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    Directv Slimline arm for SWM LNB too short

    Yes, I have been testing out the new dish on my deck for the past week, with above 95 signal strengths on all the transponders on 101, and have the skew set up to catch 103. Signals are a little lower on 103, but not much. I'll stow the antenna away later this week in the RV. I have a trip...
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    Directv Slimline arm for SWM LNB too short

    OK, back again with a final follow-up. The kit I purchased from Amazon was the cheapest I could find, and this one came out of China. It took awhile to get here, but I figured it was a back-up for the RV, and I could wait for it. With the poor performance it was giving me, I immediately went...
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    Directv Slimline arm for SWM LNB too short

    The SlimLine dish on the house and on the tripod are the same dish, just has a shorter arm. With a shorter arm, that throws off the focal length. The mathematics for figuring the focal length of your LNB is pretty simple. Normally you would take the diameter of the dish and multiple if by...
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    Directv Slimline arm for SWM LNB too short

    To start out with, I live in Colorado and I am a Directv subscriber and have a big Slimline dish attached to the side of my house. Had it put there instead of on the roof so I can sweep the snow off of it during the winter. Anyway, I also have an RV and wanted to get a portable dish for the...