you do not need a B-band converter if you want to point at a single Ka satellite.
the B-band converter comes on with a 22KHz signal to up-convert the signal from the 103w location from B-band (250-750 MHz) into the high half of L-band
L-band is 950-2150MHz, it's what your receiver is looking...
Directv sl3 and sl5, Wildblue, Exede, Hughesnet gen4, and Hughesnet hn9000 systems are all Ka.
the Ka internet dishes are single polarity.
Directv swm3 and swm5 will not work with a normal fta receiver, but have Ka capabilities as well.
thanks man, i'll give it a try.
i'd somehow missed that one.
what i'm running now is 3 column as well, and seems fine for the most part.
i've gotta check out the newer though :)
still running a s9 here, 11-12-13 firmware, (that is 12/13/11)
i am pretty sure that this is the last actual openbox firmware that will work with the s9
its the best i've found, anyway.
this firmware has both accurate scan and blind scan.
both seem to miss certain different transponders, but if...
is it possible that the lnb on 1 of the dishes is positioned with horizontal and vertical polarizations reversed?
n/m i just noticed all receivers work at your house.
my original thought was that maybe on the s9 the h tps and v tps were scanned in backwards so it didn't pick them up at your shop.