Dish Help!

[suibuliu]

Hi, Guys,
I am a FTA newbie, and I bought this dish along with a KW-21 LNBF (a cheaper one?) and a Kusat 2600a receiver, and I had a hard time pointing the dish to the sat (G3C).

I am living in Calgary, Canada, from Sadoun's calculator, the elevation is 28.8, so I set it to 29 (you can only get that accurate?) and set Skew on my LNBF to 15 clockwise (look when facing the dish).

But I have hard time decide the distance between the "flat head" of the LNBF to the center of the dish. The Winegard site says it is 17.56", but I could not get that close, the closest I can get is 19.5", and from a web site, it says there is an error on Winegard's number, the correct distance is 19.5", what is your experience? or this distance is not that important?

Thanks!
Suibu

 

[suibuliu]

Also, the same web site says "the elevation gauge on the mount is 1.5 degrees in error...So to tune a satellite quickly using the dish gauge , subtract 1.5 degrees of the satellite elevation that you want."

What is your experience on this?

 

[PSB]

Just split and moved this from the review area.

The LNBF should be as far from the dish as possible, then moved/skewed to get the best signal quality you can get.

I have had no issues with the elevation being off, again use the signal quality as your guide!

 

[Mr Tony]

closed...duplicate thread

see http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=72721