Help buying a prime focus dish and LNB

[BeBeINC]

So i want to get a big prime focus dish and point it to 10 East to watch the WWE PPV's, UCL, UFC, and whatever else backhaul feeds are there.

I found this one: http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7919/8ny0.jpg which is in my price range and is pretty big too which is good.

I just need some info on what LNB should i buy and if there is a tutorial on how to align the dish, and if skew is necessary like at the offset dishes. I also have a sat finder like this one: http://electronika.ro/magazin/images/satfinder.jpg which i think it will help.

I already have an hd receiver: TM-5402 HD M2 CI Super+ (i know, ucl feeds are 4:2:2 and i will need another box for that, but i'm not gonna buy it now).

I live in romania, bucharest, if that matters...

 

[barney115]

BAD Choice ..6 Panels on that 1.8m prime focus dish its not good nope i'd stay well away from that dish ...or indeed any dish which is not totally solid [ no panels ] .

i have a solid 2 meter prime focus dish ground mounted for past 6 years now with a genuine matching polar mount ,
i use 24" Heavy Genuine Superjack actuator arm on it
Inverto Black Pro 0.2db C120 LNB there just is no better LNB out there believe me ive tested many ,
i use Technomate V-BOX to drive dish its a solid V-BOX and i never had any issues with it to date .

Your sat finder on that pic i gotta say it ..its a cheapo piece of $hit ..not good for nothing other than maybbe set up a fixed dish i wouldnt waste my time with it at all ,
i have Horizon HD sat meter and an old Satlook Micro+ meter which has never let me down in 10 years +
i set my prime focus dish up on 5 West and LNB skew is critical yes but once you nail it you never have to look at it again im not 100% sure of the brand name of my 2m dish i think its Fortec Star .


i also have a 1.6m offset fortec star dish with matching andrews channel master polar mount but i dont use this dish anymore since wind was a bit of a factor just where i had it mounted so instead i use Andrews Channel master 1.2m offset dish with that channel master polar mount and Technomate v-box with inverto black ultra LNB its as good as my 1.6m dish every bit and better .

i also have same Tm-5402 M2 CI Super box
i dont struggle at all on 10e with any feeds except the obvious 4:2:2 Feeds which i end up streaming to PC Via Webinterface and VLC Player with my DM800SE HD box .

infact i also have 2x 88cm Triax offset dishes which i can use for 10e feeds aswell because 10e signals for me are all very strong signals indeed as is 9 east aswell .

hopefully some of what ive said will help ..sorry to bore you on & on about it ,lol's !!

Good luck & Merry Crimbo BeBeINC .

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Barney

 

[BeBeINC]

Thanks for the reply, i read everything lol. I don't want to use an actuator, i just want a big dish fixed on that 10E And I don't really care about the 4:2:2 Feeds, WWE PPVs are my main interest.

The Inverto Black Pro 0.2db C120 LNB is pretty cheap so i will buy that for now (i also have an inverto black ultra single which is great on my offset dish).

That sat finder meter was from someone, i'm not a big satellite guy so i don't need a 400 EUR sat finder just to use it once per year.

So i will look for other dish with no panels.

 

[BeBeINC]

I found this one:

It looks good enough to me

Diameter (D) 140 cm
Focus (f) 50 cm
F/D 0.375
Gain by 11.350 GHz 42.2 dB
Gain by 12.125 GHz 42.8 dB
Gain by 12.626 GHz 43.5 dB
Temperature noise (by elevation 42°) 47 °K
Opening angle (-3 dB) <1.25°
Thickness 1.2 mm
Reflector weight 6.00 kg
Mountings weight 5.20 kg