is capable of supplying the correct voltage for voltage-controlled LNBs. Any ideas?
Is anyone else getting analog feeds with an LNB where the polarity is voltage-controlled? How are you doing it?
Thanks and have a Happy New Year!
I have an OLD Uniden UST-7000 C-band receiver that I acquired 15+ years ago that I have never used. After looking at Lyngsat, I realized that G-16 had the Sheppard's Channel broadcast in analog on transponder 16. So I thought I'd give it a try. After examining the Uniden receiver closer, I found that by moving a switch on the rear I could get either a fixed +18V (regardless of polarity) or a 0/+14V (depending on the polarity) to the LNB. Since I have a Geosat C2 LNB, I needed +18V to select the horizontal polarity -- so I flipped the rear switch to +18V and hooked up the LNB. I was totally amazed -- I could receive the Sheppard's channel with almost no snow with a 1M dish!!! I then changed channels and came across a "Did you think your smarter than a 5th grader" feed on transponder 17. However, this one had a bit of snow.
I then hooked up my Uniden receiver to my motorized ku dish, switched the rear switch to 0/+14V (so that I could get vertical transponders) and went to transponder 20 on G-17 (this is where the NYE feed was supposed to be). There was nothing there. I went through the channels and discovered a feed on transponder 5. The audio was clear but the picture looked like it was either scrambled or it wasn't syncing properly. I then remembered that ku capable receivers could deal with 32 transponders rather than the 24 transponders on c-band. So I assume that this was my problem since my Uniden is C-band only. However, most of the ku satellites on Lyngsat show a maximum of 24 transponders.
After all of this, I started to wonder if there is an analog C/ku band receiver that is capable of supplying the correct voltage for voltage-controlled LNBs. Any ideas?
Is anyone else getting analog feeds with an LNB where the polarity is voltage-controlled? How are you doing it?
Thanks and have a Happy New Year!
