Theristis534
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Hi guys,I’d like your opinion about which is the best quality satellite dish at 1,5m for getting the best signal you can get?
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do you mean offset or prime focus ?? big difference ...
Fracarro is a good brand but expensive ,
Fortec Star offset 1.6m is really good i had one which was excellent for signal
Raven is good but expensive and only is 1.2m or 1.8m offset
Gibertini 125cm L Series Steel Dish offset goes for about €260 as good as a 1.5m dish every bit of it and is the one i'd suggest .
Fracarro is a good brand but expensive ,
Fortec Star offset 1.6m is really good i had one which was excellent for signal
Raven is good but expensive and only is 1.2m or 1.8m offset
Gibertini 125cm L Series Steel Dish offset goes for about €260 as good as a 1.5m dish every bit of it and is the one i'd suggest .
It depends on your location as to which brands are available.
Personally, here in the UK I use a 1.5m Precision Antennas prime focus dish with official manufacturers matched feed for daily scanning.
Other options for a 1.5m dish would be a Gibertini 1.5m offset focus dish or an IRTE 1.5m prime focus dish, both decent at the job.
Theristis534
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Thanks for the answers!I want to change my 1.5 dish which is motorised for a better quality one…I want a better one with good quality to help me receive better feeds that can’t see now or have better signal!I live in Greece!
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Simply move to a 2.4m motorized dish. A dish of the same size won't make much difference.
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As @BLACKCRUSADER has indicated, moving from one 1.5m dish to another 1.5m dish is not going to make much difference unless your existing 1.5m dish is warped out of shape.
If you want to improve signal level the guaranteed way is increase dish size. You could mess about testing 50 LNB's and 1.5m dishes but none of them would give you the signal level increase of moving up to a 1.8m dish or larger.
I am located in Greece atm, I have a famaval prime focus 2.4 plus extension wings, which makes it over 3m.
With the motorized setup, i can receive most feeds from 15w to 52e.. 30w is difficult, also no signal on 28.2E feeds, 23.5 E is also difficult.
I want to setup also one more dish for 100.5 c band but not sure if i can receive those?
100.5 East is definitely receivable from Cyprus
With a clear view to the horizon at the dish location it might be possible from Rhodes.
Dishpointer gives the Elevation of 100.5E as 5.5 degrees from Rhodes Town, that should make reception possible.
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Anything less than 10 degrees above the horizon can be an issue with ground noise. Possible. A nice 4.2m solid would be useful.
A coastal view to the satellite or an elevated view out to sea from Rhodes Island should have less impact from ground noise.
It just depends on the dish location with respect to the sea and line of aim to 100.5E.
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Every member's profile (who sends satellite reports about frequencies and feeds) must have automatic information about : City / Village , Country , Dish size , Dish type , Satellite receiver . These information are very helpful for sathobbyist .
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More information needed your location sat postion of those feeds
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Maybe, but not sure. Keep in mind that you must double dish diameter to gain 3dB. So you need 2m to reach 9dB, so not sure that you have the expected gain moving from 1m to 1.2m.
Also, remember that 8dB is not enough to get most feeds. A DVB-S2 8PSK signal with 3/4 FEC needs no less than 8.4-8.5dB for locking, and this is the minimal level, no rain margin.
If the same signal switches to 5/6 FEC... well, it needs no less than 9.5dB for locking!
Obviously, these are only numbers, it depends largely by the dish quality.
Hope this helps.
You can expect an increase of approximately 1.5dB when moving up from a 1.0m dish to a 1.2m dish.
If you have 6.0dB from your 1.0m dish you can expect around 7.5dB from a 1.2m dish based on the dish parabolic profiles both being decent quality.
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Incorrect.
Double the dish size gives 6dB based on the Log formula, this calculation also works in the field as an approximate guide.
=20*(LOG(dish2/dish1))
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I used your same dish until two years ago. It was not branded Famaval but it was exactly the same.
Yes it was good, but moving to a Raven 2.4m offset.... wow! What a differences!
It is a smaller dish, but better and better and better. Many feeds that I got with SNR around 9 or 10dB now I get no less than 12 or 13!
Also I get feeds now that I never got before.
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Yes, but this is in voltage terms. In terms of SNR you will never gain 6dB between 1m and 2m.
You will gain a lot more than 3db though if you go from 1m to 2m, that is certain.
I have tested this myself with various dish sizes using the SNR dB readout from the receiver.
Double the dish should give you at least 4.5dB to 5dB more at the receiver, way more than 3dB.
I would like to say. If you're in for the long haul choose a dish from a company who specializes in them.
Although expensive, someone like Raven will do you well.
Here in the USA where satellite Internet on the ka band is common in rural locations or places where broadband is not available.
Although rebadged. Raven dishes are very accurate. Looking at footprints, they can be dialed in very accurately for what it takes for an installer to aim at the correct tp for your assigned location. And they have a micrometer style azimuth and elevation adjustment for normally fixed dish installs.
Channel master used Raven dishes. You can tell them by the ribbing on the back and comparing installation manuals.
Anyway. I've watched too many youtube videos of indian dishes that are stamped out or spun on a machine. I'm not impressed.
Not at all saying you should select any brand of reflector. But there is a difference in quality in commercial versus consumer dishes.
As it was mentioned. A smaller dish can actually perform better if it's of higher quality.
Although expensive, someone like Raven will do you well.
Here in the USA where satellite Internet on the ka band is common in rural locations or places where broadband is not available.
Although rebadged. Raven dishes are very accurate. Looking at footprints, they can be dialed in very accurately for what it takes for an installer to aim at the correct tp for your assigned location. And they have a micrometer style azimuth and elevation adjustment for normally fixed dish installs.
Channel master used Raven dishes. You can tell them by the ribbing on the back and comparing installation manuals.
Anyway. I've watched too many youtube videos of indian dishes that are stamped out or spun on a machine. I'm not impressed.
Not at all saying you should select any brand of reflector. But there is a difference in quality in commercial versus consumer dishes.
As it was mentioned. A smaller dish can actually perform better if it's of higher quality.