TEST REPORT                   VSAT Dish




SVEC 1.2 m VSAT Dish                                                                                                            12-01/201



internet via Satellite -
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                                                                                                          SVEC 1.2 m VSAT DiS
                                                                                                  Per fectly made dish eas        h
                                                                                                                           y to point to the
                                                                                                              desired satellite




it's Easier Than You Think




                                                                                          Once you are accustomed
                                                                                     to the Internet, you can hardly
                                                                                 think of not having access to it for
                                                                              a longer period. However, there are
                                                                           still locations, even in most developed
                                                                       countries where there is no telephone line
                                                                       available. Are the GSM operators the only
                                                             possibility then? Not exactly - we can think of two-
                                                        way satellite connection instead. Receiving IP data via
                                                     satellite is not that different from receiving A/V transport
                                                                       stream. Bits are bits and bytes are bytes.

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           SVEC
am.com     Professional Dish Manufacturer, China                                www.svec.com.cn
                                                                                                  heavy. BUC consumes about              But do not forget that from
                                                                                                  30 W of electric power and             the professional perspective,
                                                                                                  must be equipped with a big            “very small aperture” means
                                                                                                  and heavy heat sink.                   smaller than 3 meters.


                                                                                                    Moreover, the dish must                 installation
                                                                                                  guarantee the proper geom-                The parcels containing the
                                                                                                  etry and stability of alignment        components of the SVEC
                                                                                                  because if not, it will be trans-      dish were big and heavy. No
                                                                                                  mitting interfering signal to          wonder, everything is made
                                                                                                  the neighboring satellites. No         of steel. After unpacking and
                                                                                                  wonder that such dishes are            examining the components,
                                                                                                  bigger and more solid than             we concluded with satisfac-
                                                                                                  the ones satellite enthusiasts         tion that the assembly should
                                                                                                  are familiar with. Those dishes        be quite easy. And indeed,
           www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/svec.pdf                                are often called VSAT dishes.          it was. Even without any
                                                                                                  VSAT stands for Very Small             assembly instructions, it was
                                                                                                  Aperture Terminal and means            not difficult to figure out what
           SKYWORTHa DOCSIS
           Except for having                                   a suitable dish. Such a dish       a two-way satellite ground             should be connected with
he.com modem, Manufacturer, China
        Receiver an LNB, a BUC                                 should be much stronger than
                                                                     www.skyworthdigital.com      station.    This   may         sound   what. Everything fitted very
         (Block Up-Converter) and a                            the one dedicated for recep-       rather funny as the dishes are         well, except from one small
         subscription from a service                           tion only. That’s because          bigger than the regular 60 or          detail. We could not figure
         provider, you need to have                            the LNB/BUC unit is big and        90 cm reception antennas.              out how to fit the two BUC/
                                                                                                                                         LNB side supports. After a
                                                                     Standard 1 m dish             SVEC 1.2 dish
                                                                                                                                         while, we realized that the
           Channel Power                                             73.6 dBµV                     74.2 dBµV
                                                                                                                                         brackets attached to the dish
           C/N                                                       13.3 dB                       13.5 dB                               edges that were supposed to
           MER                                                       12.4 dB                       12.8 dB                               be connected with the LNB
           Link Margin                                               5.2 dB                        5.6 dB                                supports are mounted upside
           CBER                                                      9 x 10-5                      5 x 10-5
                                                                                                                                         down. When we re-assembled
         ■ Table 1. Comparison of SVEC dish with the regular dish used for the service in Poland.
           EUROBiRD 3 on 33º E, 12522V, 27500, 5/6.                                                                                      them in the correct way, eve-


