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Originally Posted by rleehamn
Hey guys, I'm still around.
So far everythings been cool. Just wish there was more out there to try for.
Can anyone tell me if my snh031 will pick up the nasa channel from dish?
I seen where it says that the snh031quad will, so I don't see why the single won't.
I've tried scanning for it and I all I get is a handful of lock channels.
So I've tried by turning the option for usual off and set the lnb type to 11250 for dish and connected my cable to a dual lnb and held it in front of my snho31 and did a scan and picked up nasa. So I'm on the correct bird. I tried with the snh031 set at 11250 and nothing comes up on scan!
Thanks,
hope everybody still enjoying their fta.. |
Yet another example of people trying to change the LO freq to match a satellite. THe LO freq should always be set at what the specs for the LNBF are, and has nothing to do with what satellite you are trying to watch.
Re the "snh031quad", are you sure that you aren't talking about the
QPH031 ? Ie that lnbf does both linear and circular. Re picking up NASA with a linear lnbf, yes it can be done, but it's a bit iffy. I've done it lots of times, but sometimes it comes in well and other times it doesn't. Using a linear lnbf on a circular signal works, but you lose about 50% of your signal strength, plus the linear polarization can't filter out the Left hand polarization signals that might interfere. It is much easier to tune circular polarization signals if you have a polarotor system that allows you to fine tune the polarization, because with a linear lnbf, there is often a particular linear polarization that works best for Right and another linear polarization that works best for Left polarization. But still, on the "pure" circular sats like this, you generally won't be able to pick up all the transponders with a linear lnbf, but you can pick up some of them. With the dual purpose circular sats, like AMC16, I can pick up every transponder with a linear lnbf, if I fine tune the polarity.
One thing I didn't understand in your post is where you said that you turned the "option for usual off" . I couldn't figure this one out.