ant_thomas
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Hello (again)
For a while I've been trying to get 19.2e and 13.0e on a modern Zone 1 dish (larger type).
Tried a multi LNB setup using 2 quad Sky LNBs and a multi LNB bracket. This had previously worked quite well on a 60cm dish. No such luck on the Zone 1. I was focusing on 19.2 and trying to add the 13.0e as the extra LNB.
Anyway, my patience ran out and I gave up. Now I have bought a Twin Monoblock LNB 6 deg (Inverto IDLB-TWNM20-MNOO6-8PP).
I have a separate dish providing 28.2e, this will stay as a single LNB dish. Because of this I have some diseqc switches.
Previously it was simple:
Diseqc 2.0 switch
1 - 28.2
2 - 19.2
3 - 13.0 (which I couldn't get aligned)
A bit of reading lead me to buying a couple of splitters with DC pass which looked like they would be what I needed to make a monoblock + diseqc switch setup work (I bought these - 2 Way Satellite F-Type F Splitter for Satellite TV and SKY).
Setup is now:
Diseqc 2.0 switch
1 - 28.2
2 - empty
3 - splitter
4 - splitter
Splitter - monoblock
To look at the dish now (looking at the back of the LNB) I have the left feed horn as the main one (is that B?) on 19.2e, with the right one (A?) to provide 13.0e. Unfortunately 13.0e isn't working.
First question, assuming the dish is big enough, aligned etc, should this setup work? (from a cabling/technical point-of-view)
Second, I realise the monoblock LNB is designed for 6 deg on an 80cm dish, therefore is the my dish just too small for it to work?
I can tune to 19.2e very well (good signal etc) using BB (port 4) as the switch setting.
I assume then 13.0e is BA (port 3), but there's nothing there. I've tried changing the LNB skew with no luck.
Any suggestions would be great.
For a while I've been trying to get 19.2e and 13.0e on a modern Zone 1 dish (larger type).
Tried a multi LNB setup using 2 quad Sky LNBs and a multi LNB bracket. This had previously worked quite well on a 60cm dish. No such luck on the Zone 1. I was focusing on 19.2 and trying to add the 13.0e as the extra LNB.
Anyway, my patience ran out and I gave up. Now I have bought a Twin Monoblock LNB 6 deg (Inverto IDLB-TWNM20-MNOO6-8PP).
I have a separate dish providing 28.2e, this will stay as a single LNB dish. Because of this I have some diseqc switches.
Previously it was simple:
Diseqc 2.0 switch
1 - 28.2
2 - 19.2
3 - 13.0 (which I couldn't get aligned)
A bit of reading lead me to buying a couple of splitters with DC pass which looked like they would be what I needed to make a monoblock + diseqc switch setup work (I bought these - 2 Way Satellite F-Type F Splitter for Satellite TV and SKY).
Setup is now:
Diseqc 2.0 switch
1 - 28.2
2 - empty
3 - splitter
4 - splitter
Splitter - monoblock
To look at the dish now (looking at the back of the LNB) I have the left feed horn as the main one (is that B?) on 19.2e, with the right one (A?) to provide 13.0e. Unfortunately 13.0e isn't working.
First question, assuming the dish is big enough, aligned etc, should this setup work? (from a cabling/technical point-of-view)
Second, I realise the monoblock LNB is designed for 6 deg on an 80cm dish, therefore is the my dish just too small for it to work?
I can tune to 19.2e very well (good signal etc) using BB (port 4) as the switch setting.
I assume then 13.0e is BA (port 3), but there's nothing there. I've tried changing the LNB skew with no luck.
Any suggestions would be great.
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