Thread: Digiwave L/C invacom competitor

Originally Posted by Iceberg

. . . I bought one of those LNB's...the 2nd one that was shown...I got the single model

damn shipping was more than the LNB but we'll see exactly what it does...the 2nd model COULD be used as a ghetto legacy Dish setup (subscribed) since it is 11.7-12.75

In a fit of boredom, I searched out the 118 circular-only LNB which we discussed above, as the 2nd unit.
I found the mfgr or importer's web site, and they list
both single output and two output models

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I could only find the 2-output model on eBay

Is this what'cha got, Ice ?


I'm hoping we can keep down the confusion in this thread and be clear we were talking about both linear/circular, and a circular-only LNBs.

I won the single output but the seller e-mailed me and said they were out and asked if I would take a dual which is a .4 vs the single of .3

I said sure....so I should have it in a week or so

well after getting it and letting it sit here in the house I decided to try it out. This is the item I'm working with

http://cgi.ebay.com/CIRCULAR-DUAL-LN...QQcmdZViewItem

and after checking it out I can sum it up in 3 words (well a few sentences with 3 words)
"save your money"
"not worth it"
"piece of crap"

catching my drift

so I climb on my roof and remove my old DirecTV single LNB and hook this up. Come inside and move the dish to 119...nothing. No signal. Now I know the dish is aimed right. Try 118.7...nothing. So I climb back up on the roof and put it back how I had it.

So now I figure "lets try it on a fixed 119/123 dish". I know (again) that all I should do is switch out LNB. Swapped LNB and brought up 119
nothing

selected a KU satellite and let it blind scan. It did hit the H polarity stuff so I checked the signal..........10-12 quality. So I took that off and set it up on the T90 for 110 and let it blind scan....nothing....no DBS

So I decided to do what any normal satguy would do. I ripped the thing apart and punched a hole in the LNB eye to see what was inside. Much to my amazement (nah, not really. I kinda was expecting this), the LNB is very crappily made. Instead of a clear liquid to seal the stuff in its white. Cut around the LNB eye and there is a little piece of plastic jammed in there and what looks like elmers glue holding it in. Cut that piece out and hooked it up to the T90 on a linear sat

guess what? Works perfect. So this LNB is pretty much a linear LNB with a circular piece hap-hazardily inserted and sold to people thinking it would work. Well I can attest it doesn't work and I couldnt even get the "you have a dish at 118.7" test card.

sorry a couple pictures look blurry. But on the bright side I do have a dual LNB now on 79W

The one you bought is not the original one I linked to however. I was originally talking about the one that claims it is a unversal L and a wide-band circ.

Either way, I am sure it is in the same boat. Thanks for the testing and feedback

Originally Posted by Iceberg

well after getting it and letting it sit here in the house I decided to try it out. This is the item I'm working with

http://cgi.ebay.com/CIRCULAR-DUAL-LN...QQcmdZViewItem

and after checking it out I can sum it up in 3 words (well a few sentences with 3 words)
"save your money"
"not worth it"
"piece of crap"

catching my drift

so I climb on my roof and remove my old DirecTV single LNB and hook this up. Come inside and move the dish to 119...nothing. No signal. Now I know the dish is aimed right. Try 118.7...nothing. So I climb back up on the roof and put it back how I had it.

So now I figure "lets try it on a fixed 119/123 dish". I know (again) that all I should do is switch out LNB. Swapped LNB and brought up 119
nothing

selected a KU satellite and let it blind scan. It did hit the H polarity stuff so I checked the signal..........10-12 quality. So I took that off and set it up on the T90 for 110 and let it blind scan....nothing....no DBS

So I decided to do what any normal satguy would do. I ripped the thing apart and punched a hole in the LNB eye to see what was inside. Much to my amazement (nah, not really. I kinda was expecting this), the LNB is very crappily made. Instead of a clear liquid to seal the stuff in its white. Cut around the LNB eye and there is a little piece of plastic jammed in there and what looks like elmers glue holding it in. Cut that piece out and hooked it up to the T90 on a linear sat

guess what? Works perfect. So this LNB is pretty much a linear LNB with a circular piece hap-hazardily inserted and sold to people thinking it would work. Well I can attest it doesn't work and I couldnt even get the "you have a dish at 118.7" test card.

sorry a couple pictures look blurry. But on the bright side I do have a dual LNB now on 79W

WTG Tony. One of our esteemed moderators went through all the trouble to test this for us...what a guy!

So...if I am reading that correctly, we shouldn't buy one, right?

Originally Posted by stogie5150

So...if I am reading that correctly, we shouldn't buy one, right?

dont buy one for what it claims to do. I ripped the cover off it and made it a true linear LNB

How 'bout making a copy of just the appropriate few posts, and put them in the review section for all to find?


Darn! What a let-down... though, I could never figure out what I'd do with one.
So, does this mean if we want to make our own, we can jam a cut-up credit card down the throat of a linear and get 118 circ?
I have a SKY Mexico DVB321-3 $6.95 Universal . . .
Naw, come to think of it, I don't really want that, either!