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rything was OK and no fur-        screw with two fixing nuts.              the spectrum view. We ran               thing was wrong with the
ther problems popped up.          We can assure you that this              satellite identification func-          uplink and they would inves-
                                  adjustment is also very pre-             tion and, to our surprise, it           tigate the problem abroad.
  Due to the size and weight      cise and you can tip-toe the             was EUROBIRD 3. Then we                 After half an hour or so, they
of the hardware, you need a       elevation as well as the azi-            checked the parameters of               called back again saying that
helping hand in some opera-       muth.                                    the transponder and it so               their    modem         had     locked.
tions – for example when                                                   happened that our spectrum              Quick check revealed that
mounting the reflector on the          LNB/BUC    holder      with    a    view was exactly centered on            our modem had locked too.
pole. Speaking of the pole, it    feedhorn       and      waveguides       the right transponder. Unbe-            Finally, we had access to the
has a very practical three-leg    accepts     standard         recep-      lievable! The only thing left           Internet via satellite.
base. Even if the surface is      tion and transmission units.             was fine-tuning of azimuth,
not quite flat and horizontal,    It    separates      the   polariza-     elevation and tilt.                          Performance
you are able to adjust every      tions - in our case vertical                                                          We checked what the down-
leg independently and ensure      polarization      was      used    for     When        everything     starts     load and upload speeds were
that the pole is perfectly        the reception and horizontal             much      better      than      you     and we got: 2849 kb/s and
upright.                          for transmitting the signal.             expected, better be cautious.           160 kb/s. The figures were
                                  It also allows you to adjust             Murphy Law is waiting to hit            in line with the connection
  We    loved    the   azimuth    the tilt of a BUC/LNB set. We            you even more severely. And             specification       we     had        from
adjustment         mechanism.     needed to set 10º tilt and it            indeed, our DOCSIS modem                our provider. A small delay
It is really a dream when         was no problem.                          could not lock to the service.          before the start of the down-
compared with the regular                                                  The receiving LED indicator             load was noticeable but this
reception dishes. You set the          After installing BUC and            was blinking, the transmit-             is normal in satellite commu-
antenna roughly in the proper     LNB, we turned the antenna               ting LED indicator was blink-           nication. After all, the satel-
direction and then you rotate     roughly in the direction of              ing and we could not connect            lite is 36000 km up there and
the lever what makes the          EUROBIRD 3 on 33º E which                to the Internet. After double           some data buffering must
dish turn East or West. In this   was the satellite our Inter-             checking       everything       we      also take place when error
way, you can adjust the azi-      net provider was using for               phoned the operator. After              correction schemes are used.
muth with absolute precision.     their service. After connect-            a while they called back with
                                  ing a satellite signal ana-              the message they could not                   But how to asses the quality
  Elevation     adjustment   is   lyzer to the LNB output, we              lock to the signal either. They         of the connection? We decided
more classical – a long thick     immediately saw a signal in              said   that    evidently     some-      to     compare       the     incoming


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the reference. For the read-            the same ratio. That’s phys-
                                                                                ers not familiar with the               ics. We can say so because
                                                                                term: the lower the CBER,               both LNB and BUC use the
                                                                                the fewer erroneous bits that           same feedhorn located in the
                                                                                need to be corrected by the             same position with respect to
                                                                                modem.                                  the reflector.

                                                                                   Also   the   link  margin               Our test revealed that
                                                                                increased from 5.2 dB to 5.6            SVEC 1.2 m antenna is very
                                                                                dB and you should know that             good (if not too good) for
                                                                                5 dB is already considered as           the casual Internet access in
                                                                                very good. We can be sure               Poland. In the other regions
                                                                                that with the SVEC dish our             of the world where the signal
                                                                                Internet connection will be             is not that strong, using 1.2 m
                                                                                almost completely insensi-              dish instead of 1 m can make
                                                                                tive to whether conditions.             a difference. Our measure-
signal when received with                As you can see in the table,                                                   ments proved that the gain of
SVEC 1.2 m dish and when               SVEC dish delivered stronger               We had no possibility to              the dish is big. It means that
received with the regular 1 m          signal of better quality. It             measure the transmitted                 its geometry leaves noth-
dish you get when you sub-             is especially visible in the             signal but the performance              ing to be desired. The SVEC
scribe to this service at our          Channel Bit Error Rate. It               of the SVEC model must be               1.2m dish is a perfect choice
location in Poland.                    was almost twice as good as              better than the reference in            for using it with VSAT.

