Starchoice dish for FTA

shawnfoo · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 09:57 PM

Can I use a Starchoice 75cm (30") elliptical dish with Starchoice LNBF to receive FTA channels from T5 or G3R? Can someone please advise? Thanks.

benny666 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by shawnfoo

Can I use a Starchoice 75cm (30") elliptical dish with Starchoice LNBF to receive FTA channels from T5 or G3R? Can someone please advise? Thanks.

Probably not ... because LNB of Dishnetwork is circular LNB while FTA Satellites use a linear LNB . If I am right then you can use the Quad DBS/FSS LNB 0.3dB Invacom QPH-031 from Sadoun sale below:
http://sadoun.com/Sat/Products/Invac...-Quad-lnbf.htm
you can watch Dishnetwork Sat and FTA Sats no problems ,
Hope it helps...

Benny,,,

PS: if i am wrong, please pardon me for my ignorant knowledge about this Noobie 's stuff ... Thanks !!!
=D> :mozilla_smile: =D>

DruzeTito · #3 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 11:20 PM

dont worry benny you are right on =D>

bobkat · #4 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DruzeTito

dont worry benny you are right on =D>

No he's not... he's dead wrong !!! Please don't give technical advice if you're not 100 % sure what you are talking about. Its very misleading.

Yes, a Starchoice LNB is linear and will work fine on FTA satellites like T5. The old Starchoice 30" dishes (made by Horizon) are OK too.

kat

DruzeTito · #5 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005, 12:07 PM

see kat I thought that starchoice was circular.. I was just checking the information benny wrote assuming that he was using the wrong lnb..

shawnfoo · #6 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005, 01:20 PM

Thanks you guys for your response. I tried that a few days ago without success, maybe it's because of the elliptical dish? I'll try it again.

bobkat · #7 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by shawnfoo

Thanks you guys for your response. I tried that a few days ago without success, maybe it's because of the elliptical dish? I'll try it again.

The 30" elliptical (I didn't notice the word 'elliptical' in your first post) dish may be a problem in BC but I've heard of folks making them work for T5 in Ontario. Does your LNB look like it has two feedhorns on the front? If so it is the Starchoice dual LNB. It is switched by the 22 KHz option in your receiver. You might play around with the "22 KHZ TONE" option in the receiver set to "ON" if you still get no signal.

kat

shawnfoo · #8 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005, 03:52 PM

Yes. It's the Starchoice dual LNB which looks like it has 2 feedhorns on the front. I'll try switching 22KHZ later as suggested. Thanks.

bobkat · #9 (**permalink**) 10-30-2005, 10:03 AM

So shawnfoo;

Did you manage to get the Starchoice dish to pick up T5 or G3R?

kat

shawnfoo · #10 (**permalink**) 10-30-2005, 11:11 PM

Hi Kat,
Haven't tried yet because of heavy rain here in Vancouver. will let you know asap after trying. Thanks.

bobkat · #11 (**permalink**) 11-01-2005, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by shawnfoo

Hi Kat,
Haven't tried yet because of heavy rain here in Vancouver. will let you know asap after trying. Thanks.

Oh yeah... Vancouver... I should have known about the rain. :mozilla_wink:

kat

shawnfoo · #12 (**permalink**) 11-01-2005, 09:00 PM

Hi Kat,
Tried yesterday when the rain stopped with Starchoice 30" elliptical dish with dual starchoice LNB. set LO to 10750, connected one LNB to a signal meter SF95 & receiver. Received beeping in signal meter but couldn't get a lock on G3C 95* 11780H20760 or IA5. Tried the other LNB & still the same. Removed the elliptical dish & put back my old 24" circular dish & LNB, it got locks on G3C instantly. Just don't know why the elliptical dish & Starchoice LNB does not work. Is there anything to do with the skew? or something wrong somewhere? Thanks..

bobkat · #13 (**permalink**) 11-01-2005, 09:43 PM

Yeah, I've heard the elliptical dishes sometimes don't work that well. Does your LNB have 4 outputs?

kat

shawnfoo · #14 (**permalink**) 11-02-2005, 03:09 AM

The LNB has 2 LNBs with one output per LNB. I think they are designed to pickup signals from 2 different satellites, Anik F1 & F2.

bobkat · #15 (**permalink**) 11-02-2005, 10:07 AM

OK, you've got the old style LNB with the funny looking curved feedhorns. That's a good thing actually because there is no built-in switch. So just connect either LNB to your receiver, set the LNB as STANDARD (10,750 MHz) and the 22KHZ TONE to OFF. Then move the dish until you get signal from T5 or G3C. You cannot get both satellites from that LNB because the 2 feedhorns are spaced 4 degrees apart, while T5 and G3C are only 2 degrees apart.

kat

pompanoguy · #16 (**permalink**) 11-05-2005, 10:35 AM

I am presently in the process of replacing my dishes because of Wilma. I have a Pansat 2500. This works with a normal standard LNB ( similar to Directv, Dish, or Expressvu. Star Choice uses a Ku band Linear LNB. This will not work for most of the satellites. Check with Lyngsat and see what satellites and what frequencies they use.

bobkat · #17 (**permalink**) 11-06-2005, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by pompanoguy

I am presently in the process of replacing my dishes because of Wilma. I have a Pansat 2500. This works with a normal standard LNB ( similar to Directv, Dish, or Expressvu. Star Choice uses a Ku band Linear LNB. This will not work for most of the satellites. Check with Lyngsat and see what satellites and what frequencies they use.

OK, just to clarify your post pompanoguy (welcome to the forum, BTW):

1) All the DTH satellites you mentioned are KU band.

2) When you say "normal standard" LNB you mean "circular" LNB.

3) The term "standard" refers to linear LNBs; the other is "universal".

4) Starchoice does use linear LNBs while Directv, Dishnet and ExpressVu use circular LNBs.

5) Lyngsat does not tell you the LNB frequency; you look for the transponder polarity; if they are L or R this indicates a circular polarity and a circular polarity LNB must be used; if they are H or V this indicates linear polariy and a linear LNB (either standard or universal) must be used.

kat

akmtl · #18 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 08:39 PM

Hey Everyone,

How did your Star Choice setup work out? I'm in Montreal and am considering using one I have laying around for IA5.. I have a Fortecstar LNB laying around as well as the original 2-feed horn LNB the SC dish has..

Ciao for now,
Armen

fanatic · #19 (**permalink**) 04-22-2006, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bobkat

No he's not... he's dead wrong !!! Please don't give technical advice if you're not 100 % sure what you are talking about. Its very misleading.

Yes, a Starchoice LNB is linear and will work fine on FTA satellites like T5. The old Starchoice 30" dishes (made by Horizon) are OK too.

kat

I really agree with you. let them shut up! don't bull ****!