Hallo....
i made some tests to receive the WB Transponder on small dishes to compare maybe with others.... please give information about your results...!!
The tests were done last 6weeks with my modified TCXO-LNBs
(Octagon OTSLO, AX Black Buster) with LO 9388 and LO9750MHz
I got the following levels (MER ) results on the WB beacon ... measured with TT-S2 1600 or MiniTiounerExpress
MER OF QO-100 DATV BEACON
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60cm NO NAME DISH 5.2-5.5dB
60cm Kathrein Dish 6.1dB
85cm FUBA DISH with LNB Offset 7deg 7.2dB (Center to 19.2east)
85cm TRIAX OFFSET 8.3dB
120cm LAMINAS OFFSET 9.4dB
Note:
the MER is about + 0.5-0.8dB more if you use an (good!) TCXO instead the original crystal inside the PLL LNB.
Note2:
the MER was measured during an "empty tranponder that means only the beacon" without other stations are qrv...because the MER of the beacon depends sometimes on the activity on the higher part of the passband...
73 de Michael dg0opk