New dish coming from Sadoun

[badpistacio]

You gurus have been great helping me with FTA! Now I've ordered a dish and a motor from Sadoun and I'm pretty excited.

One question about LNBFs. I'm still a little confused about Universal vs. Standard. By getting the Universal will I be prohibited from receiving any of the North American Ku unencrypted signals? Does the frequency band of the Universal LNB cover all the available satellites? I ordered the ULN2 Universal Linear Dual so I'm wondering if I'll be covered.

I've got 119W covered with my current set up (thanks to you guys).

 

[pedrogarcia]

It will receive all N American KU band satellites just the same as a standard LNB and it will pick up the atlantic birds but I think they will be below your horizon. Just remember to set up the LNB as universal in the LNB meu.

 

[guapoharry]

The Universal LNBF will work fine...

A universal LNBF picks up more of the frequency spectrum than a standard LNBF.

Universal - 10.7 ~ 12.75 GHz
Standard - 11.7 ~ 12.2 GHz

Most satellites viewable from the US don't broadcast below 11.7 Ghz or above 12.2 Ghz. If you are in the eastern US, you might be able to see European satellites that have transponders in this 'additional' space.

Details you don't need to be concerned with right now..
A couple of things to remember with Uni's is when using switches.

If you want to use a 22 khz switch, get an Ecoda brand. (they pass the 22 khz signal that universal LNBFs need)

You can't use universal LNBFs with multiswitches. Universal LNBFs work fine with DisEqC switches.

Have fun with your new dish and motor!

EDIT: To answer your questions,

1. No
2. Yes

 

[Jim S.]

If you're scanning a satellite that only uses American frequencies, hopefully your receiver will allow you to set limits on the frequency, otherwise the scan will take longer than it needs to.

 

[Anole]

Well, actually the 22khz switch conflicts with the Universal LNB, which has its own 22khz switch built in.
Same is true for the 4x4 or 4x8 Multiswitch (not so on the 2x4's)

Here's a way to use Unversal LNBs at E, F, G, H, with a 22khz Ecoda, but you cannot switch the LNB to low band in the drawing.
Likewise, if you were to put a Universal at positions A, B, C, D, they would not receive any 22khz, and would only run on the low band.
The switch matrix works for users who have (less expensive) Universal LNBs, but have no need for the low band.

 

[guapoharry]

I keep forgetting that, Anole....
On a 22khz Ecoda switch connected to a universal, you only get low band on the 22 khz off side. And for the 22khz on side, you only get high band...

I just put the Uni on the 22khz on side... Never missed not having the low side...

Here's a way to shorten up scanning times... (don't bother with the low frequency side...)