Recent content by kay

Is there any benefit for consumers to the slimline dish? The official measurements show it actually being a little larger... I did my ka/ku first gen install myself and was able to pull 90's across the board, is the signal strength suppost to be improved? I couldn't see the weight being much...

Fix it yourself! Nothing would have been changed except the side to side (azimuth) adjustment, just turn it left to right until you get a signal and do some fine tuning after it comes in (use the signal meter in the menu). Then proceed to put a couple heavy things on or around the base to keep...

I've actually decided to invest the time and money into proper grounding, going to run a seperate grounding rod and bond them together with #6 copper wire via rated pvc conduit that is buried and goes under the driveway and across the yard to the main grounding rod. I want to do this to code...

I can do this fairly easily, I would run the coax through the attic and out the north side of the house, and run a ground wire from there. In effect what i'd be doing is just placing a grounding block on the exterior of the house on the north side right above where the electrical main is. This...

I can be as detailed as you would like to help out, but i'll try and make this simple ;) My dish is on the south side of my house. There is nothing on the south side of my house (windows, electrical anything, etc) except the dish. The dish is actually on a metal pole about 2 feet from the house...