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HaHa, I work with a droplight. :)

All of the DirecTV dishes here in my area of Huntsvegas(Huntsville), Al are are mostly Slimlines. I'd like to get a'hold of some of those just for the LNBs. Which areas of the U.S. are these more common?-Wes :)

First of all "my mortar tube" made me LMAO. Second, do the SuperDish LNB's come just like that or have you modified them? -Wes :)

GFB, Get yourself one of these (see first photo). They run off battery power or from an AC to DC power adapter. Since the switch to digital TV broadcasts they show up quite often at thrift shops and yard sales. I paid $3 for mine and it came with the power adapter (wall wart). Make sure it has...

That was my guess. I did gut the old LNB out and bolted an LNBF to the back and it worked fine but I didn't get a better signal, just the same as the plain LNBF.

I think his dish is pointed too high also.

What is NIT please?

From the photo of your set up screen your LNB and receiver are working fine and the settings are correct. Set your elevation (up and down) and then slowly turn your dish from due south, first east and back to due south, and then from due south to west a little bit then back again, pausing...

I agree. It really helped me to be able to stand directly behind the dish so I could get a rough idea of where the dish was pointed. Also if it is on the house make sure it is low enough to be reached from the ground. You will become worn out in no time trying this from a ladder. - Wes

Yes. It made no detectable improvement. You said that right. :) An ordinary non PLL LNB with 1KHz - 1MHz L.O. stability just didn't cut it. PLLs are the only way to go if you have to use an undersized dish and I'll just keep right on buying the GeosatPro SL1PLL from SatAV as long as I can get...

Oh, BTW, I got the Invacom put on my 99cm WSI and it works good. The signal quality is good on LPBHD on SES2 at 87W. It is my due South Satellite at 180.8 degrees. Now I always go back to that position so I know where I'm at. I didn't have the know how when I first started out so the first sat...

I didn't keep track of the performance here in Huntsville, AL but I think it was similar to what you experienced. A good stable LNB makes a difference.- Thanks for your interest Dan :)

Well, I figured if I stuck with it after struggling with the Slimline I would invest more money into the hobby. I don't know if I would recommend it to someone that wasn't handy or didn't have a basic understanding of antennas or electronics without being right there to show them the ropes...

Since it is designed to be used with a three LNB feedhorn with about 2 degree separation, I always wondered how much of the dish was actually being illuminated by a regular LNB aimed directly at the center of the dish. Some sats I would only get one transponder and only horizontally polarized...

Yes, I like the bracket but you have to use tubing for the pole 'cause of the 2" size and I can't afford to buy a ground pole from the local dealers. I found a brass bed headboard built out of 2" OD solid brass tubing. I cut a 6" piece off and stuck it into the end of some 2" electrical conduit...

It is a QPH-031 and the L.O.s are just as you describe. I will put it on my WSI 99 x 90cm tomorrow or the next day and see if it still works. Thanks for the reply -Wes :)

Thank you Larry1. I will get it put on and try it tomorrow or the next day. :)

I have also found this to be true for me.

As with anything, learn to crawl, then take baby steps, then run a marathon. :)

Here are the few dishes I have managed to scrape up and hobble together to date. Top Right (background) is a WSI 99cm x 90cm and the only one I have purchased so far. It works well. At top left ( again in the background ) we have a Slimline which I pulled from my neighbor's trash, paired with a...

Now that's what I call, "Dedication" . :) 18 miles is my limit!

It's a ten footer that I have. Someone has offered me some mesh so I'm good to go. Thanks for the advice and, "Happy New Year!" .

Yes, I think the mesh is too big for Ku. I have 99 x 90 cm offset I use for Ku. A fellow on the Yahoo group HuntsvilleFreecycle gave me another 90 cm dish with an Invacom Quad polar LNB on it but I don't know yet if the Invacom is any good as it has been raining and cold since I got it. I...

Here are some pictures of the Orbitron. That shiny round thing in the next to last picture is a dime.

Thanks Primestar. I saw the intermediate plate on my dish when I was taking pictures last evening. I was expecting it to be much bigger than it is.