Techsat TrackerII vs. WSI DMX521 Single Ku LNBF

[phlatwound]

Earlier in the summer Robby from WSI sent me a DMX521 Single Ku LNBF and asked me to compare it to my Techsat TrackerII.

I have attached an Excel spreadsheet with the numbers, but in summary I will say the baby blue DMX521 showed a noticeable improvement over the red TrackerII, and after using it for a couple months I would recommend it to anyone looking for a single output Ku LNBF. :up

 

[funkypc]

Wow, that is almost an unbelievable improvement!
I'm assuming the test setup didn't change? re-aiming or major weather shift?

 

[phlatwound]

Wow, that is almost an unbelievable improvement!
I'm assuming the test setup didn't change? re-aiming or major weather shift?

No changes whatsoever, I didn't even mess with the in/out adjustment on the DMX521......both LNBFs were as far back in the holder as they would go.

The whole test, start to finish was done in 15-20 minutes, weather was mostly cloudy (but no approaching rain) the whole time.

 

[Mr Tony]

I cant get the file to open. Can you post the results?

 

[qwert1515]

Here is a copy of the Excel file.

[table="head"]Deg. West|New Name|Channel Name|Tp info|Tracker II|DMX521
72|AMC6 Ku|NBC Mux|12052 V 6875|S 80, Q 80|S 83, Q 88
74|Horz2 Ku|Ohio News Network|11733 H 6616|S 84, Q 73|S 85, Q 78
79|AMC5 Ku|NY Network 1|12176 H 20496|S 78, Q 80|S 81, Q 85
83|AMC9 Ku|RTN|11735 H 4440|S 79, Q 29|S 80, Q 32
87|AMC3 Ku|MTAONE|11736 V 8333|S 77, Q 30|S 83, Q 63
93.1|G25 Ku|Macys|11906 V 3542|S 82, Q 60|S 85, Q 78
95|G3C Ku|MACTV|12050 H 20000|S 82, Q 78|S 84, Q 84
97|G19 Ku|Russia Today|12152 H 20000|S 81, Q 73|S 83, Q 82
101|AMC4 Ku|Biography|12060 H 26700 |S 84, Q 80|S 85, Q 84
123|G18 Ku|RTN (KKTU)|11718 V 27675|S 77, Q 28|S 83, Q 56[/table]

[table="head"]Equipment
90 cm 3ABN offset dish
DG380 H-H motor
Visionsat IV-200 receiver
Viewing threshold = +/- 20% Q[/table]

 

[phlatwound]

[table="head"]Deg. West|New Name|Channel Name|Tp info|Tracker II|DMX521
72|AMC6 Ku|NBC Mux|12052 V 6875|S 80, Q 80|S 83, Q 88
74|Horz2 Ku|Ohio News Network|11733 H 6616|S 84, Q 73|S 85, Q 78
79|AMC5 Ku|NY Network 1|12176 H 20496|S 78, Q 80|S 81, Q 85
83|AMC9 Ku|RTN|11735 H 4440|S 79, Q 29|S 80, Q 32
87|AMC3 Ku|MTAONE|11736 V 8333|S 77, Q 30|S 83, Q 63
93.1|G25 Ku|Macys|11906 V 3542|S 82, Q 60|S 85, Q 78
95|G3C Ku|MACTV|12050 H 20000|S 82, Q 78|S 84, Q 84
97|G19 Ku|Russia Today|12152 H 20000|S 81, Q 73|S 83, Q 82
101|AMC4 Ku|Biography|12060 H 26700 |S 84, Q 80|S 85, Q 84
123|G18 Ku|RTN (KKTU)|11718 V 27675|S 77, Q 28|S 83, Q 56[/table]


[table="head"]Equipment
90 cm 3ABN offset dish
DG380 H-H motor
Visionsat IV-200 receiver
Viewing threshold = +/- 20% Q[/table]

Thanks qwert, my cut/paste attempt failed.

As you can see from some of those tps, this test was done some time ago, I believe it was in mid-June.