Badr MBC

[sphen]

I am currently using a 85cm Faval dish with 0.2db Faval LNB on a Diseqc motor. So far I have managed to pull in Badr (incl Al Jazeera Sport) with some fine tuning of the motor, but the MBC channels are still not coming in. Am I expecting too much here? At certain times of the morning I seem to be able to lock on to the signal, but the picture breaks up considerably. My location is Brighton.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[robbo71]

Hi, I could get them on my 90cm Fortec Star dish in Kent,so I don't you are way too far off the mark, since you are further south. It also depends on dish quality.

You could try flexing the dish a little when on 26E to ensure that you have the alignment optimized, it has to be spot on, because the frequencies from 28E interfere with the signal otherwise.

[sphen]

Thanks for the super-quick reply robbo. I will try out your advice once I work through this mountain of work I have to get through and then I will report back. Interestingly, I have heard people rave about the Smart Titanium 0.2db LNB, with a few people claiming that this LNB made the difference between receiving the MBC and not receiving it. Can an LNB make that significant a difference?

Cheers,

Stephen.

[robbo71]

Originally Posted by sphen

Thanks for the super-quick reply robbo. I will try out your advice once I work through this mountain of work I have to get through and then I will report back. Interestingly, I have heard people rave about the Smart Titanium 0.2db LNB, with a few people claiming that this LNB made the difference between receiving the MBC and not receiving it. Can an LNB make that significant a difference?

Cheers,

Stephen.

It doesn't have to make a significant amount of difference, just enough to get a lock.

I originally had a Forec Star 0.6dB LNB on my Fortec star 90cm dish and I could not get the MBC channels. I then stuck on an Inverto Silvertech 0.2dB and through they came. They were right on the limit though, any rain and I lost them. With the Smart Titanium I couldn't get a lock.

[betas]

here in no problems 1m aluminum orbit west yorkshire for last 2 years,where you live best to buy decent stuff for weak signals

[wod]

Originally Posted by betas

here in no problems 1m aluminum orbit west yorkshire for last 2 years,where you live best to buy decent stuff for weak signals

interesting i'm in the same area and was wondering what size dish to get mbc channels back

i might just upgrade to a 1.2m dish to be sure

[sphen]

A little tweaking of the LNB (pushed towards the dish) and I have noticed an improvement on 11843 H and a stronger signal strength and quality on other satellites. The SkyStar 2 is reporting a fluctuating SNR of 2.0 or 0.6 and I am get a lock sporadically. Nothing on MBC though yet. Time to buy some LNBs and have a little test, I will try the Silvertech and Titanium, but are there any other recommendations for fringe reception?

Cheers.
Stephen.

[wod]

sharp lnb is good

i've just been over to 26e and had a look fox movies coming in on 11843 h fine but just got a sniff of mbc channels again as the weather is coming clearer

will need the larger dish to keep a lock on mbc channels

thinking of getting a gibertini 1metre dish till i can get a andrews 1.2m for my other setup

[sphen]

MBC was coming in almost fine in the morning, but no luck with Fox Movies yet today. Unfortunately a bigger dish is just not possible for me due to space and it would probably send the neighbours into a rage.

If the inverto doesn't help, I'll get the sharp and the titanium.

Cheers.

[kegnkiwi]

Fox movies comming in fine with 1m funke dish west yorkshire, mbc channels just about there but not watchable this afternoon.

ki