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were are you based? what make is your 1.2m dish/lnb? regards mdt
in the bristol area UK. it is a foctec dish, and a Smart Titanium twin lnb
were are you based? what make is your 1.2m dish/lnb? regards mdt
Today i got the inverto black ultra twin , and was really pi**ed of played around for 50mins with the skew also sliding lnb backwards then forwards slowly while my lad was watching for a lock on 7 west not a chance, other sats where ok. So put back on the Smart Titanium twin lnb spot on not a problem. I would have thought if the smart titanium picked up 7w then the inverto should ?. Any advice please
More information needed from you:-
Where are you ??
What size dish are you using ??
More information needed from you:-
Where are you ??
What size dish are you using ??
Hi i am at doncaster using a 1m dish, I have posted before but since i have fitted new bracket and realigned dish , i now have 238 channels all off 7.0w , through the day i do lose some, but on a evening 9 oclock onwards such as jsc sports hd and ad hd sports get a signal again i just thought after reading post on various forums and the good feedback that the iverto gets it may be slightly better than the one i have but it seem to be not the case.
That's interesting, how old is the Smart Titanium twin and what make is the 1m, the long focus range on the Black Ultra does help but doesn't get all dishes if it's a longer focus.
The Black Ultra single is the best of the Ultras, the twin outputs slightly less power & the quad less again as measured on a pro meter over a 30m run anyway, the Invacom quad has the reputation on dishes over 2m for fringe reception but not the single or twin & doesn't have the same reputation on sub 2m dishes.
Hi i am at doncaster using a 1m dish, I have posted before but since i have fitted new bracket and realigned dish , i now have 238 channels all off 7.0w , through the day i do lose some, but on a evening 9 oclock onwards such as jsc sports hd and ad hd sports get a signal again i just thought after reading post on various forums and the good feedback that the iverto gets it may be slightly better than the one i have but it seem to be not the case.
I wonder if the manufacturing tolerance on the Invertos is so low that performance varies between models and units of the same model even if they should all be identical? I've seen a couple of threads on other boards where people have found the twin outperform the single but then I've got two singles and one is definitely better than the other on mid band marginal stuff.
@Merliin
The answer is here mate...
https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/index.php?threads/338172/
Posts #16 & #17
Best Wishes,
Zorch
That's interesting, how old is the Smart Titanium twin and what make is the 1m, the long focus range on the Black Ultra does help but doesn't get all dishes if it's a longer focus.
The Black Ultra single is the best of the Ultras, the twin outputs slightly less power & the quad less again as measured on a pro meter over a 30m run anyway, the Invacom quad has the reputation on dishes over 2m for fringe reception but not the single or twin & doesn't have the same reputation on sub 2m dishes.
Interesting comment re. the Ultras- some Astra 2A North transponders are very weak here and someone just HAD to get 'At The Races', of the 3 Ultras I tried, the quad was the only one that worked reliably on a 133cm offset. Whether this was a one-off down to individual tolerances or general I still don't know. Which 'Pro' meter did you use?
Rover meter but that was just power, at what point it translates to quality measures on cable length & dish size is not quite the same, the MER was no difference and no difference on an Invacom if I recall, but the power was lower still on the Invacom, could be it's too much power.
Been debating for a while whether to increase the size of my old 0.9m dish with something capable of receiving Nilesat and Badr. Took the plunge and bought a 1.25m Favel dish off ebay and went ahead this weekend to install. Only problem was being too hasty and tried to fit it single handed and dropped it from quite a height which did cause some edge damage, but was not sure how much affect it would have, so went ahead and completed the setup.
When I eventually tested the signal it doesn't pull in anything like what I hoped although I have managed to receive a handful off Badr which was not previously possible, but not getting a good signal on 10e whatever fine adjustments I make.
I can only assume the dish is slightly warped which is stopping me achieve a signal on the difficult sats. Been researching and appears a method to check the perimeter/warping is to place face down on a flat surface (ie Glass table). Would this be worth the effort or should I cut my losses and replace.
Btw Using Technomate 5402hd and inverto black ultra twin.
"Power" probably relates to the amplitude of the signal, which isn't of much consequence unless you have a very long cable run. Signal to noise ratio is far more important, and cross-polarity isolation (i.e. not seeing verticals when you want horizontal & vice-versa) is also important for fringe reception. A good spectrum analyser would be able to see the differences there.
Very unlikely the signal is too strong, unless the receiver has a lousy tuner.
Would this be worth the effort or should I cut my losses and replace.
Btw Using Technomate 5402hd and inverto black ultra twin.
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