Rabepobemababe
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Some observations from my side:
1.Even though my TATA-SKY dish is correctly aligned (checked this with a satellite meter), and skew angle of the LNBF is optimized, on most channels I am getting a signal quality of only 40%-43%. This is in contrast with the early days of TATA-SKY, when the TATA-SKY SQ used to hover between 60%-70% on clear days. This is making me wonder if I should go for a 100 c.m. offset dish.
2.While I am getting all the channels of TATA-SKY, some SD channels were unwatchably "pale" or "washed out" (for example, channel 121 or "Bindaas", or HBO SD) during the first two weeks of May, 2015. Last two days onwards, there was again some improvement in the PQ of these channels. I find some kind of edge-sharpening being deployed. Perhaps TATA-SKY head-end engineers are still juggling with the calibration.
3.The service menu for satellite settings (Organizer -> System Settings -> 0, 1, Select in quick succession) still shows Insat 4A- Transponder 14 (Frequency: 11010 MHz, Symbol Rate: 27,500) as the entry point to the TATA-SKY DTH service. This is with the firmware dated 10th April, 2015. Therefore, a shift from Insat 4A to GSAT is perhaps yet to happen. Interestingly, the signal test menu inside the service menu shows the SQ to be about 70%.
1.Even though my TATA-SKY dish is correctly aligned (checked this with a satellite meter), and skew angle of the LNBF is optimized, on most channels I am getting a signal quality of only 40%-43%. This is in contrast with the early days of TATA-SKY, when the TATA-SKY SQ used to hover between 60%-70% on clear days. This is making me wonder if I should go for a 100 c.m. offset dish.
2.While I am getting all the channels of TATA-SKY, some SD channels were unwatchably "pale" or "washed out" (for example, channel 121 or "Bindaas", or HBO SD) during the first two weeks of May, 2015. Last two days onwards, there was again some improvement in the PQ of these channels. I find some kind of edge-sharpening being deployed. Perhaps TATA-SKY head-end engineers are still juggling with the calibration.
3.The service menu for satellite settings (Organizer -> System Settings -> 0, 1, Select in quick succession) still shows Insat 4A- Transponder 14 (Frequency: 11010 MHz, Symbol Rate: 27,500) as the entry point to the TATA-SKY DTH service. This is with the firmware dated 10th April, 2015. Therefore, a shift from Insat 4A to GSAT is perhaps yet to happen. Interestingly, the signal test menu inside the service menu shows the SQ to be about 70%.
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