                                                                                                         Expert Opinion
                                                                                      +
                                                                                    Very solid, excellent azimuth adjustment
                                                                                  mechanism, very good adjustable three-leg pole
                                                                                  base.

                                                                                      -                                                          Jacek Pawlowski
                                                                                      It might be too heavy for some applications.                  TELE-satellite
                                                                                                                                                       Test Center
                                                                                                                                                            Poland



                                                                                                         TEChNiCAL
                                                                                                                 DATA
                                                                                manufacturer                   Sichuan Video Electronic Co., Ltd.

                                                                                Web page                       www.svec.com.cn
                                                                                Email                          svec@china.com

                                                                                Fax                            +86-028-87838898

                                                                                model                          VS-1.2KU

                                                                                Description                    VSAT Dish for Ku-Band

                                                                                Dish Size                      120 cm (49 Inch)

                                                                                Frequency Range                Receiving: 10.95 – 12.75 GHz
                                                                                                               Transmitting: 13.75 – 14.50 GHz

                                                                                mid Band Gain                  Receiving: 41.5 dBi
                                                                                                               Transmitting: 43.1 dBi

                                                                                VSWR                           Receiving: 1.5 : 1
                                                                                                               Transmitting: 1.3 : 1

                                                                                Cross Polarization             -20 dB off axis, -30 dB on axis

                                                                                Sidelobe Envelope              2° < 0 < 20° : 29 -25 log 0 dBi
                                                                                                               20° < 0 < 26.3° : -3.5 dBi
                                                                                                               26.3° < 0 < 48° : 32 -25 log 0 dBi
                                                                                                               48° < 0 : -10° dBi on average

                                                                                Noise Temperature              <55K at 20° elevation

                                                                                Dish type                      Prime Focus and Offset Feed

                                                                                Waveguide Flange               WR75

                                                                                Reflector Material             2.0mm Aluminium Plate

                                                                                Mount Type                     Elevation over Azimuth

                                                                                mast Size                      3.5 Inch outer diameter
                                                                                Azimuth/Elevation Adjustment   Azimuth: 0° - 360°
                                                                                                               Elevation: 5° - 90°

                                                                                Weight                         27 kg (60 lb)

                                                                                Wind Load                      Operational: 80 km/h (50 mph/h)
                                                                                                               Maximum: 200 km/h /125 mp/h)




