30W Hispasat 1D/1E using a Superdish .

[ftanut]

Is it possible to capture 30W Hispasat 1D/1E using a Superdish which measures 33.5" horizontal by 24" vertical, or will I be wasting my time?.

Thank You.

[cpr43]

Where are you located??

[chifut]

In Florida I use a dedicate 36x 20 Directv dish for 30 w The signal on the most chns is 60% with X2 box

[ftanut]

Where are you located??

New Orleans, Louisiana area.

[cpr43]

As per satbeam.com , you should be OK with a 30" or more in Louisiana!!

[ftanut]

That is what I think, but at the moment having problem with capturing it, my elevation requirement is 17.5° , it appears that a tree might be on the line of sight, and there is no other place to locate the dish in my small yard.

Will keep on plugging and see if I can get it to pop up.

[cpr43]

Make sure you have twist the right skew of your LNB! Good luck!

[ftanut]

The skew is 55° clockwise, spent almost an hour trying without any luck, the tree is mostly blockin the sky view. Will try again tomorrow before giving up.

[rrob311]

Have you been able to get any other birds with that particular dish? Also, is the lnb you are using designed to work with that shape of a dish?

[el bandido]

There are many smart phone apps that can help you do a site assessment. These apps will show you where the satellites are located in the sky.

[ftanut]

Have you been able to get any other birds with that particular dish? Also, is the lnb you are using designed to work with that shape of a dish?

A friend gave me the dish without a LNB, so I have never use it for FTA. I am using a Titanium PLL-1KS LNB and hopefully is compatible with this particular shape and design. I bought two LNB holders, which are of different height, one puts the LNB pointing above the top of the dish rim, the other seems to be pointing within the dish face surface. I do not know if this is good enough to work.

I am interested to know if anyone is using a Superdish with a non Dishnet LNB, and what type of LNB holder.

Thanks.







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[ftanut]

There are many smart phone apps that can help you do a site assessment. These apps will show you where the satellites are located in the sky.

I own a basic cell phone, so I depend on a compass and the Satfinder program to locate the satellites, it takes some work, but so far I have been lucky. I just don't know if my LNB, holder and dish are compatible.

[chifut]

..If I was in your situation, first I will find the sweet spot for the LNB / holder/ . Try with some easy bird- 95 w have strong transponders . . Is That lnb universal ot standart???

[ftanut]

It is a Standard LNB, and you have a good advice in trying an easy bird.

Just went and scanned and found 91W Galaxy 17 while searching for 95W Galaxy 3C. I know that I was off by 4° but it verifies that the setup works as it is. So the Superdish with a Titanium PLL-1KS and a X2 Premium HD is a good working system.

Now I have to try and fight that tree to see if it will let me sneak a peek through it's branches and let me get to the 30W Hispasat 1D/1E.

Please, someone wish me luck.

Thanks.

[ftanut]

Relocated the dish to another part of the yard and was able to sneak through some of the tree branches, scanned one TP, the signal is weak but viewable, will have to see if I can tweak it in a little bit more.

[ftanut]

Was able to scanned a few more TPs, getting a signal quality reading of 46 to 52%, what would be a good average reading for this satellite.

[Costactc]

Receivers always vary as to signal quality. 46-52% on an x2 is quite low but a channel is sustainable, 68-70% is what I used to get on the 11884 V tp on my x2 but that was with a much bigger dish. I applaud your effort.

[ftanut]

Receivers always vary as to signal quality. 46-52% on an x2 is quite low but a channel is sustainable, 68-70% is what I used to get on the 11884 V tp on my x2 but that was with a much bigger dish. I applaud your effort.

1884V is one of the channels that. come in the strongest but it is still only about 52%. Well I think that at least I was able to get that much out of the Superdish.