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Equipment used:

Invacom SNF-031 Universal LNB with Invacom C-120 adjustable feedhorn.

The dish manufacturer is unknown, maybe Prodelin or Channel Master. The dish is 2.4 meters size, primefocus type.

Openbox F500 FTA for SNR measurement and Clarketech HD5000C+ as spectrum analyzer.

The results are as follows (TP’s from 1M Wide beam are not shown, since they are initially very strong):

Strength of them varies across the daytime/weather change, but dish size seems to be enough for stable reception in any weather conditions. It should be noted that part of these frequencies can be received using 1.5m primefocus dish also, but without any stability, only in clear weather.

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0A detsky
0B techno24
0C discovery
0E mat & ditya
0F tv21

1A zoo
1B nickelodeon

04 israel+
05 multimania
07 nst
08 natgeo
09 ruskii iluzion
10 fox crime
11 fox life
12 jetix
13 eurokino
14 animal planet
16 SET
17 Zhivi
19 iluzion+

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OK kultura
OK rossia
OK sport
OK vesti
OK eurosp1
OK eurosp2
OK ORT
OK zdorovoe
OK drive
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OK oxota & ribalka
OK retro
OK usadba
OK axn scifi

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This is the experimental, beta firmware 026p, ported to ClarkeTech HD5000Combo+ from Dr.HD F16. It works perfectly, just some considerations should be made before flashing to it.

1. This firmware is based on new core, SO RETURN TO PREVIOUS FIRMWARE IS IMPOSSIBLE !!! (Unless you own very specific hardware and have great soldering skill).

2. This is beta firmware, so not all features work correctly now (some problems with PVR, EPG, USALS).

3. It has no English language, only Russian. If you want to keep English language, then 1st flash the ported 118p firmware from Dr.HD F16, select English language in it, and then upgrade to 026p.

4. Remember, if you do “Load default settings” on this new firmware, the front blue led will lit up, and you can’t turn it off!

So now, what is improved, what features we get, does it worth of upgrading at all?

1. Cardsharing speed, stability and versatility. Many Irdeto2 channels work now ok. Channel switching is also lightning fast, when using cardsharing.

2. Numerous issues fixed with smartcard compatibility.

You can download that firmware from this link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/275865636/CTECH5000CPLUS_beta_026p.stb 

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It’s been a quite long that I’ve built my experimental system and was heavily using it in the field. While general usage is OK, I faced an interesting problem – tuner oversensitivity.

The StarTrack SR-55X receiver I currently use, has a minor disadvantage – it’s indicator of signal quality is hooked AFTER the AGC circuitry, not BEFORE. What this means in general? This means that, when fine tuning the dish, signal quality will jump from 40-45% to 75-80% quite quickly, and stay there, regardles how you adjust the dish or LNB. So, receiver indication may change by 1-2%, but in reality, due to missalignment, you probably loose signal in the bad weather.

I’ve started researching market of available receivers, to find one with most linear indicator scale, a lot of time was spent on practical testing. So far, the best one for such tasks seems to be Dreambox DM500. Despite signal Q, it also shows SNR, and most importantly – BER.

Using dreambox is also great in aspects of schematic simplicity. Since it uses single 12V supply, we no longer need complex step-up circuitry, as in case with StarTrack SR55X.

So, my current test rig looks as follows:

1. A 7 inch car LCD monitor

2. Dreambox DM500 (of course clone one, since we don’t care about sharing, emus and so on, this one will also work)

3. Two items of rechargeable video camera li-ion batteries (Sony NP-F960 clones, 7.4V/6ah)

These batteries are hooked in sequence, so total output voltage is around 14.2V under full load and about 16V without load.

That voltage 14.2V looks a bit dangerous for me, so I’ve hooked 2.2 Ohm resistor in series with dreambox (LCD monitor powered directly). So far, system works fine. If this set-up will be handy and accurate in terms of antenna alignment, I’ll try to incorporate everything into single casing.

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???????: SkyStar 2.3i

?????: ??????? Supermax 150cm

??????: Inverto IDLP SFLANGE+Invacom C120 Feedhorn

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Astra 1M Wide beam:

11719 H 27500 … 73%
11739 V 27500 … 65%
11758 H 27500 … 65%
11778 V 27500 … 66%
11797 H 27500 … 69%
11817 V 27500 … 67%
11856 V 27500 … 65%
11875 H 27500 … 73%
11895 V 27500 … 64%
11934 V 27500 … 65%
11973 V 27500 … 65%
11992 H 27500 … 65%
12012 V 27500 … 64%

Astra 1M Europe beam:

12187 H 27500 … 22%
12304 H 27500 … 22%

Astra 1H:

12265 H 27500 … 24%
12285 V 27500 … 22%
12343 H 27500 … 26%
12363 V 27500 … 22%
12421 H 27500 … 24%
12640 V 22000 … 29%
12692 H 22000 … 29%

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We all were awaing for the launch of this new satellite, since we were expecting more broad coverage and better signal level in our region. Currently, widebeam performance is astonishing, far far better than expected, and will be very good, if it’s performance will be maintained at current level. European beam is much weaker, but still receivable, if bigger dish and better LNB are used.

Currently, in Tbilisi, I’ve managed to achieve the following results:

1. Widebeam TP’s – Q75-85%

2. European beam TP’s – Q38-41% (35% is critical and packet loss starts)

These results were achieved by using 1.5 meter primefocus solid steel dish, Inverto IDLP-SFLANGE LNB and StarTrack SR55X receiver.

According to confidential info, than I’ve received from an friend, working at German uplink station, tests will continue till end of the february, beams coverage and signal strength will be further adjusted. So, if you’re about to buy bigger dish specially for Astra, I advise you to wait a month – maybe in future you will need smaller dish, or even big dish won’t help at all.

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