Why You Might Need a Bigger Size Satellite Dish for Free Satellite TV

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Free satellite TV is a great hobby. If you’re new to the hobby, check out the video below to get started: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3Oyh6CPfaZ6jcU

[@Nicholas_Chris]

The bigger the better. No problems during bad weather, collective installation (hotels, flats etc), easy to receive weak transponders, in some cases you can receive beams or satellite outside of your footprint. The downside is that it may be a little difficult to install the dish and strong winds may damage your dish, not to mention larger dishes may be expensive.

[@stefanstefan6119]

Hello! You're right a bigger satellite dish not only has very good signal and the signal is stable during rain. There are some exceptions in Summer and Winter during heavy storm or heavy snow and even with large dish you have no signal! But these are rare cases.

[@okamijubei]

Well... They actually do get disrupted... Just not as much because they receive more signals.

[@SteveStoltz]

I went with the 39 inch when I bought my setup and I've been really happy with it so far. One day I was able to scan in a bunch of channels on 30W, I've never been able to do it since, but it was pretty cool to see them scan in lol.

[@freddylq67]

Thanks for explaining FEC, now I know what it is and why I should look at it.

[@SteveStoltz]

Same here, i didn't even know what FEC is until now.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thank you for watching!

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thank you!

[@danapretzer1895]

Great information I go back to the days with my sat track 10 footer and before dish movers. I had to snow blow or shovel a path to the dish in the winter so i could get out to hand crank the dish to a new satellite. And when i found something new id hack saw a mark on the pipe. haha Loved those days .. Keep up the good work.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thanks for watching! Isn’t it fun trouncing into the snow to play with the dishes in the wintertime! ❄️📡❄️

[@danutaish]

You are the best . I now understand what those ratios mean! Wow! I am aware of the strong gusty winds. I get them 3 to 5 times a year. Thank you great explanation 👍 👏 👌

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thanks for watching!

[@Robert-th8ud]

Great information....but there is more to the story! As an RF engineer, we know that many factors go into receiving and transmitting a signal. Bigger is always better when it comes to antennas. The quality of the LNB is important. Think Chinese crap LNB's versus German or even Tawain based manufacturing LNB's. (Look on Amazon Germany or Amazon UK sites for better LNB's. Not Ebay!!! You will loose signal quality with cheap LNB's. The quality of the coaxial cable is vitally important too. Cheap cable has many losses including attenuation loss at satellite frequencies and length of cable run.. Velocity factor of the cable is important....forget that...too technical. Bottom line, quality cable like Belden RG6 Quad shielded is what you want. Period! Yes...quad shielded! The quality of tuner in sat receiver is important too. Also, how the electronics in the receiver processes the signal plays a part in good decoding. Bottom line...It's just a hobby. Have fun and enjoy it, I do. Spend what your budget can allow and enjoy the hobby. Hope this helps. 😛

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Definitely there’s many factors that determine good reception. A bigger dish will never hurt a system as far as I know. Velocity factor- doesn’t that have to do with how fast signals travel through coax when compared with the speed of light? I assume a higher velocity factor is better (probably from better quality built and shielded cable). Thanks for watching and for the information.📡

[@DJSubAir]

When I get the larger one setup I will report back Patrick, too cold, still using the 75E shaw one for 99W and 103W

[@daleneurauter2810]

Is 39" the biggest dish you can get? I've been searching but can't find anything larger for Ku... There are C band dishes, but I don't need 8'... 4' would be great! :-)

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

A 4 foot dish would be great, but they are hard to find.

[@khalishakhairani4795]

The Ku band (/ˌkeɪˈjuː/) is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies from 12 to 18 gigahertz (GHz). The symbol is short for "K-under" (originally German: Kurz-unten) a typical TV station Relay transmitter use 17 Feet (5 meters) for optimal KU band feed and it still might get blocked by heavy rain fade.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Ku band is succeptible to signal fade in heavy rain, but is otherwise reliable. Due to its longer wavelengths, C band satellite is virtually impervious to rain fade and is used by broadcasters for that very reason.

[@daleneurauter2810]

I haven't been able to scan in ANY radio channels on TP 12145 on SES 3 (103W).

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

They have to be manually entered into the receiver. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4jRl5ZjhZp5psU

[@Nicholas_Chris]

I still laugh when people say that internet is the best solution. Yes I agree 50% but when you're living in the middle of nowhere and you have no signal, satellite is the only solution. There are places in the world where there is no phone signal (and I'm talking about the good old 2G or GSM) and radio only AM/MW and SW may work. Electricity can be no problem since solar panels and batteries can be used as an alternative. Satellite comes in both TV, phone satellite and with Elon Musk's Starlink you will have internet satellite (in this case after 2025 I think the entire planet will be covered by Starlink satellites) and who knows maybe other countries will be interested to do the same thing as E. Musk.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

You can’t go wrong with satellite.

[@ZMAN_420]

Great content im realy interested in this subject!

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thanks so much! Have a look at my channel for more videos! kzbin.info

[@raymondfb]

Thank you. Great video I really appreciate the education.

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thanks for watching!

[@dantedante9867]

What if you don't have the single on your location. Can you still get dose channels with a bigger dish

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

The signal must cover your location in order for it to be received.

[@jensmadsen5445]

Good Information!

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

Thanks for watching!

[@DJSubAir]

Was this video for me? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DXingSlovenija]

How do I know what size dish do I have? Do I just mesure it or what? (The problem is thats its not perfect circle, so what part do I mesure then) Here is how mine looks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXXTeniBrZ6Wfsk I know I will never get Astra 1 on 19.3E with this elevation (I need 36.8°) (I am in Slovenia which is in Europe) but this is my playing dish, I got it for free, it even has a motor but I first need to get a picture before playing with a motor (just hope I dont trash the motor in the process) Whats interesting is that finder does mesure the signal, but TV signal meter doesnt even move a % like, whats the finder mesuring if its not Astra Also its sad that although I do have a Smart TV for some reason there is not a single app that would tell me the signal in dBuV like where are the brains in this TV it can browse internet, it has Amazon Prime, Disney+, games and other things but cannot even tell me the signal its receiving from the lnb I cannot even write an app myself for it because APIs to comunicate with a TV/SAT tuner are all hidden away.... So yea, it takes a while to get a picture but it will happen one day :)