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PANiCnz

990 posts

Ultimate Geek

#101976 13-May-2012 14:23

There seem to be a few 90cm dishes floating around on TradeMe for very reasonable prices. Looking to upgrade my existing 60cm dish and possibly get Intelsat 5.

Are these dishes reasonable? Some come with a satellite finder and coupled with www.dishpointer.com I reckon it could probably install it myself.

Anything I should consider or be aware of? What would be the best LNB to consider?

Cheers

Pock

156 posts

Master Geek

#624410 13-May-2012 15:46

I tried several satellite dishes when I was installing freeview (when freeview first came out) and they are all pretty much the same. Probably all came out of the same factory.

As for LNB's, I brought from the local electrical supplier (Idea Electrical) and never had a problem with one.

Thunderflash

58 posts

Master Geek

#624539 13-May-2012 21:56

Don't expect to get a perfect signal (if any) with a 90cm dish at Intelsat 5, still a bit small.(At least here in Nelson it is, if you are further north from here you may be in a better position). My 1.8m dish works well on Intelsat 5 but when I tryed it on my 90cm dish, not so much luck. Main thing to watch for is fitting a C band LNB to what what is normally a KU band 90cm dish, you will need to modify the LNB holder as C band LNB's are a bit bigger than KU. also getting the correct skew on the LNB in very important.

gustov

197 posts

Master Geek

#624917 14-May-2012 15:06

JX satellites in Auckland were the first to discover than a 90cm could easily receive IS5 and have freely published all the details on their website.

You do need a decent quality LNB for it to work fulltime on a 90cm, not some Trade Me special with poor gain. So my advice would be to contact JX, explain your setup, and get them to sell you a suitable LNB, and maybe their "sidecar" attachment that will allow you to keep your D1 LNB on the same dish. That is the setup I have in Auckland and I never loose IS5, even in heavy rain with 36% quality.

PANiCnz

990 posts

Ultimate Geek

#624994 14-May-2012 17:38

gustov: You do need a decent quality LNB for it to work fulltime on a 90cm, not some Trade Me special with poor gain. So my advice would be to contact JX, explain your setup, and get them to sell you a suitable LNB, and maybe their "sidecar" attachment that will allow you to keep your D1 LNB on the same dish. That is the setup I have in Auckland and I never loose IS5, even in heavy rain with 36% quality.

Thats about what I was hoping to do, use their sidecar attachment to try and get IS5 aswell. Might drop them an email regarding the best LNB.

gustov

197 posts

Master Geek

#625008 14-May-2012 17:56

Yes, do contact JX, I'm sure there are other C-band LNB's that will get IS5 for you, but I can confirm their one works well. It cost me $60 and comes from the USA, you can see it on their page here:
http://www.jayx.co.nz/CLNB's.html