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    TEST REPORT VSAT Dish SVEC 1.2 m VSAT Dish 12-01/201 internet via Satellite - 1 SVEC 1.2 m VSAT DiS Per fectly made dish eas h y to point to the desired satellite it's Easier Than You Think Once you are accustomed to the Internet, you can hardly think of not having access to it for a longer period. However, there are still locations, even in most developed countries where there is no telephone line available. Are the GSM operators the only possibility then? Not exactly - we can think of two- way satellite connection instead. Receiving IP data via satellite is not that different from receiving A/V transport stream. Bits are bits and bytes are bytes. 54 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine — 12-01/201 — www.TELE-satellite.com 1
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    TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/... Download this report in other languages from the internet: Arabic ‫العربية‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ara/svec.pdf Indonesian indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/bid/svec.pdf Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ces/svec.pdf German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/deu/svec.pdf English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/svec.pdf Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/esp/svec.pdf Farsi ‫فارس ي‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/far/svec.pdf French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/fra/svec.pdf Hebrew ‫עברית‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/heb/svec.pdf Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/man/svec.pdf Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ned/svec.pdf Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/pol/svec.pdf Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/por/svec.pdf Romanian Română www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/rom/svec.pdf Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/rus/svec.pdf Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/tur/svec.pdf Available online starting from 3 December 2010 More on This Manufacturer Read TELE-satellite’s Company Report: SVEC am.com Professional Dish Manufacturer, China www.svec.com.cn heavy. BUC consumes about But do not forget that from 30 W of electric power and the professional perspective, must be equipped with a big “very small aperture” means and heavy heat sink. smaller than 3 meters. Moreover, the dish must installation guarantee the proper geom- The parcels containing the etry and stability of alignment components of the SVEC because if not, it will be trans- dish were big and heavy. No mitting interfering signal to wonder, everything is made the neighboring satellites. No of steel. After unpacking and wonder that such dishes are examining the components, bigger and more solid than we concluded with satisfac- the ones satellite enthusiasts tion that the assembly should are familiar with. Those dishes be quite easy. And indeed, www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/svec.pdf are often called VSAT dishes. it was. Even without any VSAT stands for Very Small assembly instructions, it was Aperture Terminal and means not difficult to figure out what SKYWORTHa DOCSIS Except for having a suitable dish. Such a dish a two-way satellite ground should be connected with he.com modem, Manufacturer, China Receiver an LNB, a BUC should be much stronger than www.skyworthdigital.com station. This may sound what. Everything fitted very (Block Up-Converter) and a the one dedicated for recep- rather funny as the dishes are well, except from one small subscription from a service tion only. That’s because bigger than the regular 60 or detail. We could not figure provider, you need to have the LNB/BUC unit is big and 90 cm reception antennas. out how to fit the two BUC/ LNB side supports. After a Standard 1 m dish SVEC 1.2 dish while, we realized that the Channel Power 73.6 dBµV 74.2 dBµV brackets attached to the dish C/N 13.3 dB 13.5 dB edges that were supposed to MER 12.4 dB 12.8 dB be connected with the LNB Link Margin 5.2 dB 5.6 dB supports are mounted upside CBER 9 x 10-5 5 x 10-5 down. When we re-assembled ■ Table 1. Comparison of SVEC dish with the regular dish used for the service in Poland. EUROBiRD 3 on 33º E, 12522V, 27500, 5/6. them in the correct way, eve- 56 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine — 12-01/201 — www.TELE-satellite.com 1
  • 3.
