Thread: Smallest dish for RTV???

I am currently getting RTV very solidly (low 70's Q) with a 30" Fortec & a Sat tracker II .02dB lnb. I do have an advantage in that 83W is pretty close to being "true" south at my location so it's high up in the sky for me.

I first got into FTA in February 2009. After several false starts, I get RTV pretty good now on a Fortec 36" dish and my Fortec Dynamic Receiver-Quality is pretty much into the 40's, which I can live with..I got a 36" dish because of people's suggestions that "bigger is usually better"..I certainly am not going to try a smaller dish..

Thanks, guys.

I've been getting RTV since not long after they switched to 83W on a 31" dish with decent quality. I was just curious as to whether anyone had tried it on smaller dishes, and what their results were.


-LoTech

Pentagon channel is very strong and probably could be picked up with a smaller dish....just remember AMC1 has the oddball skew. check thelist and enter you zip there. It will tell you what the skew is

Originally Posted by Iceberg

Pentagon channel is very strong and probably could be picked up with a smaller dish....just remember AMC1 has the oddball skew. check thelist and enter you zip there. It will tell you what the skew is

Thanks for the info ...this would be a great experiment with my old 18" dish with a linear LNB and adapter.

I've been able to lock with the same setup
95W (CCTV)
72W (NBC feeds)
101W (3ABN and formerly KUIL)
123W (for stations that dont exist anymore on there)

so it is possible....but havent tried 103W yet

Originally Posted by Iceberg

I've been able to lock with the same setup
95W (CCTV)
72W (NBC feeds)
101W (3ABN and formerly KUIL)
123W (for stations that dont exist anymore on there)

so it is possible....but havent tried 103W yet

Doing some experiments with that old 18" dish with a Linear LNB, I did get 3ABN. The English Channel and The Latino Channel are like 68% Quality... The others were not so good...but the Hope channel was about 35% Quality ....I am impressed

I tried for Pentagon on 103.. No go.. so far

And..is KTWO still around yet on 123W? I tried for them ..no go...so far

I'll try the other ones later or tomorrow...

no KTWO is gone from 123W

Maybe Research would work (11805 H 4580) on 123W

I've got a 6ft Fortec Star dish and I'm unable to pick up RTV for the life of me. I'm getting the NBC News Channel at 60% but still no RTV, what could possibly be wrong?