All about fringe satellite reception

Hi all,
I just started this thread so we can discuss fringe satellite reception
Am located in Accra Ghana West Africa and am picking up S*K*Y UK with my 2.4 solid pan dish(Eurostar)ground mount
with a Eurovision Prime focus lnb(0.2db)
Signal is very stable in the mornings but fades in the afternoon to sunset and very strong at night
this are the tps am able to pick up from here

11.779(V)
11.857(V)
11.935(V)
12.013(V)
12.526(V)
11.759(H)
11.837(H)
11.915(H)
11.993(H)

Any one getting fringe reception from his location can also share his setup here
thanks

hi mate,
Happy to hear we are in the same hood,I guess with your 3.0M you should be able to track more satelliets at your end,more so you are closer to *** than Im.Because you are at the northern part of the country
To track s*ky uk at 28e,the same position with multi tv,try and get multitv at 98%,then blind scan your decoder and *** will pop up
what tp are you using to hit hispasat,pls post it here
to get nilesat track ab7 at 7w,10992V 27500 make sure you get 98% and nilesat will pop up
thanks

hi mate,
very happy to hear you are around
i think your dish needs a little tweaking to get very well aligned on the clack belt arc
just do a little optimization on the dish...if I may ask do you get any fringe reception?
the easiest one is zap angola Zap on Eutelsat 36B at 35.9°E - LyngSat,there is no FTA but at least it tells
you u have a hand on fringe reception
you can try that and lets see the output of your dish......

staddos
please can you post all the working transponders on hotbird mate,I will like to do some tweaking and tracking this weekend....indicating the highest and most stable tp
also with the lauch of 3D satellite,i think you should pull dowm nore tps than you have....just scan :rasta2bigsmoke0gf:

hi all
i managed to pick h*tbird @13e here In Ghana using my 2.4M solid Prime focus Eurostar dish with my modified Lnb...
these are the tps I managed to get

10720 V 27500
10796 V 27500
10873 V 27500
10950 V 27500
10992 V 27500
11034 V 27500
11075 V 27500
11117 V 27500
11159 V 27500
11200 V 27500
11240 V 27500
10775 H 29899
10815 H 27500
10892 H 27500
11055 H 27500
11096 H 29899
11138 H 27500
11179 H 27500
11220 H 29899

How to track Hotbird in West Africa
first track Eutelsat 16A @ 16e
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which can be tracked with a minimum of 60cm in south saharan africa....

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pls make sure you hit the highest signal @ 98% on the famous SRT Strong reciever which is common here in sub-saharan africa,tweaking lnb also is very vital here....then you can track hotbird with the frequency

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11138 H 27500 @ 68% on my 2.4M

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with the reb ballon indicating my location....
I must confess that my modified LNB has also been a vital signal boaster....increasing 6% signal compared to normal LNBs on the market
will update the house soon on my modified LNB which works better than most of this known brands in Europe
Always remember.....Never Say never

Hi mates,
This is one of the ways to increase signal on prime focus dishes,especially those on fringe reception

Tried it personaly and works well

just get a cband scalar ring and position it in such a way that the feedhorn of your primefocus lnb sits in the cband scalar ring so that the rings align

I have pictures to explain everything

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Hi guys,

Am going to explain explicitly how one can track hispasat in west Africa region

I must be sincere to say this,to get good channels from hispasat one should get a bigger dish with a minimum of 3.0M Dish (10 feet)

There are two satellite hosting the hispasat package <<Hispasat 1D/1E>>

Hispasat 1E from the footprint looks so close to us here in west Africa yet so far,whereas 1D seems so far but little closer to us

This experiment was carried out on a Eurostar 2.4M(8feet) Prime Focus Solid dish with modified Fuji lnb

Receiver/Decoder used was strong decoder SRT 4669Z and channels later scanned on 4922A MODEL to obtain the tps posted in this tut

Those on motorized setup have no problem than to aligh their dishes accurately and just input the right tp.

>> ID and 1E beams respectively <<

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To track hispasat 1D,one has to be focused,patient,and really determined since it’s a fringe reception and requires little experience and accuracy.

First and formost,we need to track a satellite closest to hispasat,and the best is intelsat 25@ 31.5w

>> intelsat 25W @ 31.5W <<

>>here is footprint of intelsat 25@ 31.5w

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It has two tps for west African beam

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12341 V 2120
12344 V 2120

Track this satellite and make sure you have maximum frequencies>>full bar @ 4oclock lnb position

Then input any tp from hispasat 1D preferably 12594 H 4444 a feed with very high frequency,better still you can use 12380 V 27500

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By just lowering the dish and moving to your left in millimeters,and you might hit green with little patience.
>>these are the tps I was able to pick up

12226 V 27500    57%
12303 V 27500    55%
12380 V 27500    60%
12594 H 04444    70%

However one tp was picked up from 1E satellite

10891 V 27500    58%

>>some pix of hispasat…sorry about the poor image quality

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That’s all, happy hunting

Hi guys,
Here once again to update peeps on improving and getting the best out of fringe satellite reception, to get the best out of fringe reception it’s important we consider these things
>> Little patience
>> Experience (very important) you need to confirm if anybody had been able to track that sat in your hood
>> Sensitive tuner
>> Very good lnb

Sensive Tuner
When it comes to tuner sensitivity, those of us in Africa will no doubt go for the strong receivers
However, the technomate series of receivers have one of the best tuners (I stand to be corrected), because fringe satellite tracking is elusive, you need very sensitive tuner to augment your efforts
I will recommend these two technomate receivers

Technomate TM-5402 HD M3 Mk3 Super+ CI ETHERNET

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TM-5402-HD-m2

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The m3 is a newer version to the m2, but the tuner of the m2 is a little more sensitive than the m3

LNB
One of the best lnb for now tested by most sat enthusiast is the
Twin LNB MTI High Line quality LNB 0.2dB powerful (stand to be corrected)

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Technical Specifications:
-Type: Universal Twin LNB
- Known MTI - top quality
- Very latest high-performance model
- Extremely High Gain: 68 dB (typ.) / 72 dB max.
- Low power consumption
- Excellent processed Weatherproof Housing
- Feed: 40 mm (LNB neck width)
- 3 years warranty
- Model: AP8 - T2NRC
- Noise figure: 0.2 dB (Typ.)
- Number of Outputs: 2 (Receiver direct connection)
- Feed size: 40 mm
- Input: Low band 10.7-11.7 GHz / 11.7-12.75 GHz High Band
- L.O.: 9.75 GHz Low Band / High Band 10.6 GHz
- Output: Low band 950-1950 MHz / 1100-2150 MHz band High
- Band switching: Low Band 0 KHz / High Band 22 KHz
- Gain: 68 dB (. Type) / 72 dB (max.)
- Operating temperature: - 40 ° C ~ + 60 ° C

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How to modify the mti for best performance (increase 3-5% signal)
This is because in fringe reception, even +1 signal increase is important, things are not taken for granted >>
You need to cut the opening of the lnb to serve as a scalar ring

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You need to cut the white part leaving the cream casing, please refer to the original pix
Thanks and happy tracking
All credits to ymt