Okay, good to hear. But I've lost track.I got this dish dialed in I LIKE the way this dish works. A very definate improvement over the previous dish, especially in the KU band. Overall two thumbs up!
sorry to hear that. you going to play with more ?More positioner woes! The VBox still misses counts even after reverting back to the stock sensor. Not a lot but it's going to be aggravating non the less.
?.. The dish performs very well. Outstanding signal quality improvements! I spent a whole 10 minutes aiming this dish too.
I think the extra time I spent aligning the dish to the dish-ring was an important factor in the set-up. Also used a square to set the mount to due south.
Exactly. I wanted to make sure the dish ring and dish were parallel. I ended up using a couple of washers for spacers on two of the attaching points.If you wouldnt mind, could you elaborate on what you did to align the " dish to the dish-ring"? Do you mean alignment to ensure the dish face plate is parallel to the dish ring?
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Exactly. I wanted to make sure the dish ring and dish were parallel. I ended up using a couple of washers for spacers on two of the attaching points.
Hmmm, LOL. I know my wife and kids and I can't visualize that at all. Actually I have a "project pole" where I can preassemble and adjust satellite dishes. It has wheels and different diameter pole adapters. I just cranked the dish to point straight up and walked around underneath and made my measurements and set it up. You can see where and how the dish attaches in the picture. I also made sure it was centered as well.So i have this visual image of your wife and six kids all holding the dish in place while you adjust the bolts, right?
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Hmmm, LOL. I know my wife and kids and I can't visualize that at all. Actually I have a "project pole" where I can preassemble and adjust satellite dishes. It has wheels and different diameter pole adapters. I just cranked the dish to point straight up and walked around underneath and made my measurements and set it up. You can see where and how the dish attaches in the picture. I also made sure it was centered as well.
It was a nice fall day and I have had some new magnet wheels I wanted to try out even though I still have not replaced the VBox. I built another 16 magnet wheel to use with a single switch. But bench tests had proved it would not function. While I was getting promising results with a 10 magnet wheel and dual reed switches, it would not run with acceptable performance on the VBox. I was sure I needed a better controller. But I still built some more wheels with even stronger magnets. And wow! I'm glad I did. I had been using one of my 10 count wheels with one switch. The magnets on that wheel (3/16") were too big for a dual switch but was spot on for a stock count setup. I dropped in a wheel with 10 1/8 x 1/8 N52 magnets, the strongest ones I've tested so far and installed a dual reed switch (normally closed in series). The VBox likes it! 1600 counts for 83° of arc Been running a few days now, I like it!