    rything was OKand no fur- screw with two fixing nuts. the spectrum view. We ran thing was wrong with the ther problems popped up. We can assure you that this satellite identification func- uplink and they would inves- adjustment is also very pre- tion and, to our surprise, it tigate the problem abroad. Due to the size and weight cise and you can tip-toe the was EUROBIRD 3. Then we After half an hour or so, they of the hardware, you need a elevation as well as the azi- checked the parameters of called back again saying that helping hand in some opera- muth. the transponder and it so their modem had locked. tions – for example when happened that our spectrum Quick check revealed that mounting the reflector on the LNB/BUC holder with a view was exactly centered on our modem had locked too. pole. Speaking of the pole, it feedhorn and waveguides the right transponder. Unbe- Finally, we had access to the has a very practical three-leg accepts standard recep- lievable! The only thing left Internet via satellite. base. Even if the surface is tion and transmission units. was fine-tuning of azimuth, not quite flat and horizontal, It separates the polariza- elevation and tilt. Performance you are able to adjust every tions - in our case vertical We checked what the down- leg independently and ensure polarization was used for When everything starts load and upload speeds were that the pole is perfectly the reception and horizontal much better than you and we got: 2849 kb/s and upright. for transmitting the signal. expected, better be cautious. 160 kb/s. The figures were It also allows you to adjust Murphy Law is waiting to hit in line with the connection We loved the azimuth the tilt of a BUC/LNB set. We you even more severely. And specification we had from adjustment mechanism. needed to set 10º tilt and it indeed, our DOCSIS modem our provider. A small delay It is really a dream when was no problem. could not lock to the service. before the start of the down- compared with the regular The receiving LED indicator load was noticeable but this reception dishes. You set the After installing BUC and was blinking, the transmit- is normal in satellite commu- antenna roughly in the proper LNB, we turned the antenna ting LED indicator was blink- nication. After all, the satel- direction and then you rotate roughly in the direction of ing and we could not connect lite is 36000 km up there and the lever what makes the EUROBIRD 3 on 33º E which to the Internet. After double some data buffering must dish turn East or West. In this was the satellite our Inter- checking everything we also take place when error way, you can adjust the azi- net provider was using for phoned the operator. After correction schemes are used. muth with absolute precision. their service. After connect- a while they called back with ing a satellite signal ana- the message they could not But how to asses the quality Elevation adjustment is lyzer to the LNB output, we lock to the signal either. They of the connection? We decided more classical – a long thick immediately saw a signal in said that evidently some- to compare the incoming www.TELE-satellite.com — 12-01/201 — 1 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine 57
  • 4.
    the reference. Forthe read- the same ratio. That’s phys- ers not familiar with the ics. We can say so because term: the lower the CBER, both LNB and BUC use the the fewer erroneous bits that same feedhorn located in the need to be corrected by the same position with respect to modem. the reflector. Also the link margin Our test revealed that increased from 5.2 dB to 5.6 SVEC 1.2 m antenna is very dB and you should know that good (if not too good) for 5 dB is already considered as the casual Internet access in very good. We can be sure Poland. In the other regions that with the SVEC dish our of the world where the signal Internet connection will be is not that strong, using 1.2 m almost completely insensi- dish instead of 1 m can make tive to whether conditions. a difference. Our measure- signal when received with As you can see in the table, ments proved that the gain of SVEC 1.2 m dish and when SVEC dish delivered stronger We had no possibility to the dish is big. It means that received with the regular 1 m signal of better quality. It measure the transmitted its geometry leaves noth- dish you get when you sub- is especially visible in the signal but the performance ing to be desired. The SVEC scribe to this service at our Channel Bit Error Rate. It of the SVEC model must be 1.2m dish is a perfect choice location in Poland. was almost twice as good as better than the reference in for using it with VSAT. Expert Opinion + Very solid, excellent azimuth adjustment mechanism, very good adjustable three-leg pole base. - Jacek Pawlowski It might be too heavy for some applications. TELE-satellite Test Center Poland TEChNiCAL DATA manufacturer Sichuan Video Electronic Co., Ltd. Web page www.svec.com.cn Email svec@china.com Fax +86-028-87838898 model VS-1.2KU Description VSAT Dish for Ku-Band Dish Size 120 cm (49 Inch) Frequency Range Receiving: 10.95 – 12.75 GHz Transmitting: 13.75 – 14.50 GHz mid Band Gain Receiving: 41.5 dBi Transmitting: 43.1 dBi VSWR Receiving: 1.5 : 1 Transmitting: 1.3 : 1 Cross Polarization -20 dB off axis, -30 dB on axis Sidelobe Envelope 2° < 0 < 20° : 29 -25 log 0 dBi 20° < 0 < 26.3° : -3.5 dBi 26.3° < 0 < 48° : 32 -25 log 0 dBi 48° < 0 : -10° dBi on average Noise Temperature <55K at 20° elevation Dish type Prime Focus and Offset Feed Waveguide Flange WR75 Reflector Material 2.0mm Aluminium Plate Mount Type Elevation over Azimuth mast Size 3.5 Inch outer diameter Azimuth/Elevation Adjustment Azimuth: 0° - 360° Elevation: 5° - 90° Weight 27 kg (60 lb) Wind Load Operational: 80 km/h (50 mph/h) Maximum: 200 km/h /125 mp/h) 58 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine — 12-01/201 — www.TELE-satellite